Written questions

2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.

28 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.

28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmology: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many optician appointments for irregular migrants there were at what cost to the public purse in each of the last five years.

28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vaccines have been administered to irregular migrants in each of the last five years.

28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many visits there were by NHS staff to (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation housing irregular migrants in each of the last five years.

28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ambulance visits there were to (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation housing irregular migrants in the most recent year for which information is available.

28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asylum and Undocumented Migrants: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) irregular migrants and (b) asylum seekers attended how many NHS therapy sessions in the most recent year for which information is available; and what the cost to the public purse was o

28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Interpreters

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 training to raise awareness of the role of interpreting within the NHS.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many test results have been translated into languages other than English for each of the last five years.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing (a) family and (b) friends to provide (i) translation and (ii) interpretation during NHS appointments.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which interpreting agencies are contracted to provide services to the NHS; and what the cost to the public purse of those contracts is.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15631 on NHS: Translation services, which languages e-RS letters sent in 2024-25 were translated into.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of letters posted by the NHS were in each language in each of the last five years; and what the cost of translation was for those letters.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the average additional time taken during the appointments for (a) translation and (b) interpretation.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15631 on NHS: Translation Services , what the reason was for the change in the number of e-RS letters sent out in (a) 2019/20 and (b) 2020/21.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of reported (a) error and (b) fraud has not been investigated for each of the last five years.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 13915 on Protective Clothing: Storage, if he will publish a breakdown of where personal protective equipment that is unsuitable for NHS use is stor

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average height is of male asylum seekers recorded via the National Child Measurement Programme.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15043 on Social Security Benefits: Overpayments, what the reason was for the increases in Monetary Value of Fraud and Error between FYE 20 and FYE

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many private provider contracts have been commissioned by the NHS to treat irregular migrants in each of the last ten years; and what the cost to the public purse was of those contracts.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish her Department’s response to FOI2024/88818.

27 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the planned cost to the public purse is of leasing the military base in Diego Garcia from Mauritius.

27 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Asylum and Undocumented Migrants: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an official and voluntary scheme for hon. Members to house (a) asylum seekers and (b) irregular migrants.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people who took an English for Speakers of Other Languages class claimed Universal Credit in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of the provision of tho

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many (a) air miles and (b) flights he has completed since 5 July 2024.

26 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Aviation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) her and (ii) staff in her office since 5 July 2024.

26 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) the Prime Minister and (ii) his staff since 5 July 2024.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on the proportion of energy used by his Department, broken down by energy source.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of food provided in canteens in his Department that is produced in the UK.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what proportion of days is (a) meat and (b) dairy available in canteens in his Department.

Source: official written-questions record.