Written questions

2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Kingswood

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the average waiting time for an education, health and care plan in Kingswood constituency.

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fertility: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individual funding requests for (a) IVF and (b) other fertility treatment have been (i) made and (ii) approved in each of the last five years.

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fertility: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of steps taken by the Government to tackle barriers to accessing fertility treatment.

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to tackle disparities in access to IVF treatment.

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fertility: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Women's Health Strategy for England, published on 30 August 2022, what progress she has made in delivering the ambitions on fertility treatm

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that integrated care boards follow NICE guidelines on the number of IVF cycles that should be offered to patients.

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of integrated care boards offering three full cycles of IVF in line with NICE guidelines as of 9 January 2023.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Insulation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity of energy companies to respond to applications through the Great British Insulation Scheme and (b) target times for such appli

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Insulation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of how many households have (a) applied to and (b) had insulation installed through the Great British Insulation Scheme.

15 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Energy Drinks: Supermarkets

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 on restricting the placement of energy drinks in supermarkets.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Solid Fuels: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the Burn Better, Breathe Better campaign.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussion she has had with the Office of Environmental Protection on (a) air quality and (b) its health impacts.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wood-burning Stoves

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of phasing out wood burning stoves.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wood-burning Stoves: Smoke Control Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) manufacturers on the 3mg limit on new stoves in Smoke Control Areas.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Smoke and Chimney Gases: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of complaints to English local authorities regarding domestic smoke between January 2022 and September 2023 and (b) proportion of such compl

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Tenants: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help reduce indirect discrimination against prospective housing tenants in receipt of benefits.

30 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: Wellingborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of childcare providers that have closed in Wellingborough constituency in each of the last five years.

30 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: Wellingborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of childcare places in Wellingborough constituency.

30 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: Wellingborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the average cost to parents of childcare for a (a) two and (b) three or four year old child for 25 hours per week in Wellingborough constituency.

30 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Wellingborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of care experienced 16 and 17 year olds who have been placed in unregistered accommodation in Wellingborough constituency in the last 12 months.

30 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Wellingborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of looked after children raised in Wellingborough constituency who are placed (a) outside of the local authority area and (b) 20 miles or more from the local authority a

30 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Wellingborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of children with SEND who are (i) persistently absent and (ii) severely absent from school in Wellingborough constituency.

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Wellingborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of average waiting times from referral to the issue of an education, health and care plan in Wellingborough constituency.

28 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 18 October 2023 to Question 202514 and the absence of a reference to that potential legislation in the King's Speech, what plans his Department has to bring forward leg

28 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Consumer Goods: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of age verification and identity checks by (a) Temu and (b) other online shopping apps for sales of (i) knives and (ii) other age-restricted items.

28 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of the sale of (a) knives and (b) other illegal weapons on online shopping apps.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Psychology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the timing of publishing arrangements for the 2024 intake of the Education Psychology Funded Training on the number of students applying

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Psychology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the details of (a) funding and (b) arrangements for the September 2024 intake of the Education Psychology Funded Training scheme.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Carers: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 755 on Carers: Finance, how her Department plans to spend the remaining £6 million committed in February 2023.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Stable Homes, Built on Love: Implementation Strategy, whether standards of care will (a) set standards on the use restraint and (b) apply to providers of

Source: official written-questions record.