Written questions
198 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in his Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if he will make an estimate of the annual c
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if he will make an estimate of the annual cost to the
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in her Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of this wor
29 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in her Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of this work.
29 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Home Office: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse o
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff in his Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if he will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public
29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in his Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if he will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Gas Fired Power Stations: Electricity Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the total installed capacity is of combined-cycle gas turbine power stations in the UK; how much of that capacity is from plants commissioned in the last (a) five and (b) 20 years; and w
15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Torbay Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future of Torbay Hospital.
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Private Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to (a) support the private education sector and (b) encourage its expansion (i) domestically and (ii) internationally.
13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase NHS dental funding to improve (a) accessibility, (b) workforce retention and (c) patient outcomes; and what steps he has taken to ensure there is equitable access to dental serv
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many paying parents party to a child maintenance agreement are assessed to have an income of less than £12,570 per year; how many paying parents are in receipt of universal credit; and how many payi
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the costs to the Child Maintenance Service are of the (a) supervision and (b) processing of (i) Direct Pay and (ii) Collect and Pay arrangements.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what private sector companies the Child Maintenance Service has contracted to implement enforcement proceedings; what the value of each contract is; whether funds paid by parents are paid to such compan
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former armed forces personnel have been subject to enforcement proceedings by the Child Maintenance Service since 2021.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many separated families applied to the Child Maintenance Service for advice on creating a family-based arrangement from 2021 to 2024; and how many parents who approached the Service did not proceed
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Regulation: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost of regulatory compliance for businesses in each of the last five years; and if she will make a comparative estimate of the cost of regulatory compliance (
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the annual subsidy is for renewable energy projects; and what the average increase in consumer energy bills was in each of the last five years.
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the total expenditure was on achieving net zero targets in each year since 2015 by sector; and what the corresponding estimated total reduction in global emissions was in the same period
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of migrants that have been granted (a) asylum and (b) leave to remain in the last five years are receiving Universal Credit; and what estimate she has made of the projected
9 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the public purse of providing public services including (a) healthcare, (b) education and (c) housing of migrants that have arrived via small boat cros
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of migrants who entered in the UK in the last 5 years are in receipt of state benefits.
9 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Offenders: Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle crimes committed by individuals who have entered the country illegally.
9 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure asylum seekers are no longer housed in hotels in Boston and Skegness constituency.
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of excluding people on Personal Independence Payment from eligibility for the winter fuel payment on their ability to meet energy costs.
9 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on measures to achieve net zero targets in the last five years.
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department has spent on measures to achieve net zero targets in the last five years.
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on measures to achieve net zero targets in the last five years.
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on measures to achieve net zero targets in the last five years.
Source: official written-questions record.