Written questions

293 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of UK Shared Prosperity Fund spending on (a) upskilling and (b) reskilling programmes; and what oversight a

27 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the total amount of multiply funding that has been allocated for Northern Ireland; how that funding has been distributed; and how that funding com

27 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a breakdown of how the UK Shared Prosperity Fund has been allocated in Northern Ireland for financial year 2025-26 including spending by (a) sector, (b) regio

14 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help support a transitional justice process in Syria.

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made recent progress on setting a date for the second meeting of the Motor Insurance Taskforce.

13 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Relugolix/estradiol/norethisterone: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's recommendation of relugolix-estradiol-norethisterone for routine NHS use to treat endometriosis will extend to Northern Ireland.

13 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policy of pausing indefinite Leave to Remain applications for Syrian families in the UK recent reports of sectarian and revenge viole

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to engage with (a) Kidney Care UK and (b) other patient representative organisations ahead of the World Health Assembly's debate on kidney health.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will support the ratification of the World Health Organisation Resolution to include chronic kidney disease in its priority list of non-communicable diseases.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Command Papers: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will (a) digitise and (b) publish historic Northern Ireland command papers from 1921 onwards.

10 Mar 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Casement Park

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of progress made on the construction of Casement Park.

10 Mar 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Casement Park

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Minister for Communities on the construction of Casement Park.

10 Mar 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Casement Park

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he is taking steps to facilitate the construction of Casement Park.

10 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing VAT on hospitality.

10 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will consider reducing the rate of VAT on hospitality.

10 Mar 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what evidential basis he said that Northern Ireland courts had determined that the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery independence has adequate (a) powers and (b) indep

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his expected timeline is for (a) receiving and (b) responding to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry.

11 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

United Nations: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his UN counterparts on the potential merits of creating a UN Convention on the rights of older persons.

28 Jan 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will amend the Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019 to include siblings and parents in the entitlement to claim compensation in respect of deceased person criteria.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings of the Motor Insurance Taskforce have taken place; and when the next meeting will take place.

20 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to create a visa scheme for Palestinians that is similar to the Ukraine Family Scheme.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report entitled AI Opportunities Action Plan, published on 13 January 2025, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and (b

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce inequalities of care for blood cancer patients.

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of blood cancer data.

3 Jan 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Public Sector Transformation Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many departmental bids have been (a) received and (b) approved by the Northern Ireland Public Sector Transformation Board.

19 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Department of Health and Social Care's press release entitled Biggest investment into hospices in a generation, published on 19 December 2024, whether any Barnett consequentials will be made av

13 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support British-based businesses to appoint a responsible person under the General Product Safety Regulations to access to Northern Ireland and EU markets.

9 Dec 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Politics and Government: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to have discussions with political parties on the future of Northern Ireland's political institutions.

9 Dec 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Executive: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the process for appointing the (a) First Minister and (b) Deputy First Minister.

6 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to monitor the application of the guidance entitled General product safety regulations: Northern Ireland: Guidance for businesses on Regulation 2023/988, published on 5 Dec

Source: official written-questions record.