Written questions
2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Holiday Accommodation and Second Homes: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department's consultation on second homes and holiday lets will be complete.
27 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks: Investment Zones
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department received expressions of interest for investment zones within the boundaries or setting of (a) national parks and (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty.
25 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS England: Niche Health and Social Care Consulting
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England has spent on (a) fees and (b) any other costs with Niche Health and Social Care Consulting since 2019.
11 Oct 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that Afghan refugees living in UK hotels following Operation Pitting are able to maintain their current employment when moving between hotels.
11 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help Afghan refugees living in hotels following Operation Pitting to access the private rental sector.
10 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office
List of Ministerial Responsibilities
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish an updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his comments in the House of Commons on 8 September 2022 that he had instructed water company chief executives to write to him formally by 21 September 2022 with a pl
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his comments in the House of Commons on 8 September 2022 that he had instructed water company chief executives to write to him formally by 21 September 2022 with a pl
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Radioactive Waste: Irish Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions have taken place between bodies associated with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the governments of the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man regarding
10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infectious Diseases: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the findings of Exercise Alice were not published following the outbreak of covid-19; and whether details of that exercise were provided to advisory committees involved in the Gover
21 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tigray: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the governments of (a) Eritrea and (b) Ethiopia on the attack on the Tigray region launched on 20 September 2022.
21 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her policy is on allowing local NHS commissioners to use flexible commissioning to improve the training of dentists, including clinicians from outside the UK.
21 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she will take steps to promote the recruitment of dentists from overseas by the NHS.
21 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Dentistry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the average time it has taken for dentists whose primary qualification is from outside the UK to receive an NHS performer number from the time of application in each N
21 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental contracts have been handed back in each NHS region in of the last five financial years.
21 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the average units of dental activity delivered by each NHS dentist in each Parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years.
21 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of whole time equivalent dentists providing NHS dentistry in England by Parliamentary constituency.
2 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tixagevimab/cilgavimab
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish national guidelines for the prescription of Evusheld.
2 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Storm Overflow Discharge Reduction Plan.
20 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Community Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to undertake an assessment of the contribution of community energy; and what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on the value of community e
18 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Commonwealth Games 2022: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to Powell's Pool to ensure that it meets acceptable water quality safety standards for the Commonwealth Games Triathlon and Paratriathlon events.
18 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Swimming
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for bathing water status (a) have been made, (b) are pending, (c) have been granted and (d) have been rejected since January 2021.
18 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Abstraction
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of water abstraction on chalk streams.
18 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions he and Ministers from his Department have visited chalk streams since 1 April 2022.
18 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Swimming
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to increase the number of sites with designated bathing water status.
18 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has for (a) preventing and (b) tackling wildfires during heatwaves.
18 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the potential number of wildfires in 2022; and what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of summer heatwaves on that estimate.
18 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment on the potential impact of sewage discharged in areas at risk of drought.
18 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Sewage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers from his Department have had with representatives of water companies since 1 April 2022 on the discharge of raw sewage into waterways.
15 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Small Businesses: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of temporarily increasing the VAT taxable turnover threshold from £85,000 to help small businesses with the rise in the cost of living.
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