Written questions

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Ambulance Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which air ambulance charities were successful in their bid for air ambulance capital funding; and how much funding each such charity was awarded.

25 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Ambulance Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £10 million air ambulance capital fund has been awarded to air ambulance charities after the bidding process.

16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257660 on Asthma: Health Services, what processes he plans to put in place to ensure appropriate referrals of NHS patients to specialist centres fo

16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure compliance with NICE guidelines on Quality Statement 4 of Quality Standard 25 on Asthma in relation to the a person having a follow-up appointment with their GP wi

16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication of three regulation 28 (Prevention of Future Death) Reports on asthma deaths, what steps he is taking to ensure that severe asthma sufferers are referred to specia

16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken in response to the publication of three Regulation 28 (Prevention of Future Death) Reports on asthma deaths since 2015.

16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his has taken to implement the recommendations of the 2014 report entitled, National Review of Asthma Deaths.

16 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wakefield: Pepper Spray

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timeframe is for the (a) commencement of training on the use of PAVA spray and (b) roll-out of PAVA spray to staff in HMP Wakefield.

11 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former armed service personnel who have declared their membership of those services are serving a sentence in each prison in Yorkshire.

11 Jul 2019 · Cabinet Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2019 to Question 249954, if the Government will publish the recommendations of the Joint Funds Unit audit of Overseas Security and Justice Assistance; what steps have been taken

11 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Stronger Towns Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257559, when he plans to publish further details on the operation and allocation of the Stronger Towns Fund.

11 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to appoint a national active travel commissioner.

11 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the size of the (a) regular armed forces community and (b) reserve armed forces community including the partners, spouses and children of people serving in the armed forces.

28 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to reduce the minimum time served as an employee before entitlement to statutory redundancy pay begins.

28 Jun 2019 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Barnsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of Education Health and Care Plans required in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) Barnsley Central constituency.

28 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by the 2019 Loan Charge in (a) Barnsley Central, (b) Sheffield City Region Mayoral Combined Authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber region.

28 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Bankruptcy: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have declared bankruptcy as a result of the 2019 Loan Charge.

28 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to conduct an inquiry into the introduction of the 2019 Loan Charge.

28 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of e-bikes.

28 Jun 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 259058, how many dead pets were collected from roads and paths, and what proportion of those pets were scanned by the relevant local

28 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families are in receipt of Healthy Start vouchers in (a) Barnsley Central, (b) Sheffield City Region Mayoral Combined Authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber region.

28 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the take-up rate of Healthy Start vouchers.

26 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what action will be taken against employers who do not meet their legal obligations to pregnant employees.

26 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that employers meet their legal obligations to pregnant employees.

26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if her Department will review the right to preserved pensions for members of the armed forces who retired before the introduction of the armed forces pension scheme 1975.

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Pregnancy: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has any plans to increase legal protections from redundancy for pregnant employees, and if he will make a statement.

24 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities charge homeless people for the return of confiscated items.

24 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the forcible removal of camps containing homeless people.

24 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the finding, reported in the Guardian on 17 June 2019, that the number of homeless camps forcibly removed by local authorities acro

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the value of preventative health-related fuel poverty initiatives is recognised in the forthcoming green papers on (a) prevention and (b) social care i

Source: official written-questions record.