Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Children: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Ofsted-registered childminders are working and (b) children aged (i) 1-3 and (ii) 4-11 are living in (A) York Central constituency and (B) City of York Council area; what assessment he has made of

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 27 September to Question 51628 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York Council area have one or more buildings classified in Category

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Growth Plan on 23 September 2022, Official Report, column 933, on the viability of defined (

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Fraud: Bank Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the police to tackle fraudsters who pose as government departments or officials in order to unlawfully access bank accounts.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

School Games: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provide funding for the School Games beyond the 2022-23 financial year.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Foster Care: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many connected persons approved as foster carers received means-tested financial allowance through legal orders for children living overseas from an English local authority in 2021.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Foster Care: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many connected persons approved as foster carers received fostering allowance for children living overseas from an English local authority in 2021.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Promotion Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Health Promotion Taskforce will meet before the end of 2022.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains the Government's policy to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy between areas where it is highest and lowest by 2030.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains her Department's policy to publish the health disparities white paper by the end of 2022; whether that white paper will include a cross-government strategy; and what the main pri

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community First Responders: Recruitment and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's plan for patients announced on 22 September 2022, what plans she has for the recruitment and training of first responders.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who are over the age of 50, in receipt of universal credit and left their previous employment due to ill health in the last five years as of 10 Octob

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has implemented apprenticeship schemes for people who are over the age of 50.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) support and (b) training her Department provides to those over the age of 50 seeking employment.

10 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department undertook an assessment of the potential impact on alcohol harm of the measures on alcohol duty announced in the Chancellor's statement on Growth Plan on 23 September 2022, before those measur

23 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nimbuscare

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in York where Nimbus Care provide additional capacity and coordination, what additional support will Nimbus Care receive to deliver city-wide enhanced services to the community in York.

23 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to provide GP services with increased resources to help them meet the two week appointment guarantee.

23 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's policy paper our plan for patients, published on 22 September 2022, what steps they are taking to measure progress on that paper's targets for ambulances, backlog

23 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the factors that restrict the patient capacity of Emergency Departments.

23 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paramedical Staff: Recruitment and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to (a) recruit, and (b) provide training for more paramedics.

23 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for patients, published September 2022, what additional provision she will make to help ensure that (a) high standards and (b) adequate capacity ar

23 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

First Aid: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for patients, published September 2022, if she will give everyone the opportunity of learning basic first aid.

23 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for patients, published September 2022, if she will (a) make a renewed call for NHS volunteers, or (b) plans to work through local charities and NHS

23 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Profits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she made of the equity of the profits generated by (a) care providers in the private sector and (b) care providers out of contracts with local authorities.

23 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Prime Minister about lifting the benefits cap.

23 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will restore the £20 uplift to Universal Credit

23 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployed People: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that people who are out of work and have sufficient resources to pay for their energy, food and other living costs this winter.

23 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disabled: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional support will be available for disabled people who cannot meet their energy, food and other living costs this winter.

23 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disabled: Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates has she made of the additional energy costs that accumulate for disabled people in heating their accommodations.

23 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Older People: Warm Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with voluntary and community sector organisations on the provision of warm banks for the elderly this winter.

Source: official written-questions record.