Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Aug 2024 · Home Office

Young Futures Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for publishing details of the locations of youth hubs.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on supporting employment opportunities for people with functional neurological disorders.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) assess provision gaps for open access defibrillators.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

VAT: Disability Aids and Medical Equipment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of removing Value Added Tax for (a) wheelchairs and (b) defibrillators on access to those devices.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that women in need of urgent gynaecologist appointments can be seen in person.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussion with NHS England about improving early detection of Ductal Carcinoma in situ in women.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which external stakeholders she met with ahead of revoking the second commencement regulations made under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Dental Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what powers he has to change the leadership of the General Dental Council.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many orthodontists were paid more than £1 million by the NHS in each of the last five years.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to maintain free prescriptions for pensioners not in receipt of (a) pension credit and (b) other benefits.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Lavatories

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will have discussions with councils on maintaining free public toilets in (a) towns and (b) villages.

30 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her policy to change the automatic release point to 40% for certain standard determinate sentences on reoffending rates.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in her Department in each of the last five years.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of setting up GB Energy.

30 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Peterborough: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released and recalled to HMP Peterborough (a) once and (b) multiple times in the last 12 months.

30 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Lincoln: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released and recalled to HMP Lincoln (a) once and (b) multiple times in the last 12 months.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is on ministerial clearance of contracts relating to external equality, diversity and inclusion providers.

30 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Office for Value for Money

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the projected cost to the public purse of setting up the Office for Value for Money.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will no longer be able to access winter fuel payments.

30 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that people are able to access cashpoints in rural areas.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the updated UK Food Security Report.

25 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Migration and Economic Development Partnership

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his Rwandan counterpart on the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will take steps to regulate smartphone use for children.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of fly tipping were recorded in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 to date.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in her Department in each of the last five years.

24 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much HS2 funding has been reallocated for rail upgrades in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

24 Jul 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her Rwandan counterpart since 5 July.

24 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in his Department in each of the last five years.

23 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of SEND delivery in rural areas.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted for breaching covid-19 restrictions since January 2022.

Source: official written-questions record.