Written questions

429 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Teachers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to tackle teacher shortages.

17 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to implement a cancer workforce plan to ensure an adequately skilled and sustainable workforce.

17 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish his proposals for the future of social care.

14 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that gay and bisexual men in Bedford constituency have access to places on the PrEP impact trial.

14 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that Kings Brooks, iCaSH Bedfordshire reopens recruitment for gay and bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial.

3 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bedford Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the planned merger of Bedford Hospital and Luton and Dunstable Hospital, if he will maintain the current level of services at Bedford Hospital.

3 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Mergers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of services are retained in each hospital following mergers in NHS Trusts in England in each year since 2015.

3 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's News story, New hospital building programme, published on 29 September 2019, what criteria his Department used to determine which NHS trusts were eligible for fun

2 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bedford Hospital NHS Trust: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on diagnostic equipment for cancer including MRI and CT scanners at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust in each year since 2010; and what the average spend on diagnostic equipment fo

2 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bedford Hospital: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and East London Foundation Trust on plans to reinstate inpatient mental health beds in Bedford.

2 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bedford Hospital: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the funding announced for the merger of Bedford Hospital Trust and Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Trust will be allocated to improving infrastructure and facilities at B

2 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bedford Hospital NHS Trust: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of local health providers on medical staff vacancies at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust; and how many and what proportion of vacancies there

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

European Reference Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK will be excluded from European Reference Networks when the UK leaves the EU.

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railway Track: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on upgrading tracks to prevent buckling in hot weather.

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railway Track: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train journeys (a) operated by Thameslink, (b) operated by East Midlands Trains and (c) in the UK were disrupted due to buckled tracks in hot weather in 2019.

18 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of looked-after children that have (a) run away and (b) gone missing from homes and hostels not subject to the children’s homes regulations since 2014.

15 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to replace the plug-in car grant to encourage the manufacture and sale of low emission vehicles.

15 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the oil sector on introducing charging points for electric vehicles at (a) service stations and (b) petrol forecourts.

15 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many charging points for electric vehicles there are in England; and how many of those are located in each region.

8 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what figures he holds on the cost of music lessons for (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils per term for each local authority in England.

4 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support the 2.3 million children estimated by the Children's Commissioner to be growing up with a vulnerable family background.

2 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that children who make an asylum application in the UK are not incorrectly identified as adults.

2 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to announce additional details of the integrated programme to resettle an additional 5,000 refugees from 2020-2021.

2 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he takes to ensure that recommendations made by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration are implemented by his Department.

2 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of that Department's policies on resettled refugees; and if he will make a statement.

2 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the support for newly recognised refugees under the new asylum advice and accommodation contracts.

28 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

European Parliament: Elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of EU citizens resident in the UK and eligible to vote who were disfranchised from the European parliamentary elections in May 2019.

28 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

European Parliament: Elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the European Commission about the potential disenfranchisement of EU citizens resident in the UK in the European Parliament elections.

28 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

European Parliament: Elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission on the potential disenfranchisement of EU citizens resident in the UK in the European Parliament elections.

26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the number of medical school places to help create a sustainable workforce.

Source: official written-questions record.