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.