Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of dentists who are on the General Dental Council register but who are not regularly carrying out (a) NHS work and (b) dentistry work.

2 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Travel Requirements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on taking steps to help ensure that there is a safe route out of Sudan for people that have submitte

2 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Travel Requirements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support Sudanese people who have surrendered their passports to the UK Government as part of an application process for a visa and

2 May 2023 · Department for Education

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of providing combined health and social care placements for people with significant mental h

2 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the BBC Board on the cost of BBC Local Radio afternoon and evening programming; and if she will make it her policy to provide financial support to BBC Local R

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the training and professional development required of internationally recruited dentists who carry out NHS work.

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: North Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate provision is in place to support mental health patients in North Yorkshire; and what steps he is taking to help ensure that the police are not use

2 May 2023 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the value for money of providing (a) food through the the Holiday Activity and Food Programme, (b) a daily free meal voucher and (c) a cash equivalent for young people who qual

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of NHS patients using primary and secondary health services as a result of not being able to access the dental health services they requi

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate staffing levels for mental health services.

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) what recent steps his Department has taken to support children and young people on the waiting list and (b) what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people (i) to

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral evidence given by Dame Cally Palmer to the Health and Social Care Committee on 7 March 2023, Question 86, whether he plans to publish the acceleration plan on diagnostic

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres and Surgical Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a formal evaluation of the effectiveness of (a) surgical hubs and (b) community diagnostic centres in increasing (i) elective care and (ii) diagnostic capacity.

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many serious incident root causes analysis investigations were not closed within 60 days (a) nationally (b) in Yorkshire and (c) in York in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to Ambulance Services about informing local (a) Primary Care Commissioning Committees, (b) Local Medical Committees and (c) groups of Integrated Care Boards ab

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the guidelines for (a) GPs, (b) community health technicians and (c) domiciliary social care providers on making serious incident reports about delayed ambulan

2 May 2023 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, published on 27 March 2023, what steps she is taking to help ensure the security of people in communal hostel accommodation; and if she will ma

2 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to improve the provision of youth services in (a) York and (b) the UK.

2 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 3.30 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, whether the Government has set a target number of inactive individuals (a) of all ages and (b) aged over

2 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Restart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people sanctioned by the Restart Programme.

2 May 2023 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are taken by the Valuation Office Agency when determining the Council Tax Band for new developments to ensure that the allocated band correctly reflects the nature of all properties within those developme

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding a programme to provide wearable fitness trackers for children and young people who are obese (a) from areas of deprivation and (b) nat

2 May 2023 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that allocated funding is disbursed in a timely way.

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

Property Development: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential benefits to the economy of foreign investment in (a) housing, (b) business and (c) other development on brownfield sites.

27 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children with intent on significant harm are placed in mental health facilities rather than social care settings.

27 Apr 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 steps he is taking to ensure that children and young people are not placed in social care settings if mental health interventions are required.

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to secure joint placement commissioning so that children with mental health needs are placed with adequate support.

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Children and Young People: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps social care providers can take to place a child safely if they believe that child is unsafe in a CAMHS placement.

27 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to prioritise provision for older people in his plans for dental health care.

27 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to end the use of units of dental activity for commissioning dental services.

Source: official written-questions record.