Written questions

902 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the adequacy of funding for homeless charities and shelters.

6 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Universal Credit's two-child limit on trends of the level of children living in poverty.

6 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending free school meals to all families receiving Universal Credit.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Thames Freeport: DP World

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reasons the Government has entered into partnership with DP World to run Thames Freeport given its criticism of the business in 2022.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the activities of P&O in 2022, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent companies making workers immediately redundant.

7 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office

Royal Mail: Vesa Equity Investment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department allowed Vesa Equity to increase its stake in Royal Mail group.

7 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that residents in care homes can access a dentist.

9 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Death: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of deaths that would have been preventable if medical attention had been available sooner in Wansbeck constituency in each month since Septe

9 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the nation's health.

9 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) increasing funding for medical schools, (b) offering additional financial support to people training for medical careers and (c) increasin

9 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to reduce the (a) pressure on and (b) workload of NHS staff.

9 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle workforce shortages in the social care sector.

9 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) GP appointments, (b) Accident and Emergency treatment and (c) delayed medical (i) treatments and (ii) operations in hospital.

9 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve levels of staff (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the NHS.

19 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of encouraging (a) elderly and (b) vulnerable people to find a warm space when unable to travel due to weather conditions

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

School Rebuilding Programme: Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding allocation to schools in Northumberland by the school rebuilding programme.

2 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lecanemab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) develop test infrastructure and (b) recruit testing staff to test patients for Alzheimer's disease to allow early diagnosis and treatment with Lecanemab.

30 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lecanemab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Dementia Research Institute on the potential roll-out of Lecanemab to the NHS.

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Royal Mail: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of Royal Mail's plans to cut 10,000 full-time equivalent roles by August 2023 on the Government's levelling

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Royal Mail Group reducing the Univeral Service Obligation to five days with no

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Royal Mail: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to launch an inquiry into the management of funds by Royal Mail Group Ltd.

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure the future of the Universal Service Obligation for broadband.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Networks: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to prevent energy companies classifying houses with a communal heat network as a commercial supply when it is for residential use.

1 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Tenants

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to extend the protection of the energy price cap to housing tenants reliant on communal boilers such as older persons housing schemes that are classified as being

14 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting parents and carers with the rising cost of school bus transportation in the context of the increase in fuel prices.

14 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Visits: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to schools for school trips and residential visits during the cost of living crisis.

12 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health and wellbeing training requirements for qualified sports coaches.

12 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Mental Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for (a) teachers, (b) school staff, and (c) sports coaches to support children with their emotional and mental wellbeing.

12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Personality Disorders: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of diagnosis of personality disorders in (a) adults and (b) adolescents in the last five years.

12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Personality Disorders: Medical Treatments and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase (a) research into and (b) treatment of personality disorders.

Source: official written-questions record.