Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require all vape devices to be sold in plain colour.

28 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce plain packaging for vaping devices.

28 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ban the use of vaping devices in vehicles that contain children.

28 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ban vaping in all public indoor spaces.

28 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ban all vape advertising.

28 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Adrenaline Auto-injectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing charges for the renewal of a faulty EpiPen.

27 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative estimate of the funding for healthcare per person in (a) the UK and (b) other similar countries.

27 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce excess deaths.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to introduce different registration processes for short-term holiday lets of (a) whole properties and (b) individual rooms.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the local housing allowance in areas with high private rental costs.

26 Jun 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 with Cabinet colleagues to sell the Bootham Park Hospital site for use as a community asset.

26 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Buildings and Land

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to place conditions on the disposal of land and buildings by (a) NHS Property Services and (b) other Departments to require that the social value of its subsequent u

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bootham Park Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) undertake a local consultation on the future of and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a community auction on the Bootham Park Hospital site.

26 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason prospective NHS staff from overseas have had delays securing visas to work in the UK.

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of delays in international NHS doctors having their visas processed.

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to reduce waiting times for GP appointments for people with suspected cancer symptoms.

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the policies of the New Zealand government on tackling inequalities in the prevention and treatment of cancer.

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to change NHS practices to reflect any lessons learned from countries with higher cancer survival rates.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of increasing the (a) State Pension and (b) Pensions Credit for people living in rented accommodation.

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the average frequency with which children visit dentists in (a) York Central constituency and (b) the UK.

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing Dental Reference Officers.

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on secondary dental healthcare for children in the 2022-23 financial year; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing funding for primary

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for health policies of the quality of food provided by foodbanks; and whether he plans to provide vouchers for people using foodbanks

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of working with the Imagination Library to increase services for people from the gypsy, Roma and traveller communities.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of working with the Imagination Library to increase services for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the inclusion of advice on financial difficulties in the new suicide prevention strategy.

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on neurological services in York in each financial year since 2020-21.

26 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost to the public purse of emergency admissions to hospitals for people with neurological conditions in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 in York Central Constituency.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Commonhold

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to replace leasehold for property owners with commonhold.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Unions: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to clause 234E(1)(b) of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, if she will outline what reasonable steps she would expect a trade union to take in order to ensure that all members of

Source: official written-questions record.