Written questions
1,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office
Electronic Travel Authorisations
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the increase in the cost of electronic travel authorisations.
22 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Property: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of off-grid properties that will benefit from the Warm Homes: Local Grant in Bedfordshire.
22 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Listed Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of off-grid properties which are listed buildings.
22 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tree Preservation Orders: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of (a) ancient and (b) veteran trees not covered by Tree Protection Orders in Bedfordshire.
22 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Trees: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 19116 on Trees: Planning Permission, if he will publish the review.
22 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the of the potential impact of (a) agricultural and (b) business property relief on ancient woodlands.
22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department is providing to (a) Bedford Borough Council and (b) Central Bedfordshire Council to cover the increased cost of employers’ National Insurance.
22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an estimate of the potential impact of increases to employers’ National Insurance for (a) Bedford Borough Council and (b) Central Bedfordshire Council
22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Inspectorate: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the planning inspectorate.
22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Inspectorate
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources available to the planning inspectorate.
22 Jan 2025 · Treasury
London Stock Exchange
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her economic policies at attracting people to list shares in London.
22 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Tax Yields: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of wealthy taxpayers leaving the UK on levels of (a) economic growth and (b) tax receipts.
22 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Cyprus: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Cypriot counterpart.
22 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Spain: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Spanish counterpart.
22 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Argentina: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Argentinian counterpart.
22 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Overseas Territories
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the inclusion of Overseas Territories in the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territori
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Monuments: Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the owners of Scheduled Monuments on their potential role in British tourism.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Monuments: Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential contribution of Scheduled Monuments to the tourism industry.
21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Indian Ocean Territory
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with President Trump about the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Diego Garcia: Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the annual difference between (a) the current cost of administering the British Indian Ocean Territory and (b) the proposed cost of leasing the
16 Jan 2025 · Church Commissioners
Churches: Tourism
To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to support the tourism industry.
15 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office
Consumers: Pensioners
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of trends in the level of consumer spending amongst pensioners in quarter four of (a) 2024 and (b) 2023.
15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of NHS treatment for pensioners in winter (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2023-24.
15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of pensioners hospitalised in winter 2024-25.
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the cost of new sign ups for Pension Credit between July and December 2024.
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Household Support Fund: Pensioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of Household Support Fund funding allocated to pensioners in 2024-25.
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Household Support Fund: Pensioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund in supporting pensioners in winter 2024-25.
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what target her Department set for the number of new sign ups to Pension Credit between July and December 2024.
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensioners: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners in poverty in winter (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2023-24.
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people signed up for Pension Credit between July and December 2024.
Source: official written-questions record.