Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled What the Prime Minister’s Primary Care Recovery Plan means for you, published on 9 May 2023, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding

9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the number of community pharmacists and (b) help support community pharmacists with their running costs.

9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to inform patients about the primary care recovery plan.

9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of pharmacists working in the community; what assessment he has made of the potential impact of direct referral will impact on the number of pharmacists requ

9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of physiotherapists working in the community; what assessment he has made of the potential impact of direct referral will impact on the number of physiothera

9 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, whether he plans to publish an implementation plan for the announcements on occupational health.

9 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraphs 3.37 and 3.38 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, when he plans to publish the consultations on occupational health; and (b) when he plans that t

9 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review her Department's policies on the testing cosmetic products on animals.

9 May 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of people who have submitted biometric testing documents in support of an indefinite leave to remain application have been waiting (a) 6 months (b) 9 months (c) 12 months (d) 18 months

9 May 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have submitted biometric testing documents in support of an application for indefinite leave to remain have been waiting (a) 6 months (b) 9 months (c) 12 months (d) 18 months and (

3 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require companies to use plain packaging on vaping products.

3 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a ban on vaping in (a) public places and (b) cars carrying children.

3 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of increasing VAT on vaping devices to help prevent their use by children.

3 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide support programmes to young people who have taken up vaping.

3 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that vaping devices are only sold at regulated outlets.

3 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the illegal sale of vapes (a) smuggled in through the UK borders and (b) via internet sales; and whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the ille

3 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) banning the sale of vaping devices and (b) providing vaping devices to active smokers.

3 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to require short-term letting providers to demonstrate that they have up to date tax arrangements with HMRC.

3 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that short term holiday lets cannot be let under more than one name.

3 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that a register of short term holiday lets is available to HMRC.

3 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on (a) removing an owners' properties from and (b) preventing an owner from registering their properties on any future registr

3 May 2023 · Treasury

Local Government Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions has he had with the Levelling Up Secretary of State on his Department's access to local authority registers to investigate (a) current and (b) historic unpaid revenue.

3 May 2023 · Treasury

Holiday Accommodation: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the impact of short-term holiday let owners who do not declare their income to HMRC on tax revenues.

3 May 2023 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for indefinite leave to remain applications were made in each year since 2010; and how long it took on average it took to process those claims in each of those years.

3 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that assessments of neurodiverse (a) adults and (b) children by all agencies consider what type of placement would be most suitable for their needs.

3 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral evidence by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health to the Health and Social Care Committee on 25 April 2023, HC 964, what factors h

3 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Active Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the Second Walking and Cycling Investment Strategy on levels of active travel.

3 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he had made of the potential impact of the 2.8 per cent increase in the public health grant for 2022-23 on the adequacy of the provision of public health services.

3 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to require local councils to introduce maximum speed limits of 10mph in residential areas.

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of Tier 4 beds in (a) England, (b) York and (c) North Yorkshire; and whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of beds av

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