Written questions

577 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

European Court of Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK leaving the European Court of Human Rights.

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeports: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has plans to introduce union representation onto freeport boards.

3 Feb 2025 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Members: Allowances

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment the Committee has made of the effectiveness of the technology platform used to (a) process and (b) adm

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how his Department (a) tracks and (b) reports on the use of UK foreign aid funds in (a) Bangladesh and (b) other countries with known corruption risks; and what steps his Dep

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average actual clearance times were for Pension Credit claims made from 25 November 2024 until the most recent date available.

24 Jan 2025 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the transparency of the governance arrangements for the Independent

24 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Driver Information Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the reliability of lane-keeping assist technologies (a) in challenging environmental conditions and (b) generally.

24 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Driver Information Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve driver (a) awareness of and (b) education in the (i) limitations and (ii) proper usage of lane-keeping assist systems.

24 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Driver Information Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of accidents in England involved lane-keep assist intervention in 2023/24; and what steps she is taking to tackle concerns over the safety of such systems.

21 Jan 2025 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Remote Working

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what proportion of employee work-time was spent working from (a) home and (b) an IPSA office location in 2023-24.

21 Jan 2025 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Operating Costs

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether IPSA plans to implement efficiency savings to reduce operating costs to the levels of 2018-19.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for Pension Credit appeals to be reviewed.

21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Pension Credit: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Pension Credit decisions have been appealed since 29 July 2024; and what the success rate was of those appeals.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16393 on Department for Work and Pensions: Staff, what the additional cost is of the private providers.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards are in place to ensure people who (a) own, (b) manage and (c) work in private children's homes are properly qualified.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to local authorities is of housing children in privately run children's homes.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private dwellings have been converted into children's homes in Leicestershire in each of the last five years.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are taken to inform local (a) doctors and (b) police when children in care are relocated by a local authority to a privately run children's home.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority is responsible for children's care when they are relocated to a privately run children's home by a local authority.

21 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to inform local communities before migrants are housed in hotel accommodation in that area.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications were made in each of the last five years for which data is available.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications were (a) made and (b) awarded by the smallest geographical area for which data is available since 29 July 2024.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit claims have been awarded to (a) men and (b) women since 29 July 2024.

7 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 18061, tabled by the hon. Member for Mid Leicestershire on 4 December 2024 for answer on 9 December 2024.

7 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and which hotels are being used to house asylum seekers in Mid Leicestershire constituency; and how many asylum seekers there are in each hotel.

16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to protect designated outdoor pub smoking and vaping areas.

16 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Protected Savings threshold from £85,000.

13 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications have been made in each region since 29 July 2024.

13 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners eligible for but not claiming Pension Credit in each region.

13 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners eligible for Pension Credit in each region.

Source: official written-questions record.