Written questions
125 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of schemes offered by the Government to encourage more people to buy electric vehicles and (b) effectiveness of those schemes in helping the UK reach its net zer
15 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Fires: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to raise public awareness of the potential health risks of open (a) coal and (b) wood fires for cooking and heating in the home.
15 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of removing the exemption of care homes from the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 on public health.
4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure long-term funding for hospices.
12 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Vehicles: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to increase the import tariff on electric vehicles from China.
11 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office
Civil Service: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the Civil Service EDI Expenditure Guidance.
11 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office
Civil Service: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to continue with the implementation of the Civil Service EDI Expenditure Guidance.
11 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing and Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of tapering the reduction of housing support when people living in (a) temporary and (b) supported accommodation move off income-related benefits a
11 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing and Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for housing support on incentives to seek employment for people in (a) temporary and (b) supported accommodation.
3 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Swimming: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press notice entitled Record number of new bathing sites get the go ahead, published on 13 May 2024, whether he plans to publish a consultation on bathing water r
3 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the time taken by the Health and Care Professions Council to process accreditations for people with international qualifications.
3 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Health and Care Professions Council in accrediting people with international qualifications.
3 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will continue after March 2025.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to continue the holiday activities and food programme after 2024.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of SEND provision in Shropshire.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders have been pursued by the Child Maintenance Service since 1 August 2023.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce call waiting times to the Child Maintenance Service; and if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of call handling times by that service.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle unpaid child maintenance.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in collecting arrears payments.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value of child maintenance arrears was on 30 August 2024.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure gender equality in the work of the Child Maintenance Service.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education
Skills England: Chambers of Commerce
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to include the Chambers of Commerce in the Skills England programme.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport
Blue Badge Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with local authorities on reducing processing times for blue badge applications.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with Shropshire Council on the adequacy of (a) funding for and (b) delivery of SEND services.
30 Aug 2024 · Home Office
Spiking
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Ninth Report of Session 2021–22 of the Home Affairs Select Committee entitled Spiking, HC967, whether her Department plans to follow the recommendations of that report.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Shrewsbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to increase the flood resilience of the river Severn in the Shrewsbury area.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to update the National AI Strategy.
30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to reintroduce a statutory Private Parking Code of Practice.
30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Marriage
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to publish a response to the Law Commission report entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published in July 2022.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport
Blue Badge Scheme: Chronic Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of making lifetime Blue Badge awards to people with lifelong conditions.
Source: official written-questions record.