Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Cars: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her (a) Department and (b) agencies take steps to (i) monitor and (ii) prevent the use of vehicles by car rental operators registered outside of the UK to circumvent the zero emission vehicle mandate.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Cars: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to enforce vehicle excise duty rules for car rental companies that use vehicles registered outside the UK.

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

Postal Workers: Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to help prevent dog attacks on postal workers.

29 Jul 2024 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle violent crimes against women.

29 Jul 2024 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Mayor of London on steps to tackle knife crime.

29 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussion with his Northern Ireland counterpart on trends in waiting times for access to CAMHS.

29 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help people with care home fees.

29 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of increasing Barnett consequentials for dental services in Northern Ireland.

29 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Ambulance Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of air ambulance response times in rural areas.

29 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of sustainability of GP practices in rural areas.

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

Dairy Products: Avian Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential future impact of the H5N1 virus on dairy projects.

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to take steps to provide incentives to local communities for support for onshore wind projects in their areas.

29 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department (a) is providing and (b) plans to provide to veterans that experienced hearing loss during their service.

29 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) modernise NHS IT systems and (b) protect them from cyber attacks.

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with representatives of the aviation industry on levels of compensation for passengers whose flights are cancelled.

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Retail Trade: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to support high street retailers.

29 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome as of July 2025.

29 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that NHS workers receive above inflation pay awards.

24 Jul 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Employment Schemes: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Communities Minister on the termination of the JobStart programme for 16-25 year olds in Northern Ireland.

24 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase public awareness and (b) reduce stigma in men about early screening for prostate cancer.

24 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hezbollah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on Hezbollah.

24 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with social care providers to ensure that the social care sector meets required staffing levels.

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on increasing defence spending.

24 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) survival rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and (b) availability of defibrillators in public and community settings.

23 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle rickets.

23 Jul 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Water Charges: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on water charges in Northern Ireland.

23 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been admitted to hospital following a drug overdose in the last 12 months.

23 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of diagnosis rates for pancreatic cancer in the last 12 months.

23 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with (a) Royal Mail and (b) prospective buyers for Royal Mail on retaining the universal service obligation.

23 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish an action plan to help tackle heart disease.

Source: official written-questions record.