Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to move emergency care interventions closer to the patient.
6 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Diagnostic Centres: York
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of York being a pilot for the provision of further community-based diagnostic centres.
6 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to commence the construction of the next tranche of new hospitals.
6 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Derelict Land: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring urban brownfield land to be converted into new greenfield land in circumstances where local construction takes plac
6 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure that long-term planning considerations are taken into account when producing local plans.
6 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to support local planning authorities to consider the location of (a) infrastructure, (b) transport routes, (c) economic areas and (d) housing
6 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Social Enterprises
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for funding initiatives to support the growth of cooperatives, mutuals and wider social businesses.
6 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Cooperatives
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to build confidence in cooperative businesses.
6 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Social Enterprises
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to help businesses seeking to pursue social objectives to (a) develop as social enterprises and (b) strengthen business resilience.
6 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with business representative organisations on developing small business clusters to help support businesses growth.
6 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Equal Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to address pay disparity outside of London for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) disabled people.
6 Jul 2022 · Women and Equalities
Equal Pay
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) disabled person's pay gap in (i) Yorkshire and (ii) England.
6 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Cost of Living and Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to address regional disparities in (a) the cost of living outside of London and (b) minimum pay rates.
6 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential value of (a) local and (b) regional living wages in areas outside of London.
6 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) local and (b) regional living wages.
5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle alcohol harm in LGBTQ+ communities.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Voluntary Work: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to increase levels of volunteering on rural recreation projects that (a) improve access to the rural environment, (b) support mental wellbeing and (c) tackle
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Farms: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the contribution of urban farms to tourism.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Voluntary Work: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the role of the National Citizens Service in enabling young people in urban areas to explore the rural environment.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Holiday Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the level of demand for (a) caravan or (b) camping holidays in England; and if she will take steps to encourage people to take up those forms of tourism.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Holidays: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will provide (a) guidance and (b) a toolkit to help families measure their carbon use during a holiday.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Holidays: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help reduce the carbon footprint of holidays in the UK.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Holiday Accommodation: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing funding for clow-cost, permanent holiday accommodation in rural areas to reduce demand for short term holiday lets.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Hostels: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will increase tourism-associated funding for youth hostels.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Countryside: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the levels of youth hostels in rural areas on young peoples' access to the natural environment.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is he taking to increase industrial partnerships across the Union.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Universities: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to build partnerships between European universities and UK (a) university and (b) business sectors.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help build partnerships between European and UK businesses.
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for International Trade on the potential export opportunities presented by industrial clusters; and whether his Departme
5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Manufacturing Industries: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what fiscal steps he plans to take to maximise industrial growth over the next 12 months.
Source: official written-questions record.