Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the French ambassador on a European peacekeeping force in Ukraine.

12 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will commit to increasing security guarantees for Ukraine.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that rail fares are affordable in Devon.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to open additional railway stations in Devon.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with Network rail on expanding rail electrification to Devon.

12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when GP practices will be informed about the funding settlement details for the next financial year.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Media: Incentives

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will implement financial incentives to encourage media organisations to come within the remit of Impress, in the context of the Leveson Report.

12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Social Security Act 1973 to ensure pensioners who served in the armed forces prior to 6 April 1975 but did not meet the qualifying service threshold rec

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Coal Fired Power Stations and Drax Power Station: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) the Drax power station and (b) coal-fired power stations on UK carbon emissions in the last five years.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Drax Power Station and Renewable Energy: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) the Drax power station and (b) renewable energy sources on UK carbon emissions in the last five years.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Exeter

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to close her Department's regional office in Exeter on civil servants in Devon.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Exeter

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason she decided to close the Department's regional office in Exeter.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Exeter

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of her Department's Exeter regional office on the career prospects of civil servants in the South West.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Exeter

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will ensure that her Department does not close its regional office in Exeter.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of annual income received by parking companies from the NHS.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on private parking companies.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of annual income received by the NHS from parking fines.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of annual income received by the NHS from parking payments from staff.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of annual income received by the NHS from parking payments from visitors.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS hospitals use private parking companies.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of parking costs on NHS staff in Devon.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Social Security Act 1973 on veterans who served before 6 April 1975 but did not meet the qualifying service threshold.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure adequate funding for local government in Devon.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22413 on Childcare, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of stretching 38 weeks of paid childcare to cover 52 weeks on parents.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant of the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22412 on Childcare: Finance, how many and what proportion of childcare providers allow parents to stretch the 38 weeks of paid childcare to cover 52 weeks.

10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the benefits of a private parking model of profits based on penalty charge notices (i) issued and (ii) collected.

10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has received advice on the potential impact of independent parking regulation of the parking industry on private equity firms.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of time taken for construction between phases 4 and 5 of the rail resilience programme on the design team.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not completing phase 5 of the South West rail resilience programme on the economy.

10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has received legal advice from third party organisations on the implementation of an independent parking regulator.

Source: official written-questions record.