Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,345 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action she is taking to increase capacity on Thameslink services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to deliver a new M1 to A6 Link Road near to Streatley in Mid Bedfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of enforcement of restrictions on HGVs using rural roads with weight limits.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a comparative estimate of the level of taxation (a) collected in 2024-25 and (b) expected from Budgets for that tax year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing (a) vouchers and (b) tax rebates to parents who send children to independent schools of a value less than the cost to the public purse per year of
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of allowing a private equity firm to use public funds to impose a lower value bid on UK retail shareholders on confidence in the London market and promoting wider
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of fraud in the welfare system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of waiting times for responses to Ministerial correspondence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has considered redress for men adversely impacted by mesh implants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons offer the provision of braille transcription services for individuals with visual impairments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the (a) packaging, (b) nicotine strength and (c) point-of-sale requirements for nicotine pouches on the level of protection of children and y
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of penalties for retailers found to have sold nicotine pouches to people under the age of 18.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed restrictions on social media for under-16s on disabled children, including (a) Deaf children who use British Sign Language and (b) auti
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's press release of 10 August about the expansion of training posts, how many of the 1000 this year and up to 4,500 over 3 years will be allocated for neurology and
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made by Capita in processing payments to those affected by the McCloud judgment.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been paid to Capita to date in respect of progressing payments to those affected by the McCloud judgment.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate her Department has made of the value of Capita's Civil Service Pension Scheme administration contract attributable to processing McCloud judgment remedy payments.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Capita's compliance with National Minimum Wage requirements when awarding it contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of mandatory Companies House identity verification on long-serving company directors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to provide a non-digital route for existing directors to comply with mandatory identity verification requirements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if it intends to bring forward secondary legislation to bring the Animal (Low Welfare Activities) Act 2023 into force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on reviewing statutory rights for workplace green representatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of CPR and defibrillator questions in driving theory tests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a minimum apple or pear juice content of 50% for products marketed as cider or perry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to launch the procurement process for a replacement fast-jet training aircraft; when it expects to award a contract; and what steps it is taking to ensure that the programme supports UK