Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

British Gas: Ebico

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help ensure that British Gas allows former Ebico customers access to their credit.

11 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will publish an implementation plan for the announcements on occupational health in the Budget 2023.

11 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the consultations on occupational health announced in the Budget 2023 will be published; and when the pilot for a subsidy for small businesses to access occupational health services will commence.

11 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to resolve the rail dispute to help ensure a service on the Transpennine Route.

11 May 2023 · Department for Transport

TransPennine Express Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the operator of last resort running the Transpennine Route will improve service reliability.

10 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Flexible Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of offering NHS staff the ability to take flexible retirement.

10 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Repossession Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many home repossessions there have been in each of the last 4 quarters for which data is available.

10 May 2023 · Treasury

Mortgages: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to support mortgage payers in the event of further rises in interest rates.

10 May 2023 · Treasury

Inflation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to help tackle inflation; and what recent assessment he has made of the factors that may hinder achievement of the Government's goals in this area of fiscal policy.

10 May 2023 · Treasury

Inflation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his Department's most recent estimate of the expected level of inflation at the end of 2023.

10 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy not to increase the state pension age to 68.

10 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Secure Psychiatric Units: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration has he recently made of the potential merits of giving staff working in secure units the ability take early retirement from 60 years old.

10 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Secure Psychiatric Units: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of staffing levels for substantive contracts on the delivery of NHS services in secure units.

10 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Labour Turnover and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) provide newly qualified medical staff with clinical supervision and (b) increase retention rates of those staff.

10 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help non-medical NHS staff to access career progression opportunities.

10 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of the NHS on thee Strikes (Minimum Service Level) Bill.

10 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of homes in England had an Energy Performance Certificate of level C in each year since 2010.

10 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department has spent on (a) home insulation and (b) retrofitting in each year since 2010.

10 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many community energy initiatives have been established since 13 January 2023.

10 May 2023 · Treasury

Cooperatives

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of registered co-operatives that operated in the UK in each year since 2010.

10 May 2023 · Treasury

Credit Unions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of credit unions operating in the UK in each year since 2010.

9 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that asylum seekers who are pregnant are not moved to a new area (a) before and (b) after their baby is born.

9 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on NHS waiting lists for asylum seekers; and if she will take steps to ensure that asylum seekers are not moved to a new area while

9 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that children who are asylum seekers remain in areas local to their schools.

9 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to assess the performance of local authorities.

9 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of local government funding.

9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy and Physiotherapy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that patients who self refer to a (a) community pharmacists and (b) physiotherapists receive a standard health check.

9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to require pharmacists to review medicine prescriptions to ensure that patients are not prescribed medication that is no longer necessary.

9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy and Physiotherapy: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy that interventions by (a) community pharmacists and (b) physiotherapists should be recorded on a single clinical record system.

9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of skills of community pharmacists to provide primary care services; and whether he plans to take steps to include pharma

Source: official written-questions record.