Written questions
347 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid firms there were in Cornwall in each year for which data is available.
8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid offices with a civil legal aid contract started less than 10 cases by each (a) local authority and (b) area of law in the (i) 2022-23, (ii) 2023-24 and (iii) 2024-25 financial year.
8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid offices with a civil legal aid contract started zero cases by each (a) local authority and (b) area of law in the (i) 2022-23, (ii) 2023-24 and (iii) 2024-25 financial year.
8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to increase provision of legal aid in the south west of England.
8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Truro and Falmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data her Department holds on the number of civil legal aid firms in Truro and Falmouth for each year data is available.
8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Government has allocated to legal aid in England and Wales in each financial year since 2010.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Museum Renewal Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the funding criteria for the Museum Renewal Fund to include museums that are independent charities.
31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the NHS Find a dentist website in relation to information on accepting new NHS patients to remove the selectable option
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of using the Child Maintenance Service on the (a) mental health and wellbeing of its users and (b) relationships between separated parents when
26 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Listed Buildings: Double Glazing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing listed building owners to install uPVC double glazing to improve energy efficiency.
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department undertook research on Extended Producer Responsibility schemes in other countries during the design of the proposed weight-related fee structure for his proposed
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on the number of producers switching from glass to plastic packaging.
18 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last raised the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah with the Egyptian Government; and how often he has raised the case of Mr El-Fattah with that Government.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Coastal Areas: Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of managed realignment in the shore management plan on coastal (a) businesses and (b) facilities.
18 Mar 2025 · Treasury
National Wealth Fund: Ports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that funding allocated through the National Wealth Fund provides effective support to different port requirements.
17 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Nurseries: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the sustainability of funding for maintained nursery schools.
17 Mar 2025 · Treasury
National Wealth Fund: Ports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's timeline is for the allocation of funding to ports through the National Wealth Fund.
17 Mar 2025 · Treasury
National Wealth Fund: Ports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding for port infrastructure through the National Wealth Fund is allocated according to the needs of each region.
17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to reconstitute the Islands Forum.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to publish the results of the fairer food labelling consultation.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the criteria of the proposed EPR fee tariff to a units-based metric.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is considering an exemption to the new Extended Producer Responsibility for packing regulations for closed loop systems.
10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when negotiations on the 2024-5 and 2025-6 community pharmacy contractual framework will be agreed.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Oil: Renewable Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using renewable liquid fuels to help oil-heated households decarbonise.
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Fuels: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of decisions taken by the (a) Scottish Government, (b) Northern Ireland Executive and (c) Republic of Ireland
3 Mar 2025 · Treasury
Renewable Fuels: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on the potential merits of equalising the duty treatment of renewable liquid fuels, in the context of encouraging its up
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy: Landfill
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help maintain the landfill gas to energy sector.
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Relationships and Sex Education: Endometriosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of menstrual well-being education in the statutory guidance entitled Relationships and sex education (RSE) and health educatio
28 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
UK Space Agency: Goonhilly Earth Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the UK Space Agency will renew funding to Goonhilly Earth Station for its bilateral pilot with the US when that funding runs out in March.
25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that memorandum of understanding agreements with councils for this year’s Shared Prosperity Funding are in place; and whether the de
Source: official written-questions record.