Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to assess the safety of the Government’s policy of charging patients for a further prescription for recalled or faulty medicines.
1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions has she had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities on using levelling-up funding to improve local infrastructure in low-income areas.
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of how many short term holiday lets that do not pay business rates because of small business rate relief.
19 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) recruit dentists from (i) overseas and (ii) the UK and (b) to encourage dentists back into NHS work.
19 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists from overseas have (a) completed their overseas exams in the last 12 months and are practicing in the NHS and (b) are waiting to sit their exams to practice in the NHS.
19 Jul 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 increase the number of dentists working in (a) York and (b) areas with fewer NHS dentists.
19 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Health: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide education on toothbrushing in schools.
19 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) adults and (b) children who have had teeth extracted in the NHS over the last 12 months in (i) England and (ii) York.
19 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) adult and (b) child NHS dental patients in (i) England and (ii) York who have seen a dentist in the last 12 months.
19 Jul 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers were waiting for their applications for asylum to be processed in each of the last 12 months.
19 Jul 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps people who has assisted the British forces in Afghanistan who are at serious risk of harm from the Taliban can they take to seek sanctuary in the UK.
19 Jul 2023 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is an adequate amount of accommodation for refugees arriving from Afghanistan through the (a) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and (b) Afghan Relocatio
19 Jul 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Albania
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help Albanian asylum seekers at serious risk or violence from gangs in Albania.
19 Jul 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on potential undeclared tax from the Short Term Holiday Let industry.
19 Jul 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Holiday Accommodation: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of local authorities introducing voluntary short term holiday let registration schemes.
19 Jul 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Holiday Accommodation: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the response to her Department's consultation on a registration scheme for short-term lets in England.
19 Jul 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Holiday Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number of short term holiday lets operating in (a) 2023, (b) 2022 and (c) 2021.
19 Jul 2023 · Treasury
Hospitality Industry: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of VAT on hospitality venues.
19 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of trends in (a) the level of economic activity on the high street and (b) the rate of (i) retail and (ii) hospitality outlets closing.
19 Jul 2023 · Home Office
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to accept the recommendation on the use of forced swim tests in studies on anxiety and depression in the report by the Animals in Science Committee entitled Advice on the use of the
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the provision of housing for NHS staff (a) nationally and (b) in York; and if he will take steps to provide housing for NHS staff i
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require integrated care boards to review how their estates could be utilised for (a) health and (b) wider public purposes.
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidelines on the recruitment of independent consultancies conducting leadership and governance reviews in the NHS.
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to assess the value for money of consultancy work in the NHS.
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Trusts: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of twinning NHS trusts that require improved leadership and governance with outstanding leadership teams in the NHS.
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what due diligence his Department conducts on organisations that undertake consultancy work in the NHS.
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Trusts: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of tasking officials in his Department with conducting well-led reviews.
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Trusts: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor consultants conducting well-led reviews.
18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Trusts: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the amount spent by NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts on hiring consultancies to conduct well-led reviews.
17 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
NHS: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to help support the development of hospital staff key worker accommodation on NHS Property Services land.
Source: official written-questions record.