Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Education
Construction: Vocational Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on developing skills academies for the construction industry.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Homes England: Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will hold discussions with Homes England on coordination of Levelling Up funding.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to help ensure that public funding for house building prioritises housing to meet local need.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to expedite the delivery of housing on sites identified for development by Homes England.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of the construction trade to deliver his Department's housebuilding targets.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Education
Planning: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering apprenticeships which provide Level 5 and Level 6 planning qualifications.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to improve the capacity of the planning system.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Public Sector: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) Homes England on disposal and development of public land.
5 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 3 of the National Health Service Act 2006, what steps he is taking to fund the expansion of palliative care.
4 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if the Government will create a scheme for overseas recruited NHS staff to be able to access key worker housing in their first year of working in the NHS.
4 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Affordable Housing: NHS
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that newly qualified NHS staff have access to affordable housing.
4 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Key Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the availability of key worker housing for health professionals.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Physiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the proposed number of physiotherapists provided for by the NHS Workforce Plan in (a) 2026-27, (b) 2031-32 and (c) 2036-37.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Visitors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) the number of health visitors and (b) caseloads for health visitors return to 2015 levels.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the provision of key worker housing for staff training relating to the NHS Long Term Workforce P
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening access to NHS careers by providing (a) support for mature students and (b) childcare and grants to assist with staff training.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will require the creation of the new training course for NHS staff.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish comparative data on (a) anticipated NHS workforce retirements and (b) the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan; and if will make a statement.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 3 July 2023, for what reason he plans to reduce the number of trainee children's nurses.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide patients with access to palliative care specialists when patients receive life-limiting or terminal diagnoses.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to provide training to NHS staff on providing advice to patients on palliative care.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set up an expert group on the future of palliative with representatives from (a) hospices, (b) academia, (c) the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector, (d) NHS providers and
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support research into palliative care (a) standards and (b) techniques.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan on staff recruitment and retention in hospices.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) funding and (b) equality of access to palliative care provided by Integrated Care Board strategies.
4 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the amount of statutory funding for hospices.
3 Jul 2023 · Treasury
Mortgages: Interest Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with mortgage providers on the potential merits of allowing their customers to adjust their fixed rate mortgages before their term has expired.
3 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Council Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to increase council housebuilding.
3 Jul 2023 · Cabinet Office
Heart Diseases: Death
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a comparative assessment of trends in the level of heart attack deaths in (a) the UK, (b) EU countries, (c) the US and (d) other G7 countries.
3 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the size of waiting lists on excess deaths.
Source: official written-questions record.