Written questions
1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on mental health support services that are available to asylum seekers and refugees.
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incorporate mental health support and prevention in the Major Conditions Strategy.
11 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with mental health issues in each of the last five years; what types of treatment are provided to such people in secondary care; and how many such people received eac
10 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in each of the last five years; what types of treatment are provided to such people in secondary care; and how many such people rec
7 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to support existing leaseholders who have (a) doubling and (b) other forms of multiplying ground rent.
7 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of leaseholders that have (a) doubling and (b) other forms of multiplying ground rent.
4 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Overcrowding
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of discounting children under the age of 1 when calculating overcrowding under the Housing Act 1985 on children's health.
4 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Temporary Accommodation: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential correlation between temporary housing and low child mortality rates.
4 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Temporary Accommodation: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to improve standards on the (a) safety and (b) quality of temporary accommodation.
22 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport
Manchester Metrolink
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to support the expansion of the Manchester Metrolink to (a) other areas of Salford, (b) Eccles and (c) Greater Manchester.
9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Trusts: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the article in the Health Service Journal entitled Deficit trusts face ‘intimidating conversations’ and orders to hold down staffing, published 25 April 2023, what recent discussi
9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS workforce strategy will include provisions for NHS Trusts in England to hire the additional cancer workforce needed to meet the ambition for 75 per cent of cancer patients to be dia
27 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (2012) on the (a) availability, (b) effectiveness and (c) durability of legal aid firms
27 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (2012) (a) numbers of successful tenant defences at possessions proceedings, (b) numbers of evictions, (c) hom
27 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the availability of access to housing legal aid on (a) numbers of evictions, (b) enforcement of tenants’ rights and (c) the number of legal proceedings brought forward
27 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of access to housing legal aid; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding housing legal aid to include (a) welfare
27 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of pay for people working in legal aid; and if he will make an estimate of the number of Legal Aid providers that have accepted new cases since the Legal Aid Sentencing
27 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are unable to afford private legal fees and are ineligible for legal aid; whether his Department has identified areas of the country where there is a lack of
24 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Fees and Charges: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of hidden fees and charges on financial and digital transactions on (a) local economic activity, (b) national economic activity, (c) consumers
19 Apr 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of reports of potential violence towards refugees deported to Rwanda from the UK by (a) organisations or bodies under the contro
14 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to expand the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021 to include (a) laptops, (b) smartphones and (c) other e-waste c
14 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to expand the deposit return scheme for plastic and aluminium drinks containers to include glass drinks containers.
13 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
If he will bring forward proposals to allow veterans to apply for access to their biological monitoring tests conducted during their service.
7 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the national NHS Adult Social Care surveys, how many responses to that survey have been received in each year for the past three years; and what the overall response rate to that
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Pupils: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of statutory educational assessments on the mental heath of children undertaking those assessments in (a) primary and (b) secondary educati
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to The National Food Strategy: The Plan, Appendices 3 and 14, published in July 2021, whether her Department has taken steps to implement the Eat and Learn initiative for schools in that Plan; an
7 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to consult those affected by bowel cancer on its Major Conditions Strategy.
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Teachers: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the level of work being undertaken by teachers on educational outcomes.
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Teachers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to meet annual teacher recruitment targets.
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of statutory mental health assessments on children undertaking those assessments in (a) primary and (b) secondary education.
Source: official written-questions record.