Written questions

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have transferred to contractors under TUPE regulations since 2010.

16 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed by (a) private companies and (b) community and voluntary sector organisations contracted to deliver public services.

16 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) private companies and (b) community and voluntary sector organisations are contracted to provide public services.

16 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish information about the outcomes from the workshops that his Department has been running ahead of negotiations on a new Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and

16 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) the minutes from and (b) a list of attendees at the workshops his Department has been running ahead of negotiations on a new Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing an

16 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many outsourcing contracts the Government has in place broken down by (a) central Government, (b) defence, (c) the NHS, (d) local government, (e) schools and (f) wider education; and what the total value is

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to answer Question 153796 tabled by the hon. Member for Cambridge on 27 February 2023..

28 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Windsor Framework, published on 27 February 2023, CP 806, whether products sold into cash and carry settings will be eligible for the green lane.

28 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2023 to Question 148613 on Public Sector: Food, whether her predecessors had discussions with food and drink wholesalers on the creation of a sing

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to answer Questions 146998, 146999 and 14700 tabled by the hon. Member for Cambridge on 17 February 2023 for answer on 22 February.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding redirected from the Basic Payment Scheme to new schemes as part of the Government’s Agricultural Transition Plan has been spent on additional staff and contractors for

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding redirected from the Basic Payment Scheme to Agricultural Transition Plan schemes has been disbursed to farmers.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the badger vaccination programme; and whether her Department plans to continue the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme beyond Feb

22 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to take steps to increase public procurement spend with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the single buyer agreement for pub

20 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an impact assessment setting out the potential impact of the creation of a single buyer agreement for the public sector on the competitive landscape of the wholesale market for SMEs.

20 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Food

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the creation of a single buyer agreement for public sector food.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the next UK Food Security Report.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when Ministers in her Department held discussions with Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on international food prices in the last 12 months.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when Ministers in her Department held discussions with Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on food security in the last 12 months.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when (a) she and (b) her predecessors held discussions with Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on international food prices in the last 12 months.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when (a) she and (b) her predecessors held discussions with Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on food security in the last 12 months.

9 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus journeys were charged to his Department under the £2 bus fare cap in January 2023; and what the cost to the public purse of those journeys was in that month.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to use (a) vaccination and (b) other treatments, including antivirals amongst vulnerable groups in winter 2023.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) improve (i) awareness of and (ii) access to Covid-19 antivirals for people who are eligible to receive them and (b) review the eligibility criteria fo

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to improve (a) the uptake of and (b) access to Covid-19 treatments.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to learn from best practice used during (a) the Covid-19 vaccination programme and (b) the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help streamline processes for future medical innovations so they are available in similar timeframes to covid-19 treatments.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the UK's share of the global pharmaceutical research and development market.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bakery Products: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the UK Baking Industry Code of Practice for the Labelling of Sourdough Bread and Rolls, published by the Associat

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus journeys were charged to his Department under the £2 bus fare cap in Cambridgeshire in January 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.