Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Bicycles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will have discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of funding technology to (a) prevent cycle thefts and (b) enable secure tracking systems on bicycles and e-bikes.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to help increase domestic micro-mobility (a) research and (b) manufacturing.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will commission research into the causes of e-cycle battery fires.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to teachers on supporting children with trauma.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to end the use of (a) detention, (b) isolation and (c) exclusion for school children who have experienced childhood trauma.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the strength of the correlation between school exclusions and children who have experienced trauma.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools take a (a) whole school and (b) therapeutic approach to supporting children with trauma.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support teachers who experience violence from a student (a) in early years, (b) of primary school age and (c) of secondary school age.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps to help encourage people to enter careers in the (a) hospitality and (b) retail sectors.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will have discussions with representatives of the hospitality and retail sectors on the opportunities provided for their workers to develop leadership skills.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to ensure that the hospitality and retail sectors equip their staff with transferable skills.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to encourage (a) small retail and hospitality and (b) other small business to (i) take on apprentices and (ii) work as a consortium to support an apprentice.

15 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government takes to determine what medical aid is made available to areas that are experiencing (a) conflict and (b) other forms of humanitarian crises.

15 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has plans to arrange for (a) medical equipment, (b) pharmaceuticals and (c) other health resources to be sent to Gaza.

15 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Tenants: Exploitation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to the police on letting tenants living in a landlord's properties if that landlord has been convicted of exploiting another tenant.

15 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Tenants: Exploitation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that the police fully investigate cases in which women have alleged that they have been exploited by their landlords; and if he will ensure that during those investigat

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure women at risk of exploitation are placed in (a) local authority and (b) housing association accommodation rather than the private rental sector.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to instruct local authorities to provide (a) safe housing and (b) counselling support for women that have been sexually exploited by their landlord.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Landlords: Exploitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to work with (a) the Home Department, (b) local authorities and (c) the police to identify landlords that are suspected of sexually exploiting female tenants

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing First: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure people that have experienced sexual violence are placed in Housing First accommodation rather than hostels.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to provide emergency accommodation to homeless people that do not feel safe in hostels.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps with her international counterparts on improving processes for the (a) diagnosis, (b) management and (c) treatment of neurological conditions.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce NHS waiting times.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will increase funding for (a) health prevention and (b) screening programmes.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to promote self examination for cancer.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the screening age for (a) lung, (b) breast, (c) bowel and (d) other cancers.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she would make it her policy that patients over retirement age should have an annual health check.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help reduce the number of trips and falls through (a) early interventions and (b) home visiting.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infectious Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce infection rates in winter.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to clarify the role of primary care in the NHS winter plan.

Source: official written-questions record.