Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Public Inquiries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how he plans to engage with families that have been bereaved as a result of the covid-19 outbreak to ensure that they can contribute to the scope of the proposed inquiry

27 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether English language centres are eligible for expanded retail discount.

27 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in the context of the forthcoming lifting of the ban on evictions, whether it remains Government policy that no-one should lose their home as a result of the covid-19 pandemic; a

26 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional dental training commissioners he plans for each of the next five years.

26 May 2021 · Department for Education

Universities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the ability of students living in private accommodation to travel to their term time address at any time, for what reason he has suggested to universities that the start of the 2021-22 academi

26 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to undertake (a) workforce planning for dental services and (b) commissioning of dental surgery places in (i) Yorkshire and (ii) York; and what reference his

26 May 2021 · Home Office

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential detrimental effects of policing by consent on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities parked on unauthorised sites.

25 May 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the latest evidence on the effect of mask wearing in school communal spaces on covid-19 transmission.

25 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to speed up genome sequencing to meet the demands of covid-19 testing.

25 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fluoride: Drinking Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timescale is for adding fluoride to all drinking water.

25 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there will be health area dental recovery plans under plans for dental services to move to integrated care systems.

25 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to review dental charges; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of free dental check-ups and treatments for all patients.

25 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists who trained in other European countries have practised in England for each of the last five years.

25 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the provision of routine dental checks in all care homes; and at what interval those dental checks are planned to take place.

25 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to expedite rape and sexual violence cases so that no survivor waits more than six months for their case to be heard in court.

25 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to enable survivors of rape or sexual assault to provide pre-trail evidence and cross examination due to delays in court cases.

25 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish his proposals for tackling the backlog in dental appointments.

25 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the ratio is of dentists providing services per head of population in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England.

25 May 2021 · Department for Education

Outdoor Education: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority-owned outdoor education centres have closed since March 2020.

24 May 2021 · Department for Education

Adoption Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the caps on the Adoption Support Fund does not limit the therapeutic support available to children and young people.

24 May 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to ensure that teacher training focuses on (a) trauma and attachment challenges and (b) support for children in the care system and those children who are adopted.

24 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what tools his Department uses to calculate to effect of investment in research funding on economic growth in the UK.

24 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that investment in research is linked to economic growth.

24 May 2021 · Department for Education

Universities: Social Distancing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether directors of public health will be able to determine whether staggering the start of the term is required based on the covid-19 social distancing measures put in place by universities for September 2021

24 May 2021 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing international students to quarantine at their university on arrival in the UK.

24 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mechanical Thrombectomy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand access to mechanical thrombectomy services for stroke patients.

24 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a Local Transport Authority that has issued a statement of intent to franchise may subsequently switch to pursuing an Enhanced Partnership scheme in the event that it is deemed necessary.

24 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a Local Transport Authority that wishes to pursue franchising can also remain eligible for the Government’s £3 billion transformational funding stream beyond June 2021.

24 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Death

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many excess deaths there have been in each month since January 2018.

24 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the event that a Local Transport Authority is pursuing franchising in the long-term but is implementing an Enhanced Partnership Scheme in the meantime to retain access to key funding streams beyond April 202

Source: official written-questions record.