Written questions
1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Litter: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025, to Question 23782, on Domestic Waste: Disposal, what is the process and right of appeal against an outsourced company that issues a fixed pe
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Litter: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on outsourced private companies levying fines under section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 for minor litter breaches.
21 Feb 2025 · House of Commons Commission
Table Office: Written Questions
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will take steps to reinstate the round-robin feature for tabling written parliamentary questions.
13 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to retain the taskforce that identifies prominent extremists overseas.
13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of NHS staff pay increases on the (a) availability and (b) quality of patient services.
13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding allocated to the NHS in the Autumn Budget 2024 is being used to (a) boost productivity and (b) reduce waiting times.
13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to develop a national strategy to integrate health and housing services; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of such a strategy on delays in hospi
13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Psychiatric Hospitals: Discharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve discharge rates from mental health hospitals.
13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Discharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with (a) Integrated Care Boards and (b) housing providers to provide support for people leaving hospital.
13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Isle of Wight
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support the voluntary health sector community on the Isle of Wight.
13 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Mature Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to provide support for UK mature students.
13 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of project licence applications under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were returned to the applicant with a request for additional information to address (a) errors and (b
13 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of project licence applications under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were rejected in each of the last four years.
13 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Muslim Council of Britain
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 28705 on Department for Work and Pensions: Muslim Council of Britain, if he will declare his attendance at the Muslim Council of Britain's leadersh
13 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Muslim Council of Britain
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 28705 on Department for Work and Pensions: Muslim Council of Britain, whether the Minister for Social Security and Disability discussed policy on e
12 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit's annual report 2023, published on 17 December 2024, what steps her Department is taking to stop future instances of animals (a) dying and (b)
12 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for project licences to conduct experiments on animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were refused permission between 30 September 2024 and 1 January 2025.
12 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of project licences applied for under the Animal Welfare (Scientific Experiments) Act 1986 were refused in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Retail Trade: Business Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of planned increases in business rates for small retailers.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensioners: Isle of Wight East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support pensioners on low incomes in Isle of Wight East constituency.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensioners: Isle of Wight East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the proportion of pensioners in financial poverty in Isle of Wight East constituency.
12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Undocumented Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of rogue operators who do not observe visa employment rules in the social care sector.
12 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Business: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are making to help reduce the number of businesses that breach visa employment rules.
12 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Home Office: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department can allocate a proportion of their contracted working hours to diversity network activities; what the names of each of those networks are; a
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wolves: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the re-introduction of wolves to the wild on biodiversity.
11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Public Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 27757 on Department of Health and Social Care: Public Relations, what the purpose of the contract with Mullen Lowe was; which programmes were
11 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the suspension of USAID on the UK's contribution to aid programmes.
11 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Agriculture: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2024 to Question 12624 on Agriculture: Exports, what (a) trade shows, (b) missions and (c) events ministers have attended.
11 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
National Parks
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to create any new national parks.
10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Viral Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2025 to Question 25535 on Viral Diseases, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of means-testing the winter fuel payment on the number of cases
Source: official written-questions record.