Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of funding for units of dental activity was (a) not used and (b) handed back to NHS England in the (i) 2021-22 financial year and (ii) 2022-23 to date.
27 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Birds: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on reducing bird casualties from wind turbines.
27 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the provision of free (a) breakfasts and (b) lunches in schools.
27 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for York Central on 23 February 2023, Official Report, column 301, on what evidential basis she said that working addi
27 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help integrate public health objectives into local (a) licensing and (b) planning policies for (i) food, (ii) alcohol and (iii) other businesse
27 Feb 2023 · Treasury
Products: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the soft drinks industry levy, if he will take steps to place levies on other potentially harmful consumer products.
27 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of funding for mental health services in the context of the proportion of people living within mental health conditions.
27 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Property: Flooding
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the liability of developers for the flooding of properties built since 2009.
27 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s consultation entitled Guide for children and young people: Stable Homes, Built on Love, published on 2 February 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of
27 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of demand for services provided by integrated care boards on (a) elective recovery standards and (b) other long-term preve
27 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care systems support the integration of (a) policies, (b) funding and (c) workforces between health and social care sectors.
24 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: York
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet the hon. Member for York Central to discuss safety and safeguarding at a school in York.
24 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided guidance to Ofsted on assessing the potential impact of discipline on the wellbeing of children.
24 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of strict disciplinary regimes in schools on children with (a) autism and (b) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
24 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of strict disciplinary regimes in schools on children with anxiety.
24 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of wages of social care staff on staff morale.
24 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health and Social Services: Pay and Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the (a) skills and (b) pay of (i) social care staff and (ii) NHS staff undertaking similar work.
24 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS dental provision for elderly people; and what steps he is taking to ensure adequate dental provision in care homes.
24 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that non-dentists working in NHS dental services can contribute to an NHS pension.
24 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) moving dental staff other than dentists onto NHS terms and conditions and (b) including them in the NHS pension scheme.
24 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the potential merits of establishing NHS dental services in schools.
24 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce training bonds for dentists who train at English universities to require them to work in the NHS for a set period of time.
24 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the dentistry budget his Department expects to be spent in 2023.
24 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department’s policy is on the culling of badgers; and whether she plans to take steps to prevent badger culls.
24 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides: Pollinators
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the use of pesticides on (a) bees and (b) other pollinators in areas where pesticides were licensed to be used in 2022.
24 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hunting: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to tackle trail hunts causing the death of foxes.
24 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with her counterpart in Pakistan on the treatment of performing bears.
23 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria for pupils to receive free school (a) lunches, (b) breakfasts and (c) other meals.
23 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide free breakfasts for all children in school settings.
23 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she and her Department has taken to tackle food poverty.
Source: official written-questions record.