Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to ensure that people on low incomes are prioritised for energy efficiency retrofits to help reduce energy costs.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with energy companies on the potential merits of decarbonising the homes of people on low incomes.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people who pay for energy using a prepayment meter are not paying more for energy than people with other payment arrangements.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people unable to afford to cook food from their local foodbanks

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking through the welfare system to tackle (a) food and (b) fuel poverty.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will undertake a review of the impact of fuel poverty.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who are unable to adequately heat their homes as a result of poverty (a) nationally and (b) in York.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential need to increase winter fuel payment.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the rate of cold weather payments.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding he has allocated to domestic energy transition (a) in each of the last five years and (b) for each of the next five years.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to increase manufacturing capacity for the creation of heat pumps.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring all new residential and commercial properties to install (a) heat pump technology or (b) other cleaner forms of en

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timescale is for the full delivery of heat pumps; and what estimate he has made of how many homes will receive a heat pump each year.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made on supporting the development of effective, low-cost heat pumps.

13 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Serious Crime Prevention Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to ensure the House of Commons has adequate opportunities to scrutinise serious crime prevention orders.

13 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on retention of NHS staff as a result of the mandatory covid-19 vaccine programme for NHS staff.

13 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Test and Trace Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what eligibility criteria is used to allocate discretionary Test and Trace Support Payments for each Local Authority area in England.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the suspension of waiting time fines in the NHS in the context of rising covid-19 infection levels.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the on-going need for fallow periods in between patients in dental services to prevent covid-19 transmission.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a second covid-19 booster for people aged over (a) 70 and (b) 80 years old.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional steps he will take to tackle covid-19 infection spread in schools and prevent a return to pre-Christmas levels of infection in school age children.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of calling former NHS staff back to work, including people who have left practice over three years ago.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of delays to NHS interventions resulting from the covid-19 outbreak on (a) cancer services and (b) the length of time people are waiting for (i) dia

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his latest estimate is of the number of people who will be waiting for surgical proceedings at the peak of the elective surgical NHS waiting list during the covid-19 outbreak; and when he anti

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his most recent estimate is of when the NHS backlog resulting from the impact of the covid-19 outbreak will be cleared.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to understand the retention of antibodies in people who have contracted covid-19.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plan is for the long term management of covid-19 after the efficacy of the vaccine depletes.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of mandatory covid-19 vaccinations with the NHS constitution's principle of healthcare delivered by consent.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate on 3 February 2022 of how many and what proportion of NHS staff have not received their first covid-19 vaccine by that date; and if will place details of that estimate i

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent representations he has received on the number of social care workers who were dismissed as a result of not having had a covid-19 vaccine.

Source: official written-questions record.