Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, is she will make an assessment of the potential impact of local public services broadcasting on local communities.

31 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurological Diseases: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effectiveness of (a) Parkinson's, (b) Multiple Sclerosis and (c) other specialist nurse practitioners who are employed under integrated care syste

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Allotments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of contribution of allotments to (a) wellbeing and (b) growing food within communities.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on taking steps to help ensure that processes for repurposing land for comm

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help communities to grow their own food.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Devolution: North Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement devolution in North Yorkshire.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps in the next fiscal event to ensure that families subject to the benefits cap do not fall into food and heating poverty in winter 2022-23.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of freezing the benefits cap.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of social security do not have personal access to on-line systems to update their journals (a) nationally and (b) in York.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to remove the benefits cap.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that families that have reached the benefits cap have enough money.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to assess the potential impact of benefit sanctions on recipients during the cost of living crisis; and if he will make it his policy to suspend sanctions until the cost of livin

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of a benefits sanction has been in the last 12 months.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people subject to a benefits sanction had a known (a) physical, (b) mental and (c) physical and mental disability in the last 12 months.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of benefits claimants have been subject to a benefits sanction in (a) York and (b) the UK in the last 12 months.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been subject to a benefits sanction in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency in each of the last five years.

31 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of regional differences in access to multidisciplinary support for Parkinson's care on patient outcomes in England.

31 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of current levels of Parkinson's nurse specialists on Parkinson's care in England.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what fiscal steps he will take to ensure that local authorities can meet their (a) food, (b) heating and (c) housing needs in winter 2022-23.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of local authority budgets for helping to tackle poverty in their communities during winter 2022.

31 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Integrated Care Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that integrated care systems prioritise (a) neuroscience and (b) clinical and therapeutic support for people with neurological conditions.

31 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Integrated Care Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help integrated care systems develop Centres for Dental Development.

28 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help provide national leadership on neurological sciences in the context of changes to structures of Integrated Care Systems.

28 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to co-ordinate neurological services work across Integrated Care Systems.

28 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) recruit and (b) retain neurology (i) staff and (ii) consultants.

28 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on neurological sciences in each of the last five years.

28 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of NHS (a) medics, (b) specialist nursing staff, (c) physios, (d) speech and language therapists, (e) occupational therapists and (f) psychological staff w

28 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop a clinical network for neurological conditions.

28 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will establish a taskforce to look at the (a) research, (b) workforce and (c) clinical needs of people who have a neurological condition.

28 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to ensure the full funding of a workforce plan for the NHS.

Source: official written-questions record.