Written questions

1,903 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 8 of the forty-ninth report of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Managing tax compliance following the pandemic, published on 3 May 2023, HC 739, what recent steps he has taken to

26 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of HMRC workforce resources.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hazardous Substances: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the report entitled Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environ

23 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Mortgages: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tools his Department uses to assess the impact of the increase in the Bank of England base rate on mortgage holders.

22 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries and Hospitals: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding will be made available to help (a) hospitals and (b) GP practices increase their accessibility for people with mobility needs.

22 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that potential increases in the NHS workforce will be accommodated by an expansion and improvement of healthcare buildings.

22 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries and Hospitals: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of older buildings on the (a) ventilation and (b) infection, prevention and control measures of hospitals and GP practices that reside with

22 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries and Hospitals: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all hospitals and GP practices have (a) high-speed broadband and (b) the necessary infrastructure to support digital transformation programmes.

22 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the (a) size and (b) condition of NHS buildings on hospital waiting lists.

22 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report of the British Medical Association entitled Building the future - brick by brick, published in 2022, whether his department plans to increase capital investment in the

22 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will re-establish the Hormone Replacement Therapy Taskforce.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for the Transport, which (a) Department and (b) Minister is responsible for civilian and tourist submarines.

20 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Disease Control and Emergencies: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to appoint a Minister for pandemic and disaster preparedness.

19 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

International Labour Organisation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials held meetings with the International Labour Organisation each year since 2019; what the reasons for each of those meetings were; and who was present at each meeting

19 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2023 to Question 186690 on Asylum: Interviews, what steps she is taking to monitor (a) progress in the Streamlined Asylum Process and (b) the accuracy of the forecast

19 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2023 to Question 186685 on Asylum: Children, if her Department will monitor the number of (a) families and (b) individuals in housed in House in Multiple Occupancy pro

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to respond to local authorities on their proposals to use unspent money that was distributed through the 2022-23 UK Shared Prosperity Fund in the 2023-24 fi

19 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

English Language: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to address recruitment and retention in English teaching.

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

Housing: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report entitled UK housing: Fit for the future?, published by the Climate Change Committee on 21 Februar

12 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June to Question 187674 on Personal Independence Payment: Appeals, what steps his Department is taking with His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service to reduce the number an

12 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the British Medical Association's 2022 report entitled Building the future - Brick by brick: The case for urgent investment in sa

9 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to promote the collective voice of ethnic minority senior nurses.

9 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the results of the noise camera pilots.

9 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote career progressions in (a) lecturing, (b) nurse consultancy and (b) other alternative career options for senior nurses.

9 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Nurses: Industrial Diseases

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to release statistics on (a) covid-19 and (b) other workplace-related illness and deaths among the nursing workforce broken down by ethnicity.

9 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of development and training needs in the nursing workforce.

9 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote NHS jobs to people living abroad.

9 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard 2022 data analysis report for NHS trusts, published 22 February 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's

9 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of bullying within the NHS workforce.

9 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Pastoral Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve pastoral care in NHS trusts.

Source: official written-questions record.