Written questions

344 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Sexual Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training her Department provides to investigators handling sexual harassment cases to ensure investigations are (a) trauma-informed and (b) compliant with best practices.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Sexual Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) encourage victims of sexual harassment in the workplace to come forward and (b) ensure their protection during the reporting process.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Sexual Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specific (a) care, (b) counselling and (c) support services are made available to staff who have been victims of sexual harassment within her Department.

10 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Child Arrangements Orders: Judges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing specialist family judges to determine all child arrangement orders.

10 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Child Arrangements Orders: Magistrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of magistrates determining Child Arrangement Orders.

10 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Child Arrangements Orders: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Child Arrangement Orders determined by a bench of lay magistrates have been appealed; and how many of those appeals were successful.

10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malaria

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of of climate change on instances of malaria in the United Kingdom.

10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tropical Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve the study of tropical diseases in medical school curricula.

10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to National Insurance contributions on the retention and recruitment of non-clinical staff in GP surgeries.

10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases to employers National Insurance contributions on the (a) retention and (b) recruitment of nurses in GP surgeries.

10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in employers' National Insurance contributions on the (a) retention and (b) recruitment of salaried GPs.

10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Ambulance Services: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in employers National Insurance contributions on the (a) provision and (b) resilience of air ambulance services.

9 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Reconstruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to authorise the use of frozen Russian state assets to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine.

5 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department was informed that former employees of (a) ISG and (b) ESS had access to the layout of prison estates; for what reason former employees were able to access the plans following the cessation of

2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

UK Space Command: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that the Strategic Defence Review contains adequate funding for UK Space Command to deliver (a) on procurement and (b) operationally.

2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

National Space Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the next meeting is of the Space Council.

29 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the unit of measurement for court funding to judicial working days from sitting days.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Sexual Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is in her Department to conclude investigations into reports of sexual harassment; and what steps her Department takes to ensure that this process is conducted (a) prompt

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Sexual Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incidents of sexual harassment have been formally reported in her Department in each of the last five years; and what steps her Department is taking to estimate the number of such cases that ar

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Future Combat Air System

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of the Tempest programme.

28 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help community pharmacies with (a) funding, (b) workforce and (c) supply of medicines.

28 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ban the use of direct emission heating systems in new build homes.

14 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the unduly lenient sentence scheme to cases sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court.

14 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department plans to provide for training in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) British Army and (c) Royal Air Force in the 2024-25 financial year.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Chiltern Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to increase capacity on Chiltern Railways.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of Lord Darzi's Independent investigation of the NHS in England, published on 12 September 2024, what steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacies w

8 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court listings were vacated due to a failure to send a notice of hearing to the parties in the last 12 months.

8 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help ensure that coroners’ inquests are conducted adequately.

8 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the experiences of bereaved families who appeal coroners’ conclusions.

8 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help support jobs in the defence industry.

Source: official written-questions record.