Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Temperature

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency planning he has carried out on dealing with periods of extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Care: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support vulnerable residents living in the community will receive during the period of extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to domiciliary care staff during periods of extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has advised for elective procedures to be halted over periods of extreme heat to ensure that there is sufficient bed capacity for people who are medically unwell as a result of the heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risks of extreme heat to people living in residential care.

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to (a) ambulance crews and (b) other NHS staff who are (i) working and (ii) working in full personal protective equipment during periods of extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps will be taken at emergency departments to ensure that patients are not waiting in ambulances during periods of extreme heat; and for what reason those measures are not in place permanent

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Temperature: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans he has in place to support the health needs of people during periods of extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Temperature: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people in communities have adequate support to deal with periods of extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the capacity of the Fire and Rescue Service to manage periods of extreme heat and related fires.

18 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces

What recent estimate he has made of the number of armed forces personnel.

15 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing First

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to implement the housing and support approach, Housing First, in (a) York and (b) England.

15 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing First

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress has been made on the Housing First pilots.

15 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting the implementation of NAPpad accommodation in local authority areas other than York.

15 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the value of NAPpad in providing temporary accommodation to homeless people in York.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Urban Areas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that people are aware of how they can access help in the event that they feel unsafe in a local area at nights or in the evening.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Urban Areas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on creating safe spaces in town and city centres for women and other vulnerable people to visit in the evening or at night.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Females: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support local authorities with the provision of interventions to ensure that women feel safe when walking in their local areas at night.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Urban Areas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to create safer streets, particularly during the evening and at night.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Street Wardens

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to assess the role of street wardens in supporting street safety.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Community Relations: Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential contribution of street (a) pastors and (b) angels to public safety.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Police: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help retain police officers.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Police: Early Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police staff have retired earlier than their pensionable age in each of the last five years.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Police: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the latest data her Department holds on the level of sickness absence among police (a) officers, (b) community support officers and (c) support staff (i) nationally and (ii) in York.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Police: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assess the effect of occupational pressures on the mental health of police and police community support officers.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Police: Bureaucracy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce administrative tasks for police and support staff.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to encourage and promote community policing.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Police: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police matters involve members of the public who are experiencing mental health challenges (a) nationally and (b) in York.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Police: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps police forces are taking to recruit police officers from the local community.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the police to population ratio is for (a) police and (b) police community support officers (i) nationally and (ii) in York.

Source: official written-questions record.