Written questions
692 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to introduce a lifetime cap on individual care costs; and if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the cap in each of the first five years of its operation.
26 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Reasonable Adjustments: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people diagnosed with autism requested but were not granted reasonable adjustments as defined within the Equal Treatment Bench Book in the last year.
26 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Tatton
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of progress on the rollout of superfast broadband in Tatton constituency.
23 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to publish the HS2 Local Growth Action Plan; and whether that plan will be extended to include places that will host stations for Phase 2b of HS2 and the infrastructure they will require.
23 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Government has not published the HS2 Local Growth Action Plan.
16 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to amend the Seasonal Workers visa scheme to help increase the potential supply of labour in the agricultural sector.
15 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horticulture: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help support ornamental horticulture nurseries to access the workforce they need to meet (a) market demand and (b) environmental target
15 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Seasonal Workers visa scheme does not include ornamental crop growers.
15 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to take to support remote rural businesses in 2023 to help assist those organisations with financial planning for 2024.
19 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will disclose the method of payment for those people receiving an interim payment as part of the Infected Blood inquiry.
19 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the £100,000 interim compensation payment to people affected by infected blood.
19 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a timetable for the interim compensation payments for the victims of the infected blood scandal.
18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support she is planning to provide for adults recently diagnosed with ADHD.
18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she will take to raise awareness of the symptoms of ADHD in women and girls.
18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of in ADHD diagnoses among males and females; and if she will make a statement.
17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Resignations
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) reinstate and (b) compensate the care staff who left their jobs due to the legal requirement for those staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
11 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Renewable Energy: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the UK's ability to harness its renewable energy production through the use of (a) smart thermal storage heaters, (b) batteries, and (c) other exist
11 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Thermal Energy Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the positive merits of thermal storage technologies; and if he will bring forward (a) legislative proposals and (b) associated policies to support t
10 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Administration of Justice: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 22 September to Question 49643, if HM Courts & Tribunals Service do not record the number of people with autism who have requested a reasonable adjustment in relation to their autism or othe
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electricity: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy for Ofgem to undertake a review of off-peak tariff pricing, in the context of the potential merits of that pricing for (a) existing customers and (b)
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of energy storage on (a) decarbonising the energy system and (b) helping to ensure security of energy supply.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Thermal Energy Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to help support the development of thermal storage technologies, in the context of (a) the electrification of heat in buildings and (b) the rollout of (i) he
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Energy Price Guarantee on the level of storage capacity in the national grid.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Price Caps
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the energy price cap on (a) cost incentives and (b) carbon emissions arising from the use of storage heaters.
8 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Administration of Justice: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people diagnosed with autism were granted reasonable adjustments as defined within the Equal Treatment Bench Book in the last year.
8 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Administration of Justice: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with autism who have been through the court system in each of the last five years.
18 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office
Mortality Rates
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales: week ending 1 July 2022 published by the Office for National Statistics on 13 July 2022, what steps his Department is taking to investigate the hi
8 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Equity Actors' Union
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with representatives of Equity on the standards of services it provides to its members.
8 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Equity Actors' Union: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with members of Equity on the payment of repeat fees and the retention of those fees by that union.
7 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Equity Actors' Union
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received representations on the scope of activities being undertaken by Equity.
Source: official written-questions record.