Written questions

545 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure utilities are affordable for disabled households.

4 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the findings on page 4 of the report by Women's Aid entitled The Price of Safety: The cost of leaving an abuser and rebuilding a safe, independent life, published in September 2024,

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle shortages of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to fund research on mental health patient (a) homicide and (b) suicide.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Patients: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure NHS mental health trusts are putting into practice lessons learned from patient homicides.

4 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Forensic Science

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve forensics as part of speeding up criminal investigations.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Guide Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle discrimination against visually impaired people with guide dogs and (b) educate (i) businesses and (ii) public services on the (A) role and (B) importance of guide

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps with the motor industry to improve the affordability of electric vehicles.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support emerging artists in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting survivors of domestic abuse from repaying advances of Universal Credit payments.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will introduce separate Universal Credit payments by default to help ensure domestic abuse perpetrators cannot gain control over joint household income.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training work coaches receive on domestic abuse; and how often.

12 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health and Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of information (a) provided by the NHS and (b) on adult social care.

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to drive innovation in meeting the health needs of people rough sleeping.

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people experiencing homelessness to register with a (a) GP and (b) dentist.

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that hospitals work with (a) homelessness support teams and (b) drug and alcohol services to establish a clear understanding of (i) addiction, (ii

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure hospital staff are trained to provide services which aim to address health inequalities, are inclusive and pay attention to the diverse experience

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to increase the number of neighbourhood health services staffed by people with lived experience of homelessness.

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care Networks: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase understanding of homelessness across primary care networks.

11 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Identity Cards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veteran ID cards have been distributed in each local authority area to veterans who left service before December 2018.

11 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Identity Cards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of veteran ID cards by eligible veterans who were discharged before December 2018.

11 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Film: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to provide (a) tax relief and (b) other fiscal support for the visual effects sector.

11 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Film: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will bring forward the implementation of the five per cent increase in tax relief for UK visual effects in film and high-end TV, with UK visual effects costs exempt from the 80 per cent cap on qual

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Film: Work Experience

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support for workplace exchange programmes in the visual effects and post-production sector; and whether she is taking steps to enco

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Film: Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals to include employers’ running costs for providing visual effects and post-production placements in the Apprenticeship Levy.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Film and Video Games: Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide additional support for the provision of AIM level 3 extended diploma in games, animation and visual effects skills in further education colleges.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film and Television

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of trends in the level of the contribution of visual effects and animation industry to the economy in the last ten years.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film and Television: Overseas Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support British citizens working in Quebec's (a) visual effects and (b) animation industry to return to the United Kingdom's creative industries.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film and Television: Trade Competitiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the competitiveness of the United Kingdom's (a) visual effects and (b) animation industry.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film and Television

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department to support the UK as a major location for the visual effects industry.

Source: official written-questions record.