Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of out of area patients who have used (a) GP, (b) acute hospital and (c) mental health services provided by York NHS.

30 Jun 2022 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made on tackling (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) disabled persons pay gaps.

30 Jun 2022 · Cabinet Office

Public Bodies: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to help ensure that (a) all public bodies undertake annual diversity reviews and (b) those annual reviews include an assessment of the progression of people with protected characteristics.

30 Jun 2022 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people appointed to public bodies reflect the diversity of the UK.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to review the process for selecting the headquarters of Great British Railways in the context of the time taken to announce the shortlisted locations; and if he will publish a n

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will announce the shortlist for the headquarters of Great British Railways before the 2022 summer recess.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with her Scottish counterpart on the Licensing Order and Control Area Amendment Regulations relating to short-term holiday lets that came into force in Sc

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will consult with local authorities most affected by short-term holiday lets, including York, as part of her Department's review into short-term tourist accommodation.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to give local authorities (a) powers and (b) flexibility to determine (i) whether and (ii) where short-term holiday let accommodation can be within their locality.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of unregulated holiday lets on the regulated accommodation sector.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the prevalence of short term holiday lets.

30 Jun 2022 · Cabinet Office

Regional Planning and Development: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy that the Procurement Bill will help ensure that the auditing of contracts let as part of his levelling up agenda is (a) transparent and (b) accessible to the public.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all eligible children are vaccinated against covid-19; and whether he is preparing a school covid-19 vaccination programme for 2022-23.

29 Jun 2022 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Mortality Rates

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of (a) underlying health conditions, (b) age or another protected characteristic and (c) vaccination status on mortality rates of covid-19.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure clear, continuous communication with the public on covid-19.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to continue to enable access to covid-19 testing for people working in health and care settings over autumn 2022.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether support will be available for people who are extremely clinically vulnerable in the event that covid-19 cases rise in autumn 2022.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to commence a nation-wide covid-19 booster vaccine programme in autumn 2022.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of covid-19 cases; and what recent advice he has received on the risks of covid-19 in autumn 2022.

29 Jun 2022 · Cabinet Office

Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he takes to measure the performance of Government against its (a) manifesto commitments, (b) proposed legislative programme and (c) other proposed programmes of work.

29 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Government Departments: Audit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) criteria and (b) processes determine whether a matter is internally audited by Government or independently scrutinised by an independent body in relation to appraising the functions of Government.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Regional Planning and Development: Culture

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the role of the (a) arts, (b) creative and (c) heritage sectors in achieving the levelling up agenda.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including mission targets on (a) natural capital, (b) the environment and (c) climate change in his levelling up objectives.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the length of time it will take to achieve his levelling up objectives and resolve regional disparities across the UK.

29 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Cooperatives and Mutual Societies: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to encourage (a) Local Enterprise Partnerships, (b) universities and (c) local authorities to invest in co-operative and mutual incubators and accelerators to grow that sector.

29 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Cooperatives and Mutual Societies: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the potential merits of increasing annual funding to develop the co-operative and mutuals sector.

29 Jun 2022 · Treasury

New Businesses: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on increasing annual investment in business accelerators.

29 Jun 2022 · Treasury

New Businesses: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on increasing the level of annual investment in business incubators.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to monitor the impact of short term holiday lets on (a) the availability of property for residential use, (b) property prices and (c) levels of noise and nuisanc

29 Jun 2022 · Attorney General

Rape: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, what steps he plans to take to increase the (a) prosecution and (b) conviction rates from reported cases of rape.

Source: official written-questions record.