Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia and Parkinson's Disease: Health Services and Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure health and social care staff receive specific Parkinson’s and dementia training.

27 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to help advance the two global girls’ education targets since the meeting of the G7 in June 2021.

27 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to track progress towards her Department's two global targets on girls’ education, endorsed last year by G7 leaders.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Local Transport Plans: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the sustainable transport toolkit for local authorities will include guidance on how emerging local plans should take the Government's Transport Decarbonisation agenda and Local Transport Plan requireme

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to make the need to use food banks obsolete.

26 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the accessibility of York's courts.

26 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog is in the number of criminal court cases; and how long it currently takes for a case to be heard in the criminal courts (a) nationally and (b) in York.

26 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog is in the number of family court cases; and how long it currently takes for a cases to be heard in the family courts (a) nationally and (b) in York.

26 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current backlog is in the number of Magistrate's court cases; and how long it currently takes for a case to be heard in a Magistrate's court (a) nationally and (b) in York.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional support his Department is providing to agricultural colleges to ensure that there is the workforce needed for the future.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Allotments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Minister of State for Housing and Planning on including in the Planning Bill requirements for local authorities to plan for the provision of allotm

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to help increase the self-sufficiency of communities through community growing projects.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to end food poverty.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has a timeframe for ending food poverty.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her priorities are for reducing levels of (a) absolute poverty and (b) relative poverty.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of ending the £20 uplift to universal credit in the context of the recent rise in the cost of living.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the State Pension as a result of the double lock rule in the context of increases to the rate of inflation.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help protect older people from increases in the cost of living.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of pensioner poverty.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Active Travel England: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff working for Active Travel England will be based in York; and whether Active Travel England will have any satellite offices.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Active Travel England: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that Active Travel England is sufficiently funded to significantly change the way people travel.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that Active Travel England delivers an accessible cycling and walking plan in order that disabled people can participate equally with non-disabled people in active tra

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Active Travel England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that Active Travel England has a central role in delivering modal shift and intermodal connectivity.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Active Travel England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timetable is for Active Travel England being fully operational.

25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she has taken since 1 January 2022 to help de-escalate the risk of conflict between the Ukraine and Russia.

25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure a planned and adequate humanitarian response, including the provision of food, medical aid and support for displaced people, in the event o

25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Politicians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held discussions with displaced Afghan MPs; and if she will meet those Afghan MPs to discuss their concerns about Afghanistan and people who are unable to lea

25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Minister for Asia's oral contribution of 25 January 2022, what the basis is for his statement that there is no evidence that the intellectual property r

25 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made progress on the (a) development and (b) implementation of a new alcohol strategy.

25 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support he is providing to local authority areas where there are high levels of personal anxiety and stress.

Source: official written-questions record.