Written questions
1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Animals: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority has taken to collect data on reports of incidences of marine life stranding.
29 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Animals: North Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has received increased reports of malnourished marine mammals along the North Sea coast since July 2022.
29 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Algae: North Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has requested that the Natural History Museum to collect from specific incidences of algal blooms in the North Sea as part of its AlgaeVision database in (a) Septe
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity of and (b) levels of service provision by the oncoplastic workforce.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Plastic Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided to help tackle waiting lists for breast reconstruction services since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
1 Jun 2022 · Cabinet Office
Food: Supply Chains
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 May to Question 5626, what the (a) content and (b) design of his Department's workshops on businesses handling inflationary pressures were; which public food sectors were involved; a
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the United Kingdom Food Security Report 2021: Theme 3: Food Supply Chain Resilience published in December 2021, what assessment he has made of public (a) confidence a
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 May 2022 to Question 5626 on Food: Supply Chains, what evidence he has received to show that major suppliers can fulfil existent and future public procurem
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 May 2022 to Question 5626 on Food: Supply Chains, what support his Department is providing to the Departments referred to in that Answer to ensure that the
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Education
School Meals: Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to provide support or extra resources to local authorities and schools to mitigate potential pressures on public food supplies due to rising energy, food and labour costs; and w
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport
Leamside Line: Sunderland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential economic benefits of re-opening the Leamside Line for Washington and the Coalfields within Sunderland City.
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children of (a) infant school age, (b) primary school age inclusive of infant years, (c) primary school age excluding infant years and (d) secondary school age are from families in receipt of U
1 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
School Meals Coalition
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department (a) has completed its monitoring of the School Meals Coalition and (b) plans to publish the findings of that monitoring; and for what reason the Govern
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of global food price rises on public sector caterers; and whether he is taking steps to (a) help protect public sector food provis
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Education
School Meals Coalition
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he (a) has made and (b) plans to make a further assessment of the potential merits of joining the School Meals Coalition.
20 May 2022 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Government's 1.7 per cent increase in funding for Universal Free School Meals on suppliers of those meals who are facing a 9 per cent increase in foo
20 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to provide support to the food and drink supply chain in its servicing of the public sector in the context of that sector facing pressures due to risin
20 May 2022 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will increase the allowance for Universal Free School Meals in line with rising inflation.
20 May 2022 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of recent reports that school meal suppliers are reducing portion sizes or reducing quality of ingredients to continue to supply Univ
20 May 2022 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ask schools to (a) keep a record of the average meals service and (b) submit a return to his Department each school term to help reduce the cost of the Universal Free School Meals overall.
20 May 2022 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential challenges facing the food supply industry in respect of the supply of free school meals; and whether he plans to take steps to re-evaluate funding alloc
20 May 2022 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of ring-fencing the Universal Free School Meals allowance for catering use only.
19 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total sum owed to Healthy Start recipients in backdated payments as a result of complications in their migration from vouchers to cards.
19 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many households previously in receipt of Healthy Start vouchers had not migrated to cards by the end of March 2022 and are therefore no longer in receipt of their entitlement despite still bein
19 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many households migrating from Healthy Start vouchers to cards were initially informed that they were ineligible for a card but were subsequently found to be eligible and are therefore owed bac
18 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gynaecological Cancer: Preventive Medicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the UK's record of preventing gynaecological cancers in comparison to other European countries, including (a) North Macedonia, (b) France and (c) Germany.
18 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cervical Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding cervical screening visits to include a wider well-woman check for gynaecological cancers and other women’s health conditions.
16 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Freehold: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reform rent charges and prevent the exploitation of rent charge payers by rent charge holders.
16 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Private Rented Housing: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding in the English Housing Survey 2020 to 2021 that private renters spend a higher proportion of their hou
16 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Freehold: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure an equal balance of power between rent charge payers and rent charge holders.
Source: official written-questions record.