Written questions

2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of seeking reparations from China for their alleged role in the (a) production and (b) release of covid-19.

1 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total number of staff employed to review Personal Independence Payment claims is; and how many fraudulent claims were made in each of the last five years.

1 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 11104 on Terrorism, if she will publish a breakdown of the ideological motivations for the 43 late-stage attack plots disrupted since March 2017.

1 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places are scheduled to be built in the next 12 months.

1 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Farmers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve mental health provision for farmers.

1 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.70 of Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what estimate he has made of the proportion of additional funding for the NHS that will be spent on (a)

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average (a) waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for (i) Job Centre Plus, (ii) the Universal Credit helpline and (iii) the Personal Independence Payment helpline wa

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average (a) waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for his Department was in each of the last five years.

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints to his Department from farmers there were in each of the last five years.

31 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS paid in compensation in each of the last five years.

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices there were in her Department in each of the last five years.

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison cells were not in use due to (a) disrepair and (b) poor estate conditions in October 2024.

31 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Violent and Sex Offender Register

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a breakdown of the sex offenders register by nationality.

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Stalking: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for a breakdown by nationality of how many people of what nationality were found guilty of stalking involving fear of violence in each of the last five years.

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate of foreign national offenders was in each of the last five years.

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign criminals were granted temporary release in each of the last five years.

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9762 on Offenders: Foreign Nationals, if her Department will commit to publishing a breakdown of foreign national offenders by nationality for (a) rape, (b) m

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Theft: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the average time taken for theft cases to be processed through the courts in each year since 2019.

31 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of Aspen cards was to the public purse in each of the last five years.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Hemsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 3.82 of Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, if he will provide funding for flood defences in Hemsby.

30 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Office for Value for Money

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget will be for the Office for Value for Money; and how many staff it will have.

30 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Covid Counter-fraud Commissioner

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the office budget will be for the Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner.

30 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.54 of Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, whether her Department has carried out an impact assessment on the proposed changes to agricultural property relief.

30 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Business

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the planned rise in employer's national insurance contribut

30 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recruitment targets there were in each branch of the armed forces in each of the last five years; and how many people were recruited to each branch in the same period.

30 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained military personnel were ready to deploy in a combat role in each branch of the armed forces in each of the last five years.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of food consumed in the UK that is produced domestically.

30 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Shoplifting: Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many shoplifting convictions there were by the nationality of the offender in Great Yarmouth constituency in each of the last five years.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing parents to take their children out of school during term time for up to five days per year.

29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in their Department work outside of the UK; where these staff work; and what the cost is of salaries for these staff.

Source: official written-questions record.