Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the maintenance backlog across the public-sector prison estate.
15 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Transport: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all projects cited in Network North will be funded from the £36 billion announced.
15 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Transport: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the guidance entitled DfT value for money framework, published on 20 July 2017, how many and what proportion of the Network North projects have been assessed under this framework.
15 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Transport: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many projects in Network North have been costed.
15 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Transport: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many projects in Network North are at design stage.
15 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Transport: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the projects in Network North have a business case.
14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices in Easington constituency were accepting new NHS patients aged 18 and over in the latest period for which data is available.
10 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Floods: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average time was between initial contact and first payment from the Flood Recovery Framework in the latest period for which data is available.
10 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Floods: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Flood Recovery Framework for providing timely financial support to people affected by flooding.
10 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Floods: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much financial support was provided under the Flood Recovery Framework in the first two weeks following Storm Babet.
9 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2022 Workforce Census, what assessment he has made of the shortage in the NHS clinical oncology workforce on (a) radiotherapy waiting times, (b)
9 Nov 2023 · House of Commons Commission
High Speed 2 Line: Parliamentary Scrutiny
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of parliamentary scrutiny of sections of HS2 that have since been cancelled.
9 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times his Department answered Named Day written parliamentary questions stating that it would not be possible to answer a question within the usual time period, in the last 12 months.
9 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many miners' widows were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (a) in Easington constituency and (b) nationally in October 2023.
9 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (a) in Easington constituency and (b) nationally in October 2023.
9 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Ticket Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department allocated to train operators for ticket office reform in the last 3 years.
9 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) ticket office and (b) station staff at railway stations.
9 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of rail fares available from (a) Ticket Vending Machines and (b) online ticketing are not available from in-person ticket offices.
8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the cost to train operating companies of the mandates on station reform issued by his Department in 2023.
8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the range of rail fares available from ticket offices.
8 Nov 2023 · Department for Education
Kinship Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to p.19 of the Stable Homes, Built on Love consultation, published in February 2023, how will the investment of £9 million for training and support for kinship carers be spent.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the potential impact on passenger revenue of staffing unstaffed stations.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse has been of processes enacted by his Department following the issuing of mandates to train operating companies on station reform in 2023.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Ticket Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the proportion of time that ticket offices were not open during their regulated hours at (a) Avanti West Coast, (b) Chiltern, (c) C2C, (d) East Midlands, (e) Greater Ang
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Ticket Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of FTE vacancies there are in (a) ticket offices and (b) other station staff grades at (i) Avanti West Coast, (ii) Chiltern, (iii) C2C, (iv) East Midlands, (v
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Northern: Ticket Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to reintroduce the sale of Advance Purchase on Departure fares from Northern Trains ticket offices.
7 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Question 13 of oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 24 October 2023, HC 1929, Session 2022–23, what the (a) total number and (b) additional cost was of prison officers on detached
7 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Question 13 of oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 24 October 2023, HC 1929, Session 2022–23, on what date the policy of detached duty was introduced; and for how long it is plan
7 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Question 9 of oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 24 October 2023, HC 1929, Session 2022–23, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the adequacy of the levels of
7 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Question 13 of oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 24 October 2023, HC 1929, Session 2022–23, which prisons are (a) sending and (b) receiving prison officers under detached duty;
Source: official written-questions record.