Written questions
1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Job Creation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the number of new jobs that will be created as a result of the Pathways to Work Green Paper.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Pathways to Work Green Paper on the finances of disabled people.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed changes to disability benefits on public health inequalities.
17 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity group on disabled people in residential care.
17 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of losing eligibility for Personal Independence Payment on the financial security of disabled people.
17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by Young Lives vs Cancer entitled Young Cancer Patient Travel Fund, published in February 2024.
17 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking through the child poverty strategy to ensure child poverty is lower in 2029 than 2024.
13 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that all families have access to (a) affordable and (b) quality childcare.
13 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Childcare: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that childcare is affordable for working parents.
13 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Childcare: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to increase funding for the early years childcare sector.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Music: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider a three year funding settlement for the Music Hub programme.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cats and Dogs: Animal Breeding
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Animal Welfare Committee Opinions on specialised dog reproductive practices and cat breeding practices, published on 19 December 2024, whether his Department is p
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Gaza: RAF Akrotiri
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times UK Shadow R1 planes have flown from RAF Akrotiri towards Gaza since 19 January 2025; and for what purpose.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of ending the two-child benefits limit on levels of family incomes.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of ending the two-child benefits limit on levels of child poverty.
10 Mar 2025 · Treasury
Child Benefit: Inflation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to increase the level of child benefit in line with inflation.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a timeframe for updating the Decent Homes Standard.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rented Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to halve the number of non-decent (a) social and (b) private rented homes by 2030.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rented Housing: Furniture
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of moving into unfurnished homes on (a) prison leavers, (b) people escaping domestic violence and (c) people in poverty.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rented Housing: Furniture Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Child Poverty Taskforce on (a) furnished tenancies and (b) the potential impact of the Decent Homes Standard on levels of furniture poverty.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Furniture
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to update the Decent Homes Standard to ensure that a minimum of 10% of homes for social rent are offered furnished.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Advisory Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure advice sector staff receive adequate training to deal with potential changes to the welfare budget.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Advisory Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reductions to the welfare budget on the number of people seeking welfare advice; and what steps she is taking to ensure advice services
10 Mar 2025 · Treasury
Pensions: Investment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reclassifying weapons as ethical investments for pension funds.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Personal Care Services: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to promote apprenticeships in the hair and beauty industry.
6 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 next plans to discuss the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah with his Egyptian counterpart.
6 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Protected Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking ahead of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference to ensure the effective management of Marine Protected Areas.
6 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Protected Areas: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his department plans to ensure the forthcoming review of the English Marine Protected Area (MPA) network will deliver stronger protections for vulnerable marine habitats; and how i
5 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households use the radio teleswitch service for their energy meter connections in Poole constituency.
4 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department are taking to reduce phone-line waits for those making an application for Pension Credit.
Source: official written-questions record.