Written questions

1,333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department are taking to support the growth of community energy schemes.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Standing Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to reduce energy standing charges.

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve breast cancer screening rates in (a) the UK and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Hearing Impairment: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of qualified teachers for deaf children in schools.

8 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Cost of Living: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to help ensure that increases in the cost of living do not disproportionately impact (a) blind and (b) partially sighted people.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that all fruit provided to children in state schools through the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme has Fairtrade accreditation.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cervical Cancer: Ealing Central and Acton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve diagnosis times for cervical cancer in Ealing Central and Acton constituency.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional funding for UK-based bioscientific research into (a) the causes and (b) treatment of Long Covid.

7 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yevgeny Prigozhin

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to restrict the provision of legal services to Russia in the context of the case of Yevgeny Prigozhin.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

EU Law: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional time for parliamentary scrutiny before automatically revoking certain retained EU law.

6 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia.

3 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing further financial support for hospices, in the context of (a) the cost-of-living crisis and (b) rising energy bills.

3 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including those with no recourse to public funds in cost-of-living support schemes.

3 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support people with no recourse to public funds, in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.

2 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of GPs in (a) Ealing Central and Acton constituency and (b) London.

1 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a review of mileage rates in the context of increases in the cost of living.

1 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to further research into (a) the nature of long covid and (b) the impact of long covid on people’s health.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) impact of the use of thiamethoxam on the UK’s bee population and (b) potential merits of banning the use of thiamethoxam.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Ealing Central and Acton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Ealing Central and Acton constituency had at least one construction element in (a) condition grade C and (b) cond

31 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the use of hotel accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children; and if she will take steps to review that assessment in the context of

31 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of an inquiry into safeguarding measures in relation to asylum accommodation in the context of reports of 200 missing asylum-seeking children

30 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to increase the provision of audio-visual announcements on local bus services for blind and partially sighted people.

30 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the need for a ministerial portfolio for eradicating the use of animals in laboratory experiments.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to provide (a) universal affordable access to bicycles and (b) grants for e-bike purchase.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of restarting the Fix Your Bike voucher scheme.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing free bicycle lights to cyclists under the age of 18 in England.

23 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report of the Diabetes and Mental Health Expert Working Group in England entitled An integrated care model for mental health in diabetes, published 20 December 2022, whether h

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Travel: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the (a) scope of and (b) eligibility for (i) free and (ii) discounted student travel in the context of the cost of living crisis.

18 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Anti-corruption Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to recruit an Anti-Corruption Champion.

17 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to accelerate the decision-making process for asylum applications from people from Syria.

Source: official written-questions record.