Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Jan 2022 · Home Office

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the finances of the North Yorkshire fire and rescue service.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Fire and Rescue Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it her policy to introduce greater precept flexibility for all fire authorities.

10 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support (a) North Yorkshire and (b) other fire authorities who have very low reserves.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Second Homes: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to implement a register of second homes.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to empower local authorities to set a cap on the number of holiday lets within their jurisdiction.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle the prevalence of long covid.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how long, on average, someone has symptoms of long covid.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of treating a person suffering from long covid.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason he is not requiring the clinical coding of long covid.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle covid-19 infection levels.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons he has not introduced greater public health measures in response to the pressure on the NHS and mortality levels resulting from the covid-19 outbreak.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current average efficacy of the covid-19 booster vaccine after (a) 4 weeks, (b) 8 weeks and (c) 4 months.

10 Jan 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 take steps to ensure that the City of York Local Plan includes provision for self-build and custom housing.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the length of time that greenbelt boundaries should endure beyond the period of the Local Plan.

10 Jan 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 require the York planning inspectors to develop an evidence-based Local Plan.

6 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Inquiry

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to consult relevant stakeholders on the criteria for the Terms of Reference for the Covid-19 Public Inquiry; who was consulted; and when he plans

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals in the Online Safety Bill to end the use of online gambling advertising.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Gambling: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to require schools to provide education on the harms of gambling.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Vulnerable Adults

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to prevent gambling companies from targeting vulnerable communities.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals as part of the Online Harms Bill to tackle online gambling firms making offers to their site users that are harmful, including free loans.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Music and Theatre: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to make additional covid-19 support available for music and theatre productions that have to cancel as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his latest assessment of the (a) durability and (b) average duration of the booster covid-19 vaccine in holding immunity is.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on raising the level of the Winter Fuel Allowance in 2022.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency are living in (i) poverty and (ii) relative poverty.

6 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Debts: York

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of adults in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency living in households where there is personal debt.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people living in (a) poverty and (b) relative poverty in (i) York and (ii) York Central constituency.

6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people there were with the delta variant of covid-19 in each week since 1 December 2021.

6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Intensive Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people in intensive care units have (a) the omicron variant, (b) the delta variant and (c) another covid-19 variant.

6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people in hospital have (a) the omicron variant (b) the delta variant and (c) another covid-19 variant.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department is using to ensure that schools with poor air quality receive a Government-supplied air cleaning unit.

Source: official written-questions record.