Written questions

934 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Council Tax: Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure that carers who temporarily live with the person they care for and are on a low income are entitled to the Council tax rebate.

24 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps to ensure that carers who are in receipt of Carer’s Allowance who do not live at the same address as the person they care for receive the £150 cost of living payment in

12 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Widowed People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of men and women who are eligible to inherit a deceased partner's Additional State Pension but who have yet to make a claim to do so.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set a target for the proportion of care home residents to receive a covid-19 spring booster vaccination.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the date by which all care homes will have been visited (a) once and (b) twice to deliver covid-19 spring booster vaccinations.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the data his Department holds on infection control fund spending since March 2020.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support care workers who may have to isolate to prevent or control infection of covid-19.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons his Department has learnt from the use of the infection control fund during the covid-19 pandemic.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the infection control fund on the care sector.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on recruitment in the care sector of ending the infection control fund.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to assist people who do not have online access to order lateral flow device tests in order to visit loved ones in care homes, in areas where pharmacies no longer

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to determine fair and sustainable costs of care, in the event that there is significant cost variation among local authorities conducting a cost of care exercise.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people waiting for social care.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of social care assessment beds available to people on discharge from hospital.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of carers received paid support from local authorities in each year between 2010 and 2020.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Skills for Care's report, The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England 2021, what steps he is taking to ensure that care workers are paid a fair rate followi

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on its work on the Government’s new national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what budget his Department has allocated for the delivery of the Government’s new national dementia strategy.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the (a) publication and (b) delivery of the Government’s new national dementia strategy.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that covid-19 isolation requirements for residents of care homes are in line with national guidelines.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of care providers that are experiencing covid-19 outbreaks as of 3 March 2022.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rise in energy prices on care providers.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support unpaid carers with rises in energy costs.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of removing the requirement for self-isolation for people with a positive covid-19 diagnosis on the health of people with long-term conditions at a high ri

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of removing free covid-19 lateral flow device tests on unpaid carers.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of removing free covid-19 lateral flow device tests for care providers and their staff.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of ending the provision of free covid-19 lateral flow device tests for residential care home visitors.

3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the monthly cost of covid-19 lateral flow device testing for a person visiting a care home resident on a daily basis once mass free testing has ended.

3 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Community Ownership Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2022 to Question 99347, on Community Ownership Fund, when he plans to publish an updated timetable for applications to the Community Ownership Fu

10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has on the development of an easily accessible social care data sharing solution for local authorities and care providers.

Source: official written-questions record.