Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the health benefits of the daily mile.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the value of the contribution of occupational health in delivering public health support to employees.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing an annual mental and physical health screening programme.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to engage social prescribing in integrated care providers.

31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of ensuring that Directors of Public Health have a central role in integrated care Board and integrated care providers.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that every child can engage in community sports.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Musical Instruments: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to enable every child to learn a musical instrument.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support a greater role for (a) music and (b) the arts in the UK's recovering from the covid-19 pandemic.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Film: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to invest in the regional film industry.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Universities: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to utilise university research capability to develop economic clusters.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Industry: Economic Growth

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of industry clusters as a means to grow the economy.

30 Mar 2022 · COP26

Fossil Fuels: Russia

To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on integrating divestment in Russian supply of oil and gas with COP26 objectives to cut climate degradation.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on single ticketing regardless of rail operator; and what steps he has taken to advance intermodal single ticketing, including to e-bikes and e-scooters.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of digital platforms that map both rail journeys and intermodal travel.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps Great British Railways is taking to ensure that rail services connect with other modes of transport; and what technology he plans to use to support a seamless passenger experience.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the provision of audio and visual equipment on all buses.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for cold weather payments to include people who are (a) unable to work and (b) retired.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will remove the five-week wait time for universal credit in the context of the increases in the cost of living.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure adequate funding is available to local authorities to support local residents through the Housing Support Fund in the event that demand exceeds the allocation of funding.

30 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Cost of Living: Low Incomes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a monthly impact assessment of the implications for low income households of cost of living rises.

30 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make free covid-19 lateral flow tests available to people visiting those who are vulnerable or who have underlying health conditions in the event that they would otherwise be unable to d

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Plans: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a timetable for the inspector's inquiry into York's local plan.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the Secretary of State having powers to direct local authorities in respect of housing development where they deem it necessa

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Second Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, in the context of high proportions of second homes in some communities, whether he has plans to bring forward proposals to discourage investment in second homes.

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

Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to take further steps to tackle the rise in short term holiday lets including those that are a result of new build properties.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of annual profits of housing developers; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing section 106 thresholds.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of areas with high levels of development of high cost housing on the cost of housing in those areas.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to tackle the challenges presented by areas of very high housing costs for people in housing poverty.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take over the next 12 months to reduce overcrowding in social housing.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to enable people to find accommodation in the event that the local housing allowance is insufficient to meet housing costs in the private rental sector.

Source: official written-questions record.