Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

TransPennine Express: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Transpennine Express performance in terms of (a) punctuality, (b) overcrowding and (c) other criteria related to their provision of services to the public.

10 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what responsibilities Great British Railways will have for ensuring train reliability; and what steps his Department will take to provide oversight of this responsibility.

10 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve the reliability of the train network.

10 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the amount paid out by each rail operator as part of delay repay in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.

9 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will work with the Secretary of State for Education to ensure that all young people are taught about the addictive nature of vaping and that it forms part of the health education programme in

9 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Public Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward a ban of vaping in public enclosed places to prevent chemicals from vapes being exhaled in those spaces.

9 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Nicotine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will reduce the nicotine levels allowed in vaping devices.

9 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a strategy to tackle the rise in young people vaping.

9 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to enable the parents of children who have come to the UK from Afghanistan under the UNHCR scheme, and are currently fostered by British families, to come to the UK so that th

9 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to provide safe routes for family reunification.

9 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to open up safe routes for people seeking refuge to come to the UK.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to adjust house building targets to accommodate people granted refugee status.

9 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on taking steps to place obligations on local authorities to provide housing for a set numb

9 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to (a) ensure that Afghan families are not living in hotels by August 2023 and (b) help integrated those families into their local commun

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to build a UK investment platform to support the growth of British research, innovation and development.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to build international relationships in research, innovation and development to advance UK knowledge and ensure UK skills are recognised in the global research

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation and Research: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that universities' plans for research and innovation are integrated into her Department's strategy.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what measures are in place for enabling external inspection of homeless facilities by bodies outside of the local authority.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what level of community consultation, including with residents and businesses, are development partners appointed to bring forward sites, such as York Central, expected to undertake.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Infrastructure Levy: York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the infrastructure levy will apply to developments in York Central constituency that have received outline planning permission as of 9 March 2023.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Government Hubs: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits for the conferencing facilities in the Government Hub in York to also have acoustic level concert facilities, enabling York to hav

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Government Hubs: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to consult over the plans for the Government Hub on the York Central development site to help ensure that the new building has a maximum level of uses.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure (a) an increase in the completion of housing units in City of York Unitary Authority and (b) compliance with obligations in housing allocation figur

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bereavement Counselling: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of bereavement services funding.

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will produce a workforce plan for palliative care services.

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure all cancer patients requiring palliative care services are able to access suitable treatments.

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to assess future workforce requirements in cancer services.

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues on the maximum time it should take for a patient to travel to receive (a) chemotherapy or (b) radiotherapy treatment.

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted comparative analysis of the countries which have higher cancer survival rates and lower disease rates than those in the UK and the interventions those countries

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help integrated care boards expand cancer diagnostic services to achieve earlier disease detection.

Source: official written-questions record.