Written questions

1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is for a successful Pension Credit claimant to start receiving winter fuel payments.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of additional Pension Credit claims received since the announcement on changing the eligibility of the Winter Fuel Payment; and what proportion of these claims

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will allow people in receipt of a state pension to claim carer’s allowance.

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

Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to reintroduce the use of neonicotinoid as a pesticide.

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

Food: Reserves

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish information on food stock-to-consumption ratios in the UK.

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

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish a strategic plan for food security.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Bank Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to protect the privacy of people affected by proposals to allow investigators to access the bank accounts of people who claim benefits.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Bank Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce further legal protections for people affected by proposals to allow investigators to access

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Bank Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposals to allow investigators to access the bank accounts of people who claim benefits.

16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle antisemitism.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

NHS: Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will have discussions with Royal Mail on ensuring that NHS correspondence is given a guaranteed next day delivery status.

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money the privatised prison maintenance service.

12 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 3666 on Private Education: VAT, what steps she plans to take to monitor the impact of the policy changes on military families.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Locksmiths: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the locksmith industry in upholding standards of practice.

11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many victims of the infected blood scandal have received their full compensation.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will exempt military compensation as income when calculating entitlement to means-tested benefits.

11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on the future of the mental health investment standard.

11 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Public Sector: Collective Bargaining

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to replace the public sector pay review bodies with collective bargaining.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Personal Care Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to meet representatives of the hair and beauty industry to discuss the potential impact of the Budget on their sector.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will commission specialist support for carers who have not been in paid employment for some time on (a) managing finances, (b) work placements and (c) confidence building.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers' Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the eligibility rules for carer's benefits to enable more carers to combine paid work and unpaid care.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Carers: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will produce guidance for employers on how to support unpaid carers in the workplace.

11 Dec 2024 · Women and Equalities

Carers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make caring a protected characteristic in employment law.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to fund the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools programme beyond 2025.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the planned increase in the state pension age to 68.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of maintaining the state pension age at 67.

9 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing First: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Housing First pilot schemes; and whether she plans to expand those schemes.

9 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Public Sector

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will extend the Employment Allowance to (a) GPs and (b) other people providing public services.

5 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of e-passports that do not work at UK airports; and what steps she is taking to help resolve that issue.

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

Incinerators

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing waste incineration facilities for the next five years.

Source: official written-questions record.