Written questions
485 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 May 2022 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Buildings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Answer of 18 May 2022 to Question 64 on 36 Whitehall, what the nature of the one-off urgent Health and Safety works was costing £724k carried out at 36 Whitehall; when and by whom those wor
24 May 2022 · Department for Education
Environment Protection: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Net Zero strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help promote apprenticeships in the environmental sector.
17 May 2022 · Department for Education
Environment Protection: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Net Zero strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help promote apprenticeships in the environmental sector.
17 May 2022 · Department for Education
Housing: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is taking steps to align relevant apprenticeships with the schedule of public works on insulating housing.
12 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Postage Stamps: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on Royal Mail’s decision to add barcodes to its postage stamps; and what assessment has been made of the impact of that deci
10 May 2022 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Buildings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 24 May 2021 to Question 3807, on Cabinet Office: Buildings, what progress has been made over the last twelve months on developing plans by the Government Property Agency to refurb
10 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Greater Manchester Combined Authority and West Midlands Combined Authority: Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the likelihood that trailblazer deeper devolution deals being negotiated with West Midlands Combined Authority and Greater Manchester Combined Authorit
31 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to simplify and streamline the process for bus franchising.
31 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote the return of public transport following the covid-19 outbreak.
31 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to establish a long term, enhanced and devolved approach to funding bus services in the West Midlands.
10 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Embassy Washington: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the renovation of the British residence in Washington DC has exceeded its contractual completion date; when the renovation of that embassy is expected to be c
17 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Climate Change: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support research on (a) the effect of climate change on nature and (b) the carbon capture potential of woodland; and if he will hold discussions
17 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Climate Change: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support research on (a) the effect of climate change on nature and (b) the carbon capture potential of woodland; and if he will hold discussions
11 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research on the implications for his policies of research on the rate of photosynthesis in mature woodland exposed t
11 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Climate Change: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support research on (a) the effect of climate change on nature and (b) the carbon capture potential of woodland; and if he will hold discussions
11 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that social care staff receive specific Parkinson’s and dementia training.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Sutton Coldfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with Birmingham City Council on increasing the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school places in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
23 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2021 to Question 49038 on NHS: Coronavirus, what plans he has to make an assessment of the effect on NHS frontline staffing levels of the advice that from 28
14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on NHS frontline staffing levels of the advice that from 28 weeks all NHS staff who are pregnant should work from home and if that is not possi
13 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care Levy: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish on a six-monthly basis the value for money calculations made on the additional health and social care expenditure for which money has been raised through th
13 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish on a six-monthly basis the additional results achieved by the NHS through expenditure raised by the 1.25 per cent Health and Social Care Levy announced on 7
3 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Season Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to roll out flexible ticketing in the East and West Midlands to encourage passengers to use public transport.
3 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve the electric vehicle charging network in the West Midlands.
3 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the economic impact of the Midlands Rail Hub project.
3 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve departmental response times to correspondence from hon. Members.
22 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Spain: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on the challenges faced in obtaining entry to Spain by some people who have recently recovered from covid-19 and stil
22 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with officials in the Department for Health and Social Care on the challenges faced by people who have recently fully recovered from covid-19 who are unable to obtain a negative PCR
20 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the COP Presidency paper entitled Priorities for Public Climate Finance in the Year Ahead, published January 2021, whether his Department is planning to cha
12 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tigray: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Sudanese counterpart on the viability of transporting aid through Sudan to the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
12 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tigray: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Eritrean Government on using their ports for humanitarian supplies to be transported to Tigray in Ethiopia.
Source: official written-questions record.