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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.

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Question for Cabinet Office
Unpaid Work: Ethnic Groups
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative, Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 6 January 2025 to Question 21057 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid Work and (b) 20 November 2024 to Question 14502 on Gender: Equality, whether guidance ...

Asked 9 January 2025
Answered 14 January 2025
By Georgia Gould (Labour, Queen's Park and Maida Vale)
22989
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat, Torbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of maladministration around communications of State Pension age changes on the six sample cases in the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's...

Asked 9 January 2025
Answered 14 January 2025
By Torsten Bell (Labour, Swansea West)
23034
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
Mr Peter Bedford
Conservative, Mid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications were (a) made and (b) awarded by the smallest geographical area for which data is available since 29 July 2024.

Asked 8 January 2025
Answered 14 January 2025
By Torsten Bell (Labour, Swansea West)
22844
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
Mr Peter Bedford
Conservative, Mid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit claims have been awarded to (a) men and (b) women since 29 July 2024.

Asked 8 January 2025
Answered 14 January 2025
By Torsten Bell (Labour, Swansea West)
22843
Named day
Answered
Commons

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Question for Home Office
Hunting
Lord Swire
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks of Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman, the national police lead on hunting, that he is "very happy" with claims of two-tier policing of hunts in favour of saboteur...

Asked 17 December 2024
Answered 14 January 2025
By Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour, Life peer)
HL3561
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Ministers' Private Offices: Official Cars
Baroness Finn
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 2 December 2024 (HC16599), whether (1) the Cabinet Office, or (2) the Government Car Service, has produced guidance for departmental pri...

Asked 8 January 2025
Answered 14 January 2025
By Baroness Twycross (Labour, Life peer)
HL3879
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Public Inquiries
Lord Wigley
Plaid Cymru, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how many statutory public inquiries established under the Inquiries Act 2005 are currently still active; whether each inquiry has a target date for its completion; and whether there are financial resources ear-marked to cov...

Asked 6 January 2025
Answered 14 January 2025
By Baroness Twycross (Labour, Life peer)
HL3780
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023
Lord Trees
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to lay the secondary legislation required to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, following their announcement to do so in September 2024.

Asked 8 January 2025
Answered 14 January 2025
By Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour, Life peer)
HL3914
Answered
Lords

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Home Office
Legislative proposals to counter ransomware
Dan Jarvis
The Minister of State for Security
Labour, Barnsley North
Statement made 14 January 2025
HCWS365
Commons
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Stephen Doughty
Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories
Labour, Cardiff South and Penarth
Statement made 14 January 2025
HCWS364
Commons
Department for Transport
Changes to International Law
Mike Kane
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Labour, Wythenshawe and Sale East
Statement made 14 January 2025
HCWS363
Commons
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation DCO Extension
Steve Reed
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Labour, Streatham and Croydon North
Statement made 13 January 2025
HCWS362
Commons

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Home Office
Legislative proposals to counter ransomware
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 14 January 2025
HLWS362
Lords
Department for Transport
Changes to International Law
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State for Transport
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 14 January 2025
HLWS361
Lords
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 14 January 2025
HLWS360
Lords
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation DCO Extension
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary Of State
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 13 January 2025
HLWS359
Lords

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14 January 2025
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13 January 2025
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10 January 2025
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9 January 2025
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14 January 2025
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13 January 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
9 January 2025
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8 January 2025
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