Written questions, answers and statements

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 Ministry of Justice
Community Orders
Steve Reed
Labour, Croydon North

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 25871 on Community Orders, how many hours of Community Payback is yet to be delivered in each (a) region of (i) England and (ii) Wales and (b) probation service ...

Asked 1 July 2022
Answered 6 July 2022
By Kit Malthouse (Conservative, North West Hampshire)
28888
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Dialysis Machines
Kenny MacAskill
Alba Party, East Lothian

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 2656 on dialysis at home, when he expects that patients receiving haemodialysis treatment at home will receive clear communications so that they ar...

Asked 1 July 2022
Answered 6 July 2022
By Maria Caulfield (Conservative, Lewes)
28922
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
Labour, Tooting

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle delays in diagnoses of Bipolar disorder.

Asked 1 July 2022
Answered 6 July 2022
By Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Chichester)
28908
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Russia
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative, Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to impose secondary sanctions on Chinese firms who are believed to have violated sanctions on Russia by providing military equipment or other s...

Asked 29 June 2022
Answered 6 July 2022
By Vicky Ford (Conservative, Chelmsford)
27667
Named day
Answered
Commons

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Question for Department for Transport
Electric Scooters
Baroness Randerson
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they define the term “green” in their guidance to local authorities and e-scooter rental companies.

Asked 29 June 2022
Answered 6 July 2022
By Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Conservative, Life peer)
HL1356
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Transport
Shipping: Crew
Lord Hylton
Crossbench, Excepted Hereditary

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether key worker status remains available for all foreign crews of ships visiting UK ports; and whether those crews will be allowed to go ashore unless there are known specific health risks.

Asked 27 June 2022
Answered 6 July 2022
By Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Conservative, Life peer)
HL1275
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Scientists: UK Relations with EU
Baroness Randerson
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government, (1) what assessment they have made of the number of UK-based scientists who may have grant offers from the European Research Council withdrawn if there are no UK–EU agreements on Horizon Europe, Copernicus and Euratom, and...

Asked 29 June 2022
Answered 6 July 2022
By Lord Callanan (Conservative, Life peer)
HL1359
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UK Endorsement Board: Public Appointments
Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 21 June (HL866), what was the process for the fair and open competitive recruitment for the position of Technical Director of the UK Endorsement Board; and when that appoin...

Asked 27 June 2022
Answered 6 July 2022
By Lord Callanan (Conservative, Life peer)
HL1265
Answered
Lords

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sweden and Finland NATO Accession
Elizabeth Truss
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Conservative, South West Norfolk
Statement made 6 July 2022
HCWS188
Commons
Ministry of Defence
Atomic Weapons Establishment Pension Scheme
Jeremy Quin
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
Conservative, Horsham
Statement made 6 July 2022
HCWS187
Commons
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Linking the Foreign Interference Offence to the Online Safety Bill
Chris Philp
Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy
Conservative, Croydon South
Statement made 6 July 2022
HCWS186
Commons
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Update
Kwasi Kwarteng
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Conservative, Spelthorne
Statement made 6 July 2022
HCWS185
Commons

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sweden and Finland NATO Accession
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister for South and Central Asia, North Africa, United Nations and the Commonwealth
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 6 July 2022
HLWS185
Lords
Ministry of Defence
Atomic Weapons Establishment Pension Scheme
Baroness Goldie
Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 6 July 2022
HLWS184
Lords
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Linking the Foreign Interference Offence to the Online Safety Bill
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Minister for Arts
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 6 July 2022
HLWS183
Lords
Department for Transport
Second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy - July 2022
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 6 July 2022
HLWS182
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
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6 July 2022
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5 July 2022
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4 July 2022
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1 July 2022
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6 July 2022
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5 July 2022
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4 July 2022
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30 June 2022
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