Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to prioritise children’s oral health 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, what plans he has to publish a plan for dental health care.

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to provide extensions to permitted expenditure windows for Shared Prosperity Fund funding in certain circumstances.

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to more tightly define the purposes for which Shared Prosperity Fund funding can be spent.

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Councillors

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department provides training on good governance and practice to local councillors.

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department provides training on good governance and practice to local authority (a) officers and (b) senior officers.

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to measure the value for money of the Shared Prosperity Fund.

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Voter Identification - FAQs, published on 26 May 2021, what the (a) sample size and (b) geographic area was that was used to de

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Proof of Identity: Photographs

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) 18 to 24, (b) 25 to 60, (c) 60 to 70 and (d) over 70 year-olds that have photographic identification.

25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an NHS dental service in schools.

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on the potential impact of the BBC's planned changes to local radio broadcasting on its public service obligations as set out in the BBC Charter, Ag

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the importance of (a) local and (b) regional television and radio broadcasts for local communities.

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the role of local radio services in addressing loneliness.

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will carry out a survey (a) in North Yorkshire and (b) nationally of preferences for receiving (i) radio and (ii) TV broadcasts (A) terrestrially and (B) digitally.

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the BBC Board on the impact of its changes to the BBC local radio; and if she will make a statement.

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: North Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of people have access to digital media in (a) York and (b) North Yorkshire who are aged (i) between 60-69, (ii) between 70-79 and (iii) 80 and over.

25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether IVF is available to couples on the NHS if one partner in that couple has a child from a former relationship.

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has taken recent steps to implement the recommendations of the report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime entitled Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit Rep

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to allow trail hunting on public land during the next hunting season.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists are still practising in the UK five years after qualifying through the NHS.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the level of training provided to dentists in (a) primary and (b) secondary care; and if he will make a statement.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that newly qualified dentists working only in private practice (a) receive training and( b) are professionally monitored.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) dental surgeons and (b) other dentistry professions.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Care Homes and Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of purchasing mobile dental units to take to schools and care homes.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentaid: Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with DentAid on providing support to community dental services for vulnerable people.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to support Integrated Care Boards to develop and offer a school-based service of dental inspection and treatment.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of addressing shortages of dentists by paying them a salary for their post-foundation year.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessments of the potential merits of making dentists salaried through allowing integrated care boards to buy practices.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) have transferred from NHS England to Integrated Care Boards.

20 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all funding for dentistry transferred from NHS England to the Integrated Care Boards.

Source: official written-questions record.