Written questions
1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Primary Education: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the final report of the Independent Commission on Assessment in Primary Education; and what plans the Government has to implement that report
25 Jan 2023 · Home Office
HM Passport Office: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what compulsory training is in place for public-facing staff of HM Passport Office on communicating with and supporting families who have fled domestic violence who are applying for passports.
25 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what systemic provisions are in place to support families who have fled domestic violence who wish to apply for passports that require countersignatures and documentation that might be difficult for t
16 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of poor housing on health; and what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on this
16 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Life Expectancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains the Government's policy to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy between areas where it is highest and lowest by 2030.
16 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Life Expectancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help extend healthy life expectancy by five years by 2035.
12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of levels of student maintenance loans.
12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education
Students: Cost of Living
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support students through the cost of living crisis.
28 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he will provide GP Surgeries in addition to core contract funding to enable them to comply with increases in the Living Wage to £10.42 from 1 April 2023.
28 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of GP surgeries to comply with increases in the Living Wage to £10.42 from 1 April 2023.
28 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he will provide GP Surgeries in addition to core contract funding to enable them to comply with directions from pay review bodies earlier this year to increase the salaries of GPs and
28 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the ability of GP surgeries to increase staff pay in accordance with directions from pay review bodies earlier this year to increase the salar
28 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the rising cost of energy on GP surgeries; and if he will take steps to provide support to GP Surgeries to meet the cost of rising ener
28 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Evictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will bring forward legislation to ban no fault evictions pursuant to Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988.
28 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Evictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the number of notices issued to tenants under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 where tenants had also made a recent prior request to their Landlord t
15 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Price Caps
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of (a) capping and (b) further regulating the profits of distribution network operators.
15 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Ofgem on the distribution network operator pricing consultation entitled Network Price Controls 2021-2028 RIIO-2; and if he
15 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential relationship between consumer energy costs and the profits made by distribution network operators.
14 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2022 to Question 65828 on Dementia: Health Services, whether he has made a recent assessment of the quality of dementia care plan reviews carried out as part of
9 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October to Question 65828 on Dementia: Health Services, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) quantity of dementia care plan annual rev
9 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October to Question 65828 on Dementia: Health Services, what proportion of people with a diagnosis of dementia in England received an annual care plan review in each of
7 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Promotion Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 59825 on Health Promotion Taskforce, what his Department's plans are for the future of the Health Promotion Taskforce or any replacement of it.
7 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 59129 on Health: Disadvantaged, whether he plans to publish a White Paper on health disparities by the end of 2022 in addition to the recently
19 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals has discussed the updated application for medallic recognition for British Nuclear Test Veterans in between August and October 2022; when a de
18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Memory Clinics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Memory Assessment Services are able to conduct dementia assessments in languages other than English.
18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Alzheimer's Society report entitled Left to Cope Alone, published in June 2022, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the Quality and Outcomes Framew
18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people living with dementia have received an annual dementia review in the last (a) 12 and (b) 24 months.
10 Oct 2022 · Treasury
Azure Services: Loans
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that customers of Azure Services Ltd who were impacted by the mis-selling of loans for timeshares at the Golden Sands Resort in Malta have been (a) identified an
10 Oct 2022 · Treasury
Azure Services: Loans
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2022 to Question 47726 on Azure Services: Loans, how many and what proportion of affected customers have been offered financial redress.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Drax Power Station: Timber
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, following the BBC Panorama report on 3 October, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) environmental and (b) financial impact of burning imported wood pellets for energy at
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