Written questions

Rachael Maskell

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Adjudicator's Office: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to monitor the quality of the Adjudicator’s Office's interactions with applicants in the context of its work investigating complaints about HMRC.

26 Jan 2024 · Treasury

VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to monitor the application of HMRC's charter for businesses with different VAT arrangements.

26 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will develop a workforce strategy to help ensure that palliative care services are available to all who need them.

26 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department's funding of (a) hospices and (b) St Leonard's Hospice in York.

26 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that small business are paid on time by other companies within their supply chains.

26 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households received the warm home discount rebate in (a) York Central constituency (b) City of York Council and (c) England in each year since 2015.

26 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Religion: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23, what plans her Department has to reduce the variation in the standards of teaching of religious education; and what assessment she has made of the potential m

26 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Religion: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the classification of religious education as a school subject; and what funding she has allocated to support the teaching of (a) religious education and (b) national curriculu

22 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support social care staff to progress in their (a) careers and (b) pay through the care workforce pathway.

22 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take legislative steps to align (a) standards and (b) fitness to practice processes across all healthcare profession regulators.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Community Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the viability of community transport schemes.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support local authorities to maintain bus services.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support flooded (a) businesses and (b) residential dwellings in areas that do not meet Bellwin scheme thresholds.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Electricity and Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to require new developments to use (a) electric and (b) renewable energy.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Property Development: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that property developers are required to provide apprenticeships.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Keyworkers

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of keyworker housing.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Shared Ownership Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to encourage uptake of shared ownership properties.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help improve the efficiency of social housing construction.