Written questions

2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physical Education: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on promoting physical education as a GCSE subject in schools.

20 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department plans to use payments to land managers in the proposed environment land management scheme to support the creation of the Nature Recovery Network as outlined in his D

20 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) range of public goods and (b) type of environmental outcomes his Department plans to provide funding to upland farmers under the proposed environment land management scheme.

13 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Lakes Railway Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will instruct Arriva Northern to run a shuttle service on the Lakes line instead of suspending services on that line.

13 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Lakes Railway Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to approve a further extension of the Lakes Line suspension.

13 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Lakes Railway Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he approved the request of Arriva Northern for an extension of the Lakes Line suspension.

7 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Government has spent on cancer (a) research and (b) treatment in each of the last five years.

7 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £130 million allocated to modernise radiotherapy has been spent on new linac machines for newly commissioned satellite centres.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with energy providers on promoting renewable energy use in rural homes.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Renewable Energy: Farms

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with energy providers on promoting renewable energy use on (a) rural and (b) urban farms.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wildlife: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to include online trading companies as participants in the Illegal Wildlife trade conference planned for October 2018.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the (a) suicide rate and (b) general level of mental health among farmworkers in England.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to enforce the law against people who advertise for sale online a dog with an illegally docked tail.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fines for illegal tail docking have been issued in each year since the introduction of the ban in 2007.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to encourage farmers to use local small abattoirs for slaughter; and if he will make statement.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent the closure of small and medium-sized abattoirs in England.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on encouraging seasonal EU workers to continue travelling to the UK to work on farms.

1 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the internal market tariff on the effectiveness of the NHS delivery of radiotherapy.

1 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate funding to more efficient forms of radiotherapy technology; and if he will make a statement.

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with major car dealerships on promoting the sale of electric and other ultra-low emission vehicles.

1 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136434, for what reasons the answer to that question did not reference whether an impact assessment has been carried out on the effect on people

23 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2017 to Question 114778, when the postcode-level dataset which will enable the calculation of travel times to radiotherapy centres will be published.

23 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect in real terms of the change to the NHS Continuing Healthcare budget by 2020-21.

23 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the NHS not meeting the operational standard on the 62 day time limit between urgent GP referral and first definitive treatment for cancer

23 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further funding will be available for modernising radiotherapy after the closure of the current fund in October 2018.

23 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to spend a proportion of the £130 million allotted to modernise radiotherapy on new linac machines for newly commissioned satellite centres.

17 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Thurrock on 10 January 2018, column 146WH, when his Department plans to publish its report on patient travel times.

17 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Regional Planning and Development: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what interest rate for finance under the Northern Powerhouse was offered to successful bidders by local authority district in each month since January 2015.

17 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Regional Planning and Development: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications for funding through the Northern Powerhouse have been (a) received and (b) successfully awarded by local authority district in each month since January 2015.

17 May 2018 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nurseries in each region of England have closed in each of the last 5 years.

Source: official written-questions record.