Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to monitor national strike derogation arrangements for all ambulance trusts when they are made on a trust-by-trust basis.
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
NHS Trusts: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing local NHS trusts to determine suitable minimum service levels for their respective services.
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Strikes: Armed Forces and Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of applying the measures included within the Strike (Minimum Service Levels) Bill to the (a) military and (b) police.
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) strikes and (b) work to rule on potential level of disruption experienced by the services listed in his Stri
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the use of primary care services for non-emergency health issues.
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mortality Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 10 January 2023 on Industrial Action, Official Report, column 439, for what reason he indicated that the Royal College of Emergency Medicine's data on exc
17 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Cardiovascular Diseases: Death
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of excess deaths that can be attributed to (a) strokes and (b) cardiovascular diseases in each of the last three months for which data is available.
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support community pharmacies with increased (a) running and (b) pharmaceutical costs.
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Innovation and Virtual Wards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) assess the potential merits of introducing (i) new health technologies and (ii) virtual wards and (b) challenge outdated practices in the NHS.
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Systems and Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of integrated care system and public health grant funding in the context of strengthening population health; and if he will make an assessment of the pot
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a five-year plan for public health funding.
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased energy bills on the prevalence of respiratory illness.
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) late cancer diagnosis and (b) delayed cancer treatment on trends in the prevalence of cancer mortality.
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Weather: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Official Statistics, Excess mortality in England and English region, updated on 12 January 2023, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the causes of excess deaths over wi
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the public health budget allocations for 2023-24.
16 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Medical Treatments Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk of people going overseas for dental treatment as a result of a difficulties accessing NHS dentistry in the UK; and what risks he has identified in people pur
16 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who are over 65 have access to an NHS dentist.
16 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children have access to an NHS dentist.
16 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has he made of the potential implications for his Departments policies of the loss of units of dental activity (a) nationally and (b) in York.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of student loans in the context of the housing costs which students have to pay.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Secondary Education: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving 16 year olds from exam-based assessments to a system which uses a wider range of assessment measures.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Primary Education: Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that all primary school children have access to free school meals.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of widening free school meals criteria.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Pupils: Mental Health Services and Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children who have (a) mental health challenges and (b) a neurodiversity diagnosis have the in-school support that they need.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Pupil Exclusions: Mental Health and Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children being excluded have (a) mental health challenges or (b) a neurodiversity diagnosis.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are supported by a Virtual school head (a) nationally and (b) in York; and what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of demand for Virtual school heads.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Pupil Exclusions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of children excluded from school; and what steps she is taking to address the root causes of children's negative behaviours.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of recent trends in the number of children (a) placed in isolation and (b) excluded (i) nationally and (ii) in York.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to enable local authorities to provide co-ordination across all schools within their local authority area, including with schools run by academies to advance education within their area
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of real terms regression on pay on teacher retention.
Source: official written-questions record.