Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Care Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice he received from the Government's Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser on the risk of covid-19 infections as a result of transferring patients from hospitals to care homes
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Care Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether compensation will be available for the families of people who died from covid-19 as a result of people having been moved from hospitals to care homes.
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to strengthen infection control between health and care settings.
11 May 2022 · Cabinet Office
Councillors: Honours
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps are available to remove councillors of state; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to enable the removal of such titles from people who h
11 May 2022 · Cabinet Office
Peers: Honours
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps are available to remove peerages; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to enable the removal of such titles from people who have been san
11 May 2022 · Treasury
Productivity: Health
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the correlation between poor health and productivity.
11 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing measures to ensure that no one receives less than the real living wage.
11 May 2022 · Treasury
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing child-related benefits.
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the additional healthcare costs associated with delayed treatment including from (a) GP appointments, (b) prescription drugs and (c) emergency service
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) socioeconomic impact and (b) impact on (i) patients and (ii) the general public of the backlog in elective procedures.
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of how new technologies may be able to increase efficiency in the NHS for the purposes of tackling the elective backlog.
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the cost to the NHS of patients who receive more invasive procedures as a result of deteriorating health conditions while waiting for elective proce
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the socioeconomic cost of untreated patients not participating in the national workforce.
10 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to assess the future industrial opportunities of (a) towns, (b) cities and (c) the regions.
10 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Case Examiner
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been waiting for more than (a) three, (b) six, (c) 10, (d) 12 and (e) 18 months from receipt of a complaint to the investigating officer (i) being assigned and (ii) commencing the i
10 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Case Examiner: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent investigating staff were employed by the Independent Case Examiner in each year since financial year 2010-11.
10 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Case Examiner
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is from receipt of a complaint about (a) her Department and (b) the Child Maintenance Service to the Independent Case Examiner to the commencement of any investigation.
10 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Case Examiner
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been received by the Independent Case Examiner in each year since financial year 2010-11.
10 May 2022 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with a (a) sensory impairment or (b) physical disability can reach the same attainment as their peers in the education system.
10 May 2022 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that school pupils with SEND are receiving sufficient catch-up support to achieve their full potential following the covid-19 outbreak.
10 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Plans: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that Local Plans account for flooding risk when prioritising land use.
10 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Planning: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that new planning developments must focus on surface water flooding prevention.
10 May 2022 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the average time taken to process a passport application in the latest period for which data is available; and if she will make a comparative assessment of the
10 May 2022 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of integrating asylum applicants in local communities while those people are waiting for their application to be processed.
10 May 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a homes for refugees programme whereby UK residents are able to open their homes to refugees irrespective
10 May 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative estimate of the cost of (a) providing a homes for refugees scheme, whereby UK residents are able to open their homes to refugees irrespective of their country of origin,
10 May 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) the faith needs of Afghan refugees in bridging hotels are met during the month of Ramadan and (b) access to places of worship are facilitated from bridging
10 May 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's target is for resettling Afghan refugees into permanent accommodation out of bridging hotels.
10 May 2022 · Department for Education
Pupils: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure pupils whose learning was impacted by the covid-19 pandemic are able to access post-16 catch-up support while in education and apprenticeships.
10 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on agency and locum staff in York in each of the last five years.
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