Written questions

295 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Government: St Neots

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of having officials from her Department work at the St Neots Citizen Hub (a) on a permanent basis and (b) one day a week, in the context of helping

25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on ensuring that children and young people in every community have access to drop in mental health support.

25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the extra funding awarded to early support hubs after March 2025.

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of backlogs in court cases on the ability of the Child Maintenance Service to ensure parents receive child maintenance payments on time.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that Infected Blood compensation payments to the estates of deceased infected people are the same as those for living infected people.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Internet

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that information on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Summary gov.uk webpage remains (a) readily available, (b) accessible to the public and (c) up to date.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that affected (a) siblings, (b) children and (c) parents of deceased infected people receive the same Infected Blood compensation payments as affected partners of deceased people.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Infected Blood compensation payments to affected (a) siblings, (b) children and (c) parents of deceased infected people will be given the same priority as those to living infected people.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Hepatitis

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Living infected persons, published on 23 August 2024, when he plans to publish further evidence requirements for people in

15 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained in health-based places of safety under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year between 2017 and 2023; and what section of that Act they were held under.

13 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Visas: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of Secure English Language Test on (a) international students, (b) research students and (c) skilled workers.

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Higher Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting VAT charges for universities that undertake shared services as a cross-sharing group.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Academies: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure academy trusts are subject to local accountability by parents and communities in instances where school policies and complaints procedures fail to resolve concerns.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the performance of the Child Maintenance Service since the reforms announced in February 2024.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the Child Maintenance Service more accessible to parents.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the percentage of applications cleared by the Child Maintenance Service within six weeks.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of parents who did not receive their child maintenance payments on time in the last 12 months.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that all parents receive the correct amount of child maintenance payment on time.

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to help ensure safe dining in restaurants for people with food allergies.

6 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: St Neots

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of opening a jobcentre in St Neots.

6 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: St Neots

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of opening a driving test centre in St Neots.

6 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the updated 2024-2025 Nuvaxovid™ COVID-19 Vaccine.

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will carry out an assessment of the impact of the regulatory changes to volumetric concrete mobile plants in 2018 on the construction industry.

21 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Wines: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make the temporary duty easement for wines permanent from 1 February 2025.

17 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Further Education: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of delaying the outcome of her short review of post-16 qualification reforms until December 2024 on (a) schools’ ability to provide effectiv

Source: official written-questions record.