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Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament. Oral or written statements to Parliament are also made by the Government and others to inform both Houses of their work. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of Government on the official record and in the public domain.

All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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Question for Ministry of Justice
Judges: Retirement
Jessica Morden
Labour, Newport East

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges retired in each of the last five years.

Asked 28 November 2023
Answered 6 December 2023
By Mike Freer (Conservative, Finchley and Golders Green)
4114
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Culture: Children
Barbara Keeley
Labour, Worsley and Eccles South

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data her Department holds on the accessibility of arts and culture to children and young people under the age of 16.

Asked 28 November 2023
Answered 6 December 2023
By Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative, Maldon)
4117
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
Luke Pollard
Labour, Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service family accommodation and (b) single living accommodation homes have been left without (i) heating and (ii) hot water for more than 24 hours in the latest period for which data is available.

Asked 30 November 2023
Answered 6 December 2023
By James Cartlidge (Conservative, South Suffolk)
4748
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Justice
Bedford Prison: Repairs and Maintenance
Ruth Cadbury
Labour, Brentford and Isleworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what maintenance work is required at HMP Bedford as of 29 November 2023.

Asked 29 November 2023
Answered 6 December 2023
By Edward Argar (Conservative, Charnwood)
4447
Named day
Answered
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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nigeria: Terrorism
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how they marked Red Wednesday on 22 November, with particular reference to the rise in religious persecution in Africa, and whether they noted the associated presence in London of two survivors of the terrorist attack on a ...

Asked 22 November 2023
Answered 6 December 2023
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
HL500
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Libya: Visits Abroad
The Marquess of Lothian
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Foreign Secretary, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, plans to visit Libya.

Asked 22 November 2023
Answered 6 December 2023
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
HL520
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Belfast Agreement and European Convention on Human Rights

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 20 November (HL Deb col 618), what steps they will take to (1) remain a member of the European Convention on Human Rights, and (2) protect the human rights infrastructure o...

Asked 22 November 2023
Answered 6 December 2023
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
HL528
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Committee for Iran Freedom
Lord Empey
Ulster Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work in the UK of the British Committee for Iran Freedom.

Asked 22 November 2023
Answered 6 December 2023
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
HL508
Answered
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Cabinet Office
Government signing the Hillsborough Charter
Oliver Dowden
Deputy Prime Minister
Conservative, Hertsmere
Statement made 6 December 2023
HCWS99
Commons
Department for Education
Schools and Colleges Update
Gillian Keegan
The Secretary of State for Education
Conservative, Chichester
Statement made 6 December 2023
HCWS98
Commons
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Future Gas Security Publications (Update to the Energy Security Plan, Powering Up Britain)
Graham Stuart
Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Conservative, Beverley and Holderness
Statement made 6 December 2023
HCWS97
Commons
Home Office
Signing of the Rwanda Treaty
James Cleverly
The Secretary of State for the Home Department
Conservative, Braintree
Statement made 6 December 2023
HCWS101
Commons

Lords written statements

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Department of Health and Social Care
Review of the duty of candour in health and care settings
Lord Markham
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Lords)
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 6 December 2023
HLWS97
Lords
Home Office
Signing of the Rwanda Treaty
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 6 December 2023
HLWS96
Lords
Department of Health and Social Care
Government response to the consultation on visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices
Lord Markham
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Lords)
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 6 December 2023
HLWS95
Lords
Department for Education
Schools and Colleges Update
Baroness Barran
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System and Student Finance
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 6 December 2023
HLWS94
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
6 December 2023
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House of Commons written answers and statements
5 December 2023
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House of Commons written answers and statements
4 December 2023
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House of Commons written answers and statements
1 December 2023
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House of Lords written answers and statements
6 December 2023
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House of Lords written answers and statements
5 December 2023
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House of Lords written answers and statements
4 December 2023
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House of Lords written answers and statements
30 November 2023
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