Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the functional resilience of the NHS estate.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Students: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional support to students who live in areas with very high accommodation costs.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Students: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Office for Students on the adequacy of the student loan and changes in the level of the cost of student accommodation in (a) York and (b) other university towns.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Students: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cost of student accommodation in (a) purpose-built student accommodation and (b) the private rental sector on students' ability to remain at universit

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Universities: Student Numbers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of this year's A-level grading system on home student numbers at English universities.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's surveys of the school estate for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete looks for other construction risks.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools can continue to use and occupy buildings with Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) which are deemed to be structurally sound.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to complete its survey of the schools estate for Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support her Department is providing to schools found to have Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) where they have had to vacate facilities; and from which budget that funding will be met

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2023 to Question 186868 on Pharmacy: Finance, who funded the costs of the UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership; what those costs were; and if he will m

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: International Criminal Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on the International Criminal Court investigation into the situation in Palestine of recent developments in J

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason lung health checks are not available for people over the age of 74 years who are (a) ex-smokers, (b) smokers and (c) at risk due to their previous work environment.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce backlogs in community child health services.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce elective procedure backlogs in child health services.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce treatment waiting times for children and young people.

1 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Aviation: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing a frequent flyer levy.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endoscopy: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential barriers to reducing endoscopy waiting lists in the (a) Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care System and (b) Vale of York.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Key Workers: Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of schemes aimed to provide affordable rented housing to NHS key workers

1 Sep 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Land

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Guide for the Disposal of Surplus Land, published by his Department in March 2017, in the context of trends in the level of growth in the construction industr

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bootham Park Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the maintenance costs for Bootham Park Hospital by selling the building at a reduced price to a public sector consortium.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings and Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing NHS properties to be disposed of at a rate below market value for (a) housing and (b) other projects aimed to support the local com

1 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Land: Public Sector

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up Communities and Local Government on allowing public land to be sold for below market value when purchased for projects aimed to benefit the

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bootham Park Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to give priority to a public sector consortium to develop the Bootham Park Hospital site.

1 Sep 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Land

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department’s Guide for the Disposal of Surplus Land, published March 2017, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of that guidance; and what assessment he has made of the impact of tha

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the TUC report entitled Bullying at Work, published February 2019, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of that report’s findings on the prevalence of wor

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact of withdrawing the experimental treatment for postural tachycardia syndrome trialled at York Hospital on patients with that condition.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Arms Trade: Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ban the sale of (a) munitions and (b) military equipment to countries found to use weapons against civilians.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Convention on Cluster Munitions and Ottawa Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that signatories to the (a) Ottawa Treaty and (b) Convention on Cluster Munitions are upholding their obligations.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Convention on Cluster Munitions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Affordable Housing: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has held with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on ensuring that NHS staff can access key worker housing near where they work.

Source: official written-questions record.