Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
190,605 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has evaluated the potential impact of granting Immigration Health Surcharge dependent exemptions based on occupational status while withholding equivalent relief from returning British
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial barriers created by current Immigration Health Surcharge fees for British citizens relocating to the UK with family members.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policy rationale underpins classifying returning British citizens and their family members under the same Immigration Health Surcharge framework as overseas visitors without historical UK residen
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to protect residential housing developments built adjacent to urban parks from grass fire threats.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that urban fire services serving high-density areas, including Leicester, receive dedicated equipment and specialist training to res
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on mitigating wildfire and grass fire risks across urban parklands, nature reserves and green spaces bordering residential ne
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the education system in circumstances where a national emergency alert is required to advise members of the public not to light fires during periods of hot a
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the National Curriculum in teaching primary and secondary school pupils about extreme weather risks and wildfire prevention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of national emergency alerts in raising public awareness about fire risks during periods of hot weather.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to identify underlying causes of delays in resolving MP correspondence; and if he will establish an expedited triage process for severe financial hardship cases.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the impact of a persistent lack of responses to pension enquiries on (a) retiring civil servants and (b) bereaved families; and what is her planned timeline for resuming normal se
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria her Department is using to select target locations for the expansion of Neighbourhood Health Centres; and if she will make an assessment of the suitability of Leicester East as a site
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the change in the number of emergency department attendances at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust since the delivery of integrated multi-disci
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking to hold the Civil Service Pension Scheme administrators accountable for failures to respond to urgent queries from scheme members and parliamentary offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of young people carrying offensive weapons.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps Border Force is taking to prevent illegal bladed weapons from entering the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has held with Motability Operations regarding policies that automatically terminate a beneficiary’s existing car lease upon the cancellation of an unfulfilled new vehicle order d
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a regional breakdown of the 91,030 increase in 16 to 24-year-olds classed as NEET between April to June 2024 and January to March 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for practical driving tests in (a) Leicester East constituency, (b) Leicestershire, and (c) the East Midlands.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Treasury has made of annual taxpayer write-offs resulting from unrecovered student loan debt issued to non-UK citizens.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that young people have access to engaging financial education while in full-time education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with recruitment agencies and employers on the potential merits of (a) offering informal pre-interview calls and (b) discussing flexible working options during th
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of the cost of learning to drive on individuals from low-income backgrounds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the support systems available to schools for educating students on the health risks associated with the use of recreational drugs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the support systems available to schools for educating students on the health risks associated with the excessive consumption of alcohol.