Written questions

641 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Milk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) banning the use of Bovaer and (b) allowing the use of Kelp in milk products.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish data on welfare claimants by (a) nationality and (b) immigration status.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Ritual Slaughter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that halal products are clearly marked on food labelling.

5 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of sourcing military uniforms from China.

2 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of raising the bus cap to £3 on pensioners.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Ground Rent

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ground rent costs on the ability of long-term leaseholders to sell their leased properties.

25 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the agreement with Mauritius on the British Indian Ocean Territory on global security.

21 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Border Security and Asylum to the Urgent Question on Asylum Seekers: Hotel Accommodation of 20 November 2024, Official Report, column 279, w

20 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Ground Rent

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ground rent costs on the ability of long-term leaseholders to sell their leased properties.

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Springer Nature: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that Springer Nature has restricted access to academic articles in China on (a) human rights, (b) democracy and (c) other politically

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help protect the integrity of global research from authoritarian regimes.

20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Genomics: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) Genomics England, (c) UK Biobank and (d) NIHR BioResource on (i) BGI Group, (ii) MGI Tech and (iii) other state-linked genomics compa

20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Genomics: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will exclude (a) BGI Group, (b) MGI Tech and (c) other state-linked genomics companies blacklisted by the United States from public sector health bodies.

11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Paediatrics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10931 on Audiology: Paediatrics, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether all providers of audiology services for children wil

11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Paediatrics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Question 10930 on Audiology: Paediatrics, how many children have been (a) recalled for reassessment and (b) needed onward referral to clinical services

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a 25 pence per week increase for state pension claimants.

1 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bourne Wood: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to encourage Forestry England to introducing disabled parking spaces in the Bourne Woods car park, Surrey.

1 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Pakistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department taking steps to prevent (a) members of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan and (b) others involved in violent incidents against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan from entering the UK.

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

Council Tax: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential (a) merits of removing students from council tax and (b) impact of removing students from council tax on routine (i) serv

23 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Paediatrics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many paediatric audiology departments there are in England; and how many of those meet the UK Accreditation Services Improving Quality in Physiological Services Accreditation standards.

23 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Paediatrics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made by the NHS England National Paediatric Hearing Improvement Programme; and what the findings were of its review of data for new-born babies.

23 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy not to provide Official Development Assistance to countries that have a higher (a) gross domestic product and (b) purchasing parity power than t

23 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Diplomatic Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the UK's diplomatic relationship with India of reports of India holding talks on a strategic partnership with Russia.

22 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require drivers to report cat killings under Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

4 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Waste Management: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds data on the number of days of strike action by council waste and recycling workers in each of the last three financial years.

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

Private Rented Housing: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Renter's Rights Bill on tackling unaffordable requests for rent in advance.

11 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take legislative steps to ensure that pensioners are not impacted by annual retirement property price increases.

5 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plants: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the adequacy of EU export regulations for preventing the importation of diseased plants into the UK.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities have (a) fair and (b) timely procedures for processing EHCPs.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase business rates.

Source: official written-questions record.