Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2022 to Question 105403 on Dental Services, what steps he is taking to help integrated care boards commission dental services in areas with limited access to d

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to discuss solutions with armed forces planners to delays in NHS discharges.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a network of nightingale-style stepdown facilities to provide transitional care for people that are ready for hospital discharge bu

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of how many patients on NHS wards are ready for discharge but are unable to secure the necessary social care package to allow them to be discharged.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of his Department's financial support package for social care has been spent on staff wages.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will introduce a professional career framework for social care staff.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of levels of pay for social care staff working in (a) domiciliary and (b) residential care settings with levels of pay for equivalent social care st

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to outline minimum levels of pay explicitly for social care staff; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the Agenda for Change job evaluation proces

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) recruit staff to fill vacancies in the social care sector and (b) ensure high standards of care in that sector.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help resolve pay disputes with NHS staff in relation to settlement for 2022/23.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the communication of information on levels of cover during strikes across NHS Ambulance Trusts.

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Education: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill will apply to staff working in (a) nursery, (b) primary, (c) secondary and (d) further education.

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the pay of teachers and support staff, in the context of proposed changes to rules on industrial action for education in the Strike (Minimum S

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Education: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances would people working under a Strikes Minimum Service Levels agreement be required to work.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has provided guidance on how long a provider of (a) social and (b) private rented housing should take to remove (i) mould and (ii) damp from a property.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to require that social housing providers undertake a housing conditions assessment for their properties.

10 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurse apprentices are training in York as of 10 January 2023; and whether he is taking steps to increase the number of nursing apprenticeships in other parts of the country.

10 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2022 to Question 87887 on Mental Health Services: Standards, what steps he is taking to help tackle (a) failures identified in Care Quality Commission reports

10 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 12 December 2022 to Question 104279 on Integrated Care Boards: Health Professions, Question 104280 on Integrated Care Boards: Care Workers and Question 104281 on Integrat

10 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 87882 on Mental Health, if he will publish a long-term strategy on mental health, well-being and suicide prevention.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to tackle housing scarcity for (a) first-time buyers and (b) social housing tenants in areas with high levels of (i) short-term holiday accommodation, (ii) se

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the 23.1 per cent increase in house prices in York in 2022 on access to the residential property market in that city for (a) young

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Second Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of second home prevalence on housing (a) availability and (b) costs in areas where housing accommodation is limited.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Empty Property and Second Homes: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the level of (a) empty and (b) second homes in (i) York and (ii) York Central over the last year for which data is available.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Second Homes: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of second homes in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Empty Property: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of unoccupied dwellings in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education students undertook further education apprenticeships in each of the last ten years; and what the average cost to the public purse was per student in each of those years.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse per student in further education was in each of the last ten years.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the further education spend per student was in each of the last 10 years.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of energy costs on the financial security of further education colleges; and what steps the Government is taking to support further education colleges with t

Source: official written-questions record.