Written questions

3,693 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) other steps her Department is taking to help tackle NHS workforce shortages in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of GPs in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction as a result of decay in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in each of the last five years

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malnutrition: Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of malnutrition in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of FTE fully qualified GPs, excluding GPs in Training Grade, practicing in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency (a) as of 14 October 2022 and (

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of GP appointments conducted face-to-face in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in (a) the last 12 months and (b) 2013.

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Childcare: Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the (a) sufficiency and (b) affordability of childcare provision in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Low Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the research by Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith entitled Supporting progression out of low pay: a call to action, published on 1 July 2021, which recommendations she has (a) accepted and

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of technology on levels of inequality in the workplace.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

ICT: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of the level of IT skills possessed by the workforce in (a) the UK and (b) other members of the G7.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Artificial Intelligence and Automation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness to the former Prime Minister of 1 September 2022, whether his Department is taking steps to help

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Surveillance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has undertaken recent research into the use of technology by employers to closely monitor their employees.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Transport

Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish further information on her proposals to introduce minimum service levels during strike action.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Transport

Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of implementing minimum service levels on (a) the number of and (b) the impact of strikes.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the statement made by the Prime Minister in the House on 8 September 2022 that the Government would end the moratorium on shale gas extraction where there is loc

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if it remains his policy intention to implement a right to request more predictable contracts for all workers after 26 weeks of employment.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains his policy to bring forward legislative proposals on employment status.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Knives: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) retailers and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of guidance on displaying pumpkin carving kits in retail settings.

10 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Mortgages: Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on mortgage prisoners.

10 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies towards mortgage prisoners of the report by the Financial Conduct Authority entitled Mortgage Prisoner Review, published on 29 Novemb

10 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Employment: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an alternative tax arrangement for payments made by employers to help support their employees with increases in the cost of living.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 September 2022 to Question 47643, on Department for Work and Pensions: Staff, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in her Department's spend on staff

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on recipients of not increasing social security benefits in line with inflation.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Mortgages

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of trends in the levels of mortgage rates on average rental prices.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Mortgages

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of rising mortgage rates on trends in the level of home ownership in the next 3 years.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of retaining the spare room subsidy rules on recipients of Housing Benefit, in the context of the cost of living crisis.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Ellesmere Port and Neston

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of households that have access to broadband in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency as of 10 October 2022.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of health inequalities on access to (a) GP appointments and (b) dental care.

Source: official written-questions record.