Written questions

713 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that all domestic energy customers are offered the facility to pay energy bills by cheque; and if his Department will issue guidance to energy suppliers on ena

20 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to assist people from Afghanistan who (a) formally assisted UK armed forces and (b) have been cleared by the Ministry of Defence as qualifying for the Afghan Relocations a

20 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects to announce dates for nuclear test veterans to receive the medals and clasps in recognition of their service; and what steps his Department is taking to make available to interested pa

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fenwick Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to hold back the proposed sale by the NHS of the site and buildings of the Fenwick Hospital, Lyndhurst until (a) documentation is produced specifying (i) who owns the

9 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on whether survey results on proposed passenger service reinstatement should be presented (a) on an overall basis for the entire area and (b) broken down according to subdivision

9 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many inpatient beds there were in NHS community hospitals in England in (a) 1997, (b) 2010 and (c) 2022; and if he will make an assessment of trends in inpatient capacity in those hospitals bet

9 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential role of inpatient beds in community hospitals as step-down beds to release capacity in general hospitals; and how many inpatient beds there are i

6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of the places available in the first year under ACRS Pathway 3 have been filled, pending security checks, by eligible (a) British Council (i) con

20 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Members' Constituency Work

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Home Office Hub in Portcullis House as a means of successfully processing MPs’ casework arising out of the invasion of Ukraine; for what reason

14 Dec 2022 · Treasury

Mortgages: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to assist mortgage-holders on variable rates, whose mortgages have increased significantly since the September 2022 Growth Plan by requiring lenders to (a) extend the repayment term and

6 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of (a) moving people onto prepayment meters against their will and (b) cutting off energy supply (i) unilaterally and (ii) remotel

17 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Economic Policy: Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Statement 2022 on the sustainability of existing mortgages; and if he will make a statement.

24 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

BBC World Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on people living under repressive regimes of losing the option of listening to the BBC World Service via radio, with parti

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Solent Freeport: New Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the entirety of the New Forest has been included within the provisional boundary of the proposed Solent Freeport.

20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will list the (a) NHS hospitals which contain dedicated centres for the removal of failed vaginal mesh and (b) dates on which those centres became operational.

8 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the financial (a) impact upon and (b) assistance available to people of working age forced to leave their jobs following a diagnosis of terminal illness

29 Jun 2022 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Inquiry

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report by Sir Robert Francis QC on Compensation and Redress for the Victims of Infected Blood - Recommendations for a Framework, published in March 2022, if he will take steps to implement

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Telephone Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to institute financial penalties against firms which fail to answer customers' telephone calls within a specified acceptable period of time; and if he will m

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent representations submitted to his Department by the Association of Colleges on (a) pay differentials between schoolteachers and further

29 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diplomatic Service: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating an augmentation force consisting of recently retired (a) diplomats and (b) other relevant offici

14 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what further steps he plans to take to assist Ukraine to neutralise the use of long-range artillery against civil and military targets by Russian armed forces; whether equipment, supplied to Ukraine by the UK for

24 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sovico Group: Linacre College

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 124937 on Sovico Group: Linacre College, if she will publish (a) correspondence, (b) advice, (c) emails and (d) n

23 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Flats: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 6 December 2021 to Question 85168 on Flats: Construction, what safeguards have been put in place to ensure that leaseholders do not have to pay for re

16 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 20 April 2022, Official Report, column 161, what steps he is taking to ensure that surviving nuclear test veterans receive recognition for their servic

31 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on (a) extending the visa expiry dates and (b) offering other measures of relief to Russian (i) Tier 5 unpaid charity volunteers, (ii) students at UK universities whose courses are

30 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2022 to Question 139243 on Russia: Sanctions, whether shipping carrying Russian-originated cargo, but (a) owned, (b) operated, (c) controll

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to assess the practicability of using empty NHS and Social Services buildings, including Nightingale hospitals, to assist in the short-term transition of Ukrain

21 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 1 Investor visa applications by people from Russia led to the granting of British citizenship in each year since 2008, broken down by people who subsequently (a) retained and (b) renounc

21 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Financial Institutions: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish a consolidated list of all Russian banks and comparable institutions which (a) are and (b) are not being sanctioned, together with an explanation of the d

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to substantively respond to Questions (a) 124936 on Surgical Mesh Implants: South East, due for Answer on 23 February, (b) 127247 on Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent R

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