Written questions
301 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking consult stakeholders during her Department's review of universal credit; and what plans she has for the format of such consultation.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Working Conditions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with representatives of private hire companies on the working conditions of drivers.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Working Conditions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received representations on the working conditions of drivers in the private hire industry.
18 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Visas: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of Palestinians in Gaza seeking to make a UK visa application enrolling their biometrics in a Visa Application Centre in (a) Ramallah a
4 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Journalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department uses journalistic reporting from Palestinian journalists in Gaza when conducting assessments into (a) the humanitarian situation and (b) Israeli milita
4 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
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 Committee to Protect Journalists press release entitled, Journalist casualties in the Israel
4 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Journalism and Press Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect (a) journalists and (b) media workers (i) based and (ii) operating in Gaza.
4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for when cancer sites will have recurrence data collection mandated to align with the collection of breast cancer recurrence data.
4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take ensure there is sufficient provision of (a) rehabilitation and (b) prehabilitation for cancer patients across all cancer alliances.
4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer and General Practitioners: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve (a) access to GP appointments and (b) rates of early-stage cancer diagnosis in areas of socio-economic deprivation in Yorkshire.
4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Budget October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with social care providers on the potential impact of Autumn Budget 2024 on the social care sector.
4 Dec 2024 · Treasury
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to provide additional funding to local authorities to meet the increased costs of social care.
4 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Knives: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that legitimate knife manufacturers are not adversely affected by online restrictions intended to reduce knife crime.
26 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of carbon capture technologies in each of the next three years.
26 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plastics: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to reduce exports of plastic waste.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the viability of carbon capture technologies.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Adult Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 3.46 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, how much of the additional funding for further education will be spent on adult learning.
25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Childbirth and Infant Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) reduce (i) socio-economic and (ii) ethnic disparities in the rates of (A) neonatal death, (B) brain injury and (C) pre-term birth.
25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Childbirth and Infant Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set clear and measurable targets to help tackle socio-economic and ethnic disparities in the rates of (a) neonatal death, (b) brain injury and (c) pre-term birth.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will initiative a review of UK treaties containing Investor-State Dispute Settlements.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will initiative a review of UK treaties containing Investor-State Dispute Settlements.
25 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is providing targeted funding to help ensure that children with disabilities in Gaza are included in UK-funded humanitarian responses in Gaza.
25 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to evacuate (a) children and (b) adults from Gaza, including those now in Egypt, for medical treatment that is not available in either place.
25 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to work with (a) the Palestinian authority and (b) Egypt to identify (i) adults and (ii) children with disabilities in order to evacuat
25 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with stakeholders on the potential merits of in-sourcing court language services.
22 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with (a) people that have experienced immigration detention and (b) charities and NGOs on the review of the Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention policy.
22 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations of the 14th Report of Session 2017-19 of the Home Affairs Committee entitled Immigration Detention, HC 913, p
22 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the protection of healthcare workers in Gaza under international humanitarian law.
22 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mohammed Hamouda
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Israeli counterpart on the case of Dr Mohammed Hamouda.
22 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mohammed Hamouda
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking diplomatic steps to secure the release of Dr Mohammed Hamouda in Israel.
Source: official written-questions record.