Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to monitor trends in the number of NHS dental appointments available within each Integrated Care Board area.

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Waiting Lists

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

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the Hull York Medical School is used as a model for a Centre for Dental Development.

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help Integrated Care Boards to develop Centres for Dental Development.

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Primary Care and Public Health on 11 July 2023, Official Report, column 172, when he plans to publish the dental plan; and what steps he

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to strengthen the data that is available for the purposes of understanding demand for and supply of NHS dental services in England.

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Primary Care and Public Health of 11 July 2023 during Health and Social Care oral questions, column 172, what is his Department's expecte

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to issue updated public health advice to reduce the infection rate of covid-19 variants.

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support hospitals to manage new covid-19 variants.

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to raise awareness of (a) the number of hospital admissions and (b) mortality from covid-19 variants.

12 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of (a) covid-19 and (b) flu vaccinations in 2023.

12 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Police Custody: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has held with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on providing expedient access to a clinician for people held by police who have underlying physical or mental healt

12 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police forces provide people being held in their care with access to (a) medication (b) food and (c) fluid; and whether she is taking steps to requir

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Children: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potentiual role of (a) further education colleges and (b) universities in tackling the level of inequality of educational outcomes for children in the North of England.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled Addressing education and health inequity: perspectives from the North of England published by Child of the North All-Party Parliamentary Group on 11 September 2023, whether

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the recommendations of the report entitled Addressing education

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the report entitled Addressing education and health inequity: perspectives from the North of England published by Child of the North All-Pa

11 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholism: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of trends in the level of problematic alcohol use on (a) domestic and (b) community violence; and what steps he is

11 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholism: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to use positive interventions on alcohol use.

11 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholism

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people who drink more than the recommended level of alcohol.

11 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gambling: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that people who have a problematic relationship with gambling have access to an NHS gambling treatment clinic.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people who are addicted to gambling.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the involvement of parents in the education curriculum.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to address health inequality through schools.

11 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make a comparative estimate of the number children who have received (a) a diagnosis and (b) support for neurodivergence in (a) the North, (b) London and (c) the south of England in the

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional funding to schools in the North to help them reach the attainment levels of children in London and the South.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that early years funding for children in the north of England is at a level comparable to that made available to children in (a) London and (b) the south of England.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to assess the adequacy of funding for SEND provision (a) nationally and (b) in York.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reduce the difference in average funding between pupils in schools in Yorkshire and the Humber and London.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason schools in Yorkshire and Humber receive lower average funding per pupil than schools in London.

Source: official written-questions record.