Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) train and (b) recruit additional staff to undertake scheduled health checks.
12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce a national annual health check.
12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that people who (a) are over the age of 40 and (b) do not regularly access their GP still proactively receive invitations for health checks.
12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Complementary Medicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that GPs are provided time to assess the holistic needs of their patients.
12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of how to optimise the triaging of patients in primary care.
12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to assess skill mix in primary care.
12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of greater integration between (a) medical, (b) Allied Health Professions and (c) nursing training.
12 Jul 2022 · COP26
Carbon Emissions
To ask the President of COP26, what progress the Government is making on each of the commitments it made at COP26, and whether it is on track to deliver all of them.
12 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; and what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle air pollution.
12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Weather: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to assess the impact of extreme weather events on (a) hospital admissions and (b) death rates.
12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Temperature: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help protect (a) elderly and (b) all people from the negative health effects of high temperatures.
12 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Soil: Droughts
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is he taking to protect soil health from the impact of drought.
12 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Water: Investment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the scale of investment needed to (a) prevent drought and (b) maintain adequate irrigation.
12 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government has spent on (a) coastal protection and (b) river flood protection in each of the last 10 years.
12 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Climate Change
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take fiscal steps to support behaviour that mitigates against climate change.
12 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Climate Change: Infrastructure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to invest in infrastructure to mitigate against climate change.
12 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what policy priority his Department affords to climate change (a) adaptation and (b) prevention.
12 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Climate Change
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to mitigate against climate change.
12 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Climate Change: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of managing (a) the consequences of climate change and extreme weather events and (b) climate change and extreme weathe
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Retail Trade: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to provide additional assistance to high street businesses occupying premises with high rental costs.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Retail Trade: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to create a growth strategy for new businesses on the high street to help facilitate (a) growth in urban centres and (b) moves from shared premises to s
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Retail Trade: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to ensure that property owners in an urban centre are required to ensure occupancy of their high street premises.
11 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Retail Trade: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of replacing business rates with (a) profit- or (b) turnover-related taxation for the purposes of enabling competitiveness with online retail.
11 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Business Rates: Reform
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of reforming business rates.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Urban Areas: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) play areas and (b) child-friendly cities on trends in the level of growth for high streets and urban centres.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to encourage retail park businesses to have a presence on the high street.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) engage with and (b) support retail park businesses which are seeking to move to the high street.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to identify the types of anchor institutions on the high street that are effective at supporting highs street growth.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Regional Planning and Development: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, over what time period the outcomes of the High Street Fund, Levelling Up Fund and Shared Prosperity Fund will be measured.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Regional Planning and Development: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to share best practice from the (a) High Street Fund, (b) Levelling Up Fund and (c) UK Shared Prosperity Fund bids.
Source: official written-questions record.