Written questions

1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust: Community First Responders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many volunteer first responders are in post with the South Western Ambulance Service HNS Foundation Trust; and what steps he is taking to recruit additional first responders in Dorset.

24 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Public Sector: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 amended by the Enterprise Act 2016, what estimate he has made of the cost to the pubic purse in each year of the delay in the implementation o

11 Feb 2020 · Cabinet Office

Election Offences: Prosecutions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many prosecutions have been brought against people alleged to have been in breach of UK electoral law in each of the last five years for which information is available.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what definition of scale-up businesses her Department uses; and what steps she is taking to support those businesses.

11 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pharmacy2U

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what savings have accrued to his Department as a result of UK NHS Pharmacy 2 U service; and what steps his Department is taking to increase the levels of use of that service.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Caravan Sites: Unfair Practices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if her Department will support a referral to the Competition and Markets Authority of alleged unfair and anti-competitive practices by some owners and operators of residential par

11 Feb 2020 · House of Commons Commission

Members: Complaints

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission consulted the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards before making its recommendations of 10 February 2020 on the creation of an

11 Feb 2020 · House of Commons Commission

Norman Shaw Buildings: Facilities

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many occasions since June 2019 reports have been made on the missing towel dispenser in the men's lavatory on the ground floor of Norman Shaw North

5 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Multiple Occupation: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many houses in multiple occupation are licensed by local authorities; and what estimate he has made of the number of unlicensed houses in multiple occupation in England; and

5 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Landlords

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many landlords in England are registered on the Government's rogue landlord database; and what his estimate is of the number of rogue landlords who are not yet registered; an

5 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Poultry Meat: Chlorine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2020 to Question 7113 on Food: Chlorine, whether the Food Standards Agency advises that chlorinated water can be used as a rinsing aid to control process hygien

5 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Naturalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeframe is for the decision on the application by a senior NHS Consultant with Case ID Number 24910589 for naturalisation as a British citizen which was acknowledged on 13 February 2019; an

23 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Bournemouth Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2020 to Question 944 on Royal Bournemouth Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments, what the annual capacity of each hospital was in 2019.

23 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Chlorine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward regulations on the sale of salad washed in chlorine; and if she will make a statement.

23 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent such prisoners being released with a drug dependency being subject to immediate recall as a result of that drug dependency.

23 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to set a maximum period within which an oral hearing for an appeal against recall on an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence must be heard; and if he will make a statement.

23 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving IPP sentences have been the subject of recall appeals which are still awaiting determination; and what is the longest period for which any appellant has been waiting.

9 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what improvements have been made to the HMRC Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to ensure that it meets the needs of the private sector; and what proportion of the resulting checks will be full and accurate

9 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Premium Bonds: Payment Methods

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to make it the policy of National Savings & Investments to enable Premium Bond prize winners to have their prizes credited to their bank accounts by BACS irrespective of whether they have an em

9 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to change the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme so that hot water from solar thermal collectors can be used to support a home's heating needs under tha

9 Jan 2020 · Home Office

David Duckenfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost to the police service in England is of each of the three trials of David Duckenfield on charges of manslaughter arising from the Hillsborough tragedy and the work preparatory t

9 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

David Duckenfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated cost is to HM Courts & Tribunals Service of each of the three trials of David Duckenfield on charges of manslaughter arising from the Hillsborough tragedy; and if he will make a statement.

9 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that a rapidly deteriorating condition that may be entering a terminal phase under paragraph 16 of the Fast Track Pathway Tool for NHS Continuing Healthcare

8 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities are using the powers in section 94(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to ensure that developers complete dev

8 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will respond to the Wild Bird Populations in the UK 1970-2018 Report; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle the decline in the wild bird population in Eng

8 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heating: Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent comparative assessment his Department has made of the costs and benefits of the use of solar thermal collectors as alternatives to water heated by heat pumps and solar

8 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Dorset Police: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to maintain the Police council tax precept in Dorset being increased by more than the level of inflation in 2020-21; and if she will make a statement.

8 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of homes in respect of which planning permission for development was granted more than 24 months previously but in whic

7 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Bournemouth Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual capacity of the new accident and emergency department after the merger of the Royal Bournemouth and Poole hospitals; and how that will compare to the current

7 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications using the NHS Continuing Healthcare Fast Track Pathway tool have been made in the Dorset CCG area in each of the last six months for which information is available; how many s

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