Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Disability: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the level of energy use required by some disabled people to keep warm or run specialised equipment; and whether he plans to take steps to support th
16 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what proportion of council tax revenue contributes to the Local Government Pension Scheme (a) nationally and (b) in York each year.
16 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Streptococcus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce blanket screening of pregnant women for Group B Streptococcus in the context of high prevalence in new born babies; and what assessment he has made of the
12 May 2022 · Department for International Trade
Developing Countries: Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the WTO on food security in developing countries.
12 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that developing countries are food secure in the context of the situation in Ukraine.
12 May 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the context of the time taken to process asylum applications, if she will (a) enable asylum seekers to work while their applications are being processed and (b) make an assessment of the potential
12 May 2022 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average length a time a person should expect to wait for an application for a (a) new passport, (b) renewal of their passport and (c) a fast track passport.
12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of sufficient comprehensive eating disorders services in (a) York and (b) England.
12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to assist (a) primary and (b) secondary care facilities with rising energy costs.
12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to assist care homes with rising energy costs.
12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to rollout a further covid-19 school vaccine programme to ensure that all eligible school children are vaccinated including those who were isolating or had recent infection when th
12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy that two per cent covid-19 prevalence in the population signifies covid-19 levels being under control.
12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services and Social Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to extend availability of lateral flow tests in health and care settings beyond Autumn 2022, in the event that covid-19 rates rise in Autumn-Winter 2022.
12 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the role of safe autonomous systems in the rail network, such as the system being developed at York's Institute for Safe Autonomy.
12 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has a timeframe for Great British Railways to have a single ticketing platform.
12 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the ways in which Great British Railways could increase passenger use beyond pre-pandemic levels.
12 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of how Great British Railways can advance rail freight transition from road freight.
12 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of how Great British Railways should work with new energy technologies to power the future of rail.
12 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of how Great British Railways will intersect with other transport modes to secure good intermodal connectivity.
12 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of how Great British Railways will develop the skills required by the future rail network.
12 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will encourage Great British Railways to develop partnerships with companies that are leading rail innovations.
12 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role the Great British Railways body proposed in the Queen's Speech 2022 is expected to have in developing innovations in operations and planning for the rail network.
12 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Electric Scooters
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to include provisions permitting the full use of e-scooters including identification of vehicles in the Transport Bill announced in the Queen's Speech 2022.
11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: York
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timetable is for people in York to be transferred from legacy benefits to universal credit.
11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the average change in income per person that transfers from legacy benefits to university credit.
11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensioners: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate has she made of the number of people of pension age living in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty.
11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of children living in (a) relative poverty and (b) absolute poverty (i) nationally and (ii) in York.
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the relationship between poverty and health inequality; and what steps he is taking in response to the findings of the report by Professor Sir Michael Marmot e
11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to understand the relationship between poverty and mental health.
11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle child poverty in the context of the rising cost of living.
Source: official written-questions record.