Rachael Maskell

7 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 providing NHS staff with individual learning accounts to support (a) staff gaining higher qualifications, (b) raising standards and (c) improving practice and service

7 Jul 2023 · Department for Education

Public Libraries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of public libraries on children's educational outcomes.

7 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that sustainable materials are used to retrofit existing public housing stock.

6 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Whether he has plans for the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework to be incorporated in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.

6 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce sickness absence levels in the ambulance service.

6 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps has he taken to reduce the sickness levels of staff working in the ambulance services.

6 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions has he had with the ambulance service on reducing ambulance waiting times in winter 2023-4.

6 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS services in the winter.

6 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps has he taken to provide funding for NHS winter planning for 2023-4.

6 Jul 2023 · Department for Education

School Libraries: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve library facilities in schools; and if she will create library networks for schools to share books.

6 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of Levelling Up funding on (a) economic and (b) social inequality.

6 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has with Cabinet colleagues on using levelling up funding to support low income areas.

6 Jul 2023 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Finance

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church Commissioners have had with stakeholders on (a) their spending priorities and (b) how these align with the mission of the church.

6 Jul 2023 · Church Commissioners

Church of England

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church Commissioners have had with stakeholders on involving parishes in discussions over their future.

6 Jul 2023 · Church Commissioners

Churches: VAT

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church has made representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on VAT relief for the upkeep of (a) newer and (b) all church buildings.

6 Jul 2023 · Church Commissioners

Churches: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions he has had with the Church Commissions on the role of charitable trusts in upkeep of church buildings.

6 Jul 2023 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Finance

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church has made of the potential merit of separating the funding of upkeep of the material fabric of buildings and of ministers for the cure of souls

6 Jul 2023 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Finance

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to allocate funding to the least affluent areas in parishes.

6 Jul 2023 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Finance

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether he has had recent discussions with local dioceses on the potential merits of devolving budgets.

6 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether backdated nurses settlement pay will be paid to nursing staff who were employed during the 2022-2023 financial year but left NHS employment before 31 March 2023.

5 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Low Emission Zones: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of ultra low emissions zones on health outcomes.

5 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Transport: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to use transport emission data to inform public health interventions.

5 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of particulate matter emissions on (a) health and (b) life expectancy.

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the bus cap to match London bus ticket prices.

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact the £2 bus ticket cap has had on bus usage.

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that sustainable transport planning is a priority in building transport infrastructure on new development sites.

5 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Valuation Office Agency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help improve the transparency of the work of the Valuation Office Agency.

5 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Property: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Valuation Office Agency on the criteria used to assess the value of a property.

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will publish a carbon budget to show how it is delivering the Government's net zero objectives.

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Construction: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on the construction industry.