Written questions

2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to maintain relations with the (a) Republican and (b) Democrat (i) candidate and (ii) Party (A) during and (B) after the US Presidential election.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for people contacting her Department in each of the last five years.

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation in the NHS in each of the last five years.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for individuals contacting her Department in each of the last five years.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were prosecuted for the non-payment of a TV licence fee in each of the last three years.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Utilities: Standing Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the system of standing charges for utilities.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) mass immigration and (b) population increase on the road system.

18 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that foreign nationals do not stay in the UK beyond their visa expiry date.

18 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures he plans to take to help improve access to NHS dentistry in Great Yarmouth constituency.

18 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to support homeless military veterans in Great Yarmouth constituency.

18 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of irregular migrants in the UK.

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

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will arrange a meeting between the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth and the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs.

18 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications were made to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme in each of the last three years; and how many and what proportion of those applications were unsuccessful.

18 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Married People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spousal visas were rejected in each of the last five years by nationality.

18 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 6949 on Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals, if she will make it her policy to collect data on the nationality of those claiming benefits.

18 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of smart motorways.

17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on (a) the number of equality, diversity and inclusion champions and (b) the salary bands of those staff in each NHS trust.

17 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will commission a review of the (a) effectiveness of development aid and (b) proportion of such aid that does not reach its intended destination.

16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Flexible Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on the Flexible Support Fund for (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones in the last financial year.

16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on translation in Jobcentres in the last financial year.

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

Internal Drainage Boards: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) review and (b) implement changes to the funding structure for Internal Drainage Boards to reduce the financial impact on local councils.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to prevent illegal immigrants claiming benefits.

15 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Inquiry: Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the costs associated with the covid-19 inquiry.

15 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of legal fees relating to the introduction of VAT on independent school fees.

15 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Boarding Schools: Armed Forces

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to support military families who rely on fee-paying boarding schools for their children.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to protect free speech for students in higher education.

15 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Domicil

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of removing non-domiciled tax status.

15 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Police: Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers are able to effectively engage with all communities.

15 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights on her Department's ability to deport foreign national offenders.

15 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on where foreign nationals released from prison reside.

Source: official written-questions record.