Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) the take-up of the covid-19 second booster for the over 75s is and (b) plans he has to increase the level of take up.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Perinatal Mortality: York Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward regulations under the Health and Care Act to help address the conclusions of the Serious Incident Investigation into the death of Baby Ronnie.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Perinatal Mortality: York Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what actions he plans to take following the Serious Incident Investigation into the death of Baby Ronnie.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the model of York and Hull Medical School being used as a model for a future dental school across Yorkshire and Humber; and what assessment

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the role (a) medical and (b) dental schools in the future expansion of the NHS dental workforce.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's plans for living with covid-19, what plans he has to reduce the mortality rate of those dying with covid-19.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further steps he is taking to ensure that NHS and Social Care staff are protected against the ongoing transmission of covid-19.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what prior assessment his Department made of the implications for its policies on tackling obesity of its decision to suspend £100 million of funding for local authority and NHS commissioned weight

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government's policy on tackling gambling-related harm considers the public health implications of that harm.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gambling: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department have held discussions with officials in HM Treasury on the implications for public health of gambling-related harm.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gambling: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department contributed to the drafting of the upcoming white paper on gambling-related harm.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gambling: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on implementing a statutory levy on the gambling industry to fund education, research and treatment in

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish its response to its consultation on pavement parking.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the reasons why mortgage lenders are requiring completion of an ESS1 certificate on all flats situated in blocks o

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2022 on Mortality Rates: Coronavirus, what specific observations he has made of the (a) infection, (b) hospitalisation and (c) mortality rates relating to covid-19

14 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend the HMRC £4000 upper threshold cap on travel costs in response to recent increases to the cost of travel.

14 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with HMRC on ensuring that travel reimbursement costs reflect the cost of travel in the context of rises in fuel costs.

14 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people with a Help to Buy ISA will be potentially impacted by the caps placed on that scheme.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason a Help to Buy ISA cannot redeem its discount benefit against existing property, only new build properties; and if he would consider amending that condition in respons

14 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Help to Buy Scheme: York

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of potential reforms to the Help to Buy ISA that would benefit house buyers in York.

14 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department is providing to savers with a Help to Buy ISA so that they can access the Help to Buy ISA discount where they plan to purchase a property in the context of the increase in average propert

14 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help those with a Help to Buy ISA benefit from the discount rate, which is at £250,000 housing value, to purchase a property.

14 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) enabling people with a Help to Buy ISA move their investment to a Lifetime ISA and (b) lifting the cap on house prices of a Help to Buy ISA in line with a L

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much compensation the NHS has paid out in respect of (a) complaints and (b) litigation in each of the last five years.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on defending litigation claims in each of the last five years.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how may complaints the NHS has received in each of the last five years.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Agency Workers: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on agency and locum work in each of the last five years.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Exercise

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce a Daily Mile initiative for adults across the country.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessments he uses to prioritise funding for public health interventions.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what methods he uses to measure the success of public health interventions.

Source: official written-questions record.