Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Holiday Accommodation: Change of Use
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's plans to consult on a change to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 to enable local areas to better control changes of use to sh
6 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court warrants have been granted for energy companies to switch customers to pre-payment meters in the last 12 months.
6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help agree a negotiation framework on NHS staff pay with trade union representatives.
6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infectious Diseases: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to prepare for the need to implement an effective vaccination programme in the event of an epidemic or pandemic.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Universities: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential role of universities in helping to grow (a) social enterprises, (b) community interest companies, (c) cooperatives and (d) mutuals in their local areas.
6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Quality Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to enable CQC investigations to report on issues outside their statutory scope.
6 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason Border Forces detain people with valid student visas on arrival in the UK; and if she will take steps to end this practice.
6 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Nurses: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy that internationally recruited nurses should not stay in the same hotels as refugees.
6 Jan 2023 · Treasury
Energy: Disability
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the £150 million additional energy support package for disabled people was calculated at the rate proposed.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Multi-academy Trusts: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the impact of pay awards to (a) chief executives and (b) other leadership staff of multi academy trusts on school budgets.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Education
Adult Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on local economies of the number of people undertaking adult learning at FE colleges.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Education
Further Education: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of energy costs on further education college budgets.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Education
Class Sizes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the optimum class size for (a) primary and (b) secondary students to achieve the highest level of attainment.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Education
Pupils and Students: Cost of Living
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on educational attainment.
20 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what additional steps the Government is taking at the UN in respect of Iran and the violence, arrests, and detention of people taking part in recent protests in that country.
20 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on potential sanctions against people in Iran cooperating with Russia.
20 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to address Iran’s involvement in supplying weapons to Russia.
20 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much he is spending each day, on average, on agency staff in the NHS.
20 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the additional cost to the NHS of each day of industrial action.
20 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government needs to take to end the industrial dispute in the NHS.
20 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the recent NHS pay offer on NHS staff morale.
20 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the NHS Staff Survey that ambulance staff have lower morale, higher stress and on all indices, are worse off than
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Holiday Accommodation: Change of Use
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he is planning to launch his consultation on the change of use class for short term holiday lets and their registration scheme.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Land Use: Affordable Housing and Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the availability of public land for the use for affordable and social housing.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Land Use: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to assess the (a) amount and (b) locations of all publicly-owned land which could potentially be made available for housing development.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Affordable Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of affordable houses being built in areas of greatest need.
20 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Public Sector: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help resolve public sector pay disputes.
15 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to help resolve pay disputes in the civil service.
15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps in addition to those set out in Agenda for Change he is taking to help improve NHS staff morale.
15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve NHS staff retention rates.
Source: official written-questions record.