Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Retail Trade: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria he uses to measure high street activity.

29 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing NHS dentists with grants to improve ventilation in NHS dental surgeries.

29 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will instruct Directors of Public Health to lead a strategy on oral healthcare with a focus on prevention of disease.

29 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria he is using to assess the adequacy of the number of dentists.

29 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for publishing plans for a reformed dentist contract.

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to measure the reduction in services provided by charities as a result of reduced funding since March 2020 due to the covid-19 outbreak.

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that have been lost in the charities sector as a result of funding challenges since March 2020.

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on charities in the retail sector with reference to the (a) loss of revenue to and (b) financial stability of those cha

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of fundraising by charities since the start of that outbreak.

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to assess the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the finances of charities.

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the reserves of charities.

28 Jun 2021 · Attorney General

Rape: Trials

To ask the Attorney General, for what reason does the CPS withdraw its support for rape cases going to full trial after a trial date has been set.

28 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether footage from CCTV cameras or audio recording devices has been used as evidence in disciplinary cases against departmental staff in the last five years.

28 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: CCTV

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether security cameras are used in Government buildings for the purposes of the surveillance of staff working in those buildings.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Pupils: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support he will provide to school students receiving GCSE and A Level results in summer 2021 to support their (a) mental wellbeing and (b) appeals should they not receive their hoped for grades.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Pupils: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional mental health support will be made available to school age children over the summer 2021 holidays in response to the mental effects of the covid-19 outbreak and lost schooling.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support pupils missing additional days at school as a result of the rise in rates of covid-19 infection.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that pupils engage with the covid-19 testing regime.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidential basis is that mask wearing in classrooms reduces the risk of covid-19 infection transmission.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice he is providing to schools in response to the rising level of covid-19 infection.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Biometric Residence Permits: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he takes to ensure that permanent residents are consulted on the implementation of residents' permit schemes in areas with a high number of houses of multiple occupancy used by students.

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on drafting the Government's new dementia strategy.

28 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land Banking

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to prevent land banking.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Ladders: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve the safety of people who use a ladder as part of their job.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Ladders: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps the Government has taken to prevent falls from ladders; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of those steps.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Ladders: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number people who fall from ladders each year.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Ladders: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the economy of accidents caused by falls from ladders.

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ladders: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of nights stayed in hospital in a year as a result of falls from ladders.

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ladders: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of falls from ladders.

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ladders: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people in a year who visit (a) their GP, (b) an urgent treatment centre and (c) an accident and emergency department as a result of falling from a ladder.

Source: official written-questions record.