Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to assess the extent of the research and development potential of locations across the UK.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that opportunities for business growth are assessed.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in what way his Department assesses opportunities for business investment in cities such as York.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include in the dementia strategy proposals for a public awareness campaign to improve the understanding of brain health.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what interventions will be included in the dementia strategy to reduce dementia risk.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Vocational Education: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a report on the educational outcomes of new vocational qualifications.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

BTEC Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage young people to take up BTEC qualifications.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

T-levels: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the effectiveness of the Government's T-Level programme.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Institutes of Technology: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to measure the effectiveness of institutes of technology; and if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of York College at delivering on its objectives.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Single People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage single people to foster (a) a child and (b) a parent and child.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage older parents to take up fostering a (a) child and (b) parent and child.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Offences against Children: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will create a single phone number by which members of the public can report safeguarding concerns.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to publicise to the public information on how to report abuse against children.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has a timescale for the reform of (a) fostering, (b) adoption, (c) kinship and (b) residential care for children.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to train foster parents in enabling children to move out of residential care provision and into a foster home.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to monitor the performance of private companies that are overseeing local fostering services.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care published in May 2022, if he will make it his policy to implement the recommendations of that report on provision of residential placements.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish data on the annual turnovers of each registered private care provider for children in England in each of the last five years.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will investigate private care providers alleged to prioritise profit over the care of children.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the profit made from private children's residential care facilities in each of the last 10 years.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how people are waiting for oral surgery by (a) type of procedure and (b) age.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults are waiting for tooth extractions in hospital.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children are waiting for tooth extractions in hospital.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Parking and Ride Schemes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to pilot free (a) parking and (b) transport to and from park and ride schemes to assess whether this (i) drives local economic activity and (ii) a modal shift in transport use.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of Great British Railways on levels of rail patronage.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce a low cost (a) weekly and (b) monthly ticket for (i) city and (ii) regional travel to help achieve modal shift in the use of transport.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to offer free local hire of micromobility vehicles such as (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes for trial periods.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage a modal shift to micromobility vehicles such as (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes.

30 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he takes specific steps to ensure adequate funding for health provision in UK tourist destinations.

30 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people from outside of Yorkshire who have used the services of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service in the last 12 months.

Source: official written-questions record.