Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an award as a benchmark of quality social care for responsible care providers, which includes consideration of Care Quality Com

23 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the process by which information is shared between the CQC, the Pensions Regulator, HMRC and HSE in the event that concerns about the financial or ope

23 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating tighter application restrictions on operation of commissioning private care providers by local authorities through (a) financial v

23 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce mandatory guidance for local authorities to prevent commissioning of services from private care companies or owners with a history of moving into administration or being struc

23 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to ensure that people with a history of the directorship of previously struck-off care companies are prevented from being able to set up new companies in the social care sec

23 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take with the HMRC and the Pensions Regulator to alert the CQC of the financial liabilities of private providers when wage payments or pension contributions are not honoured by p

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the financial state of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure that (a) York and (b) other local authority areas with high rates of inequality are included as part of the Government's Levelling Up agenda.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the role of local authorities in addressing food poverty in localities.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Rented Housing: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the adequacy of Broad Rental Market Area boundaries and their relationship with the cost of housing in a particular locality.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure that all decisions made by local authorities are compatible with the Government's net zero emissions target.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the contract procurement processes used by local authorities for house building.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to prioritise housing for homeless and displaced people in line with the Housing First programme.

22 Sep 2021 · 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 it his policy to ensure that all future planning legislation prioritises house building according to local need for (a) tenure, (b) size, and (c) houses with gardens

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on housing of homes purchased for investment rather than accommodation.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Holiday Accommodation and Second Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) properties used for airbnb, (b) other short term holiday let properties and (c) the number of second homes (i) nationally a

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Empty Property: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of vacant buildings on the high street (a) nationally and (b) in York.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps has he taken to address bullying in the workplace; and if he will bring forward measures to tackle bulling in the proposed Employment Bill.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment has he made of the effect of (a) negative behaviours and (b) bullying at work on the cost to the economy each year.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment on the effect of workplace bullying on trends in the levels of lost days of work per employee in each calendar year.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

City of York Council: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of City of York Council on their financial situation.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that all statutory provision, in particular for children and adult social care, will be met by local authorities from April 2022 in additio

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to tackle the deficits in local government finances in York.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the state of local government finance (a) nationally and (b) in York.

22 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the impact of water contamination in northern Sri Lanka in the area around the Chunnakam power plant on (a) the health of citizens affected

22 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will implement a specific resettlement scheme to (a) relocate to the UK and (b) support unaccompanied children from Afghanistan.

21 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help ensure that people who will stop receiving the £20 uplift to universal credit and working tax credits are able to access sufficient food sources.

21 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing the amount of money local authorities pay out in financial assistance schemes to people who will stop receiving the £20

21 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish details on how people from religious minorities will be able to be prioritised under the Afghan citizens' resettlement scheme.

21 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of a potential rise in energy prices; and what assessment he has made of the impact of any such rise on household disposable income (a) of people who are

Source: official written-questions record.