Written questions

422 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education

Adult Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Adult Skills Fund to cover learning (a) primarily and (b) solely for leisure purposes.

24 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has issued recent guidance to integrated care boards on their role in assessing the mental and emotional health of young people entering care using a person qualified to asse

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the National Planning Policy Framework to enable local planning authorities to use the most recent Office for Nation

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing non-repayable maintenance grants for higher education students from the least advantaged backgrounds.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Horse Riding

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the safety of (a) horses and (b) horse riders on roads.

14 Mar 2024 · Women and Equalities

Maternal Mortality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help reduce maternal mortality.

13 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for making a decision on redress for people affected by mesh implants following the publication of The Hughes Report on 7 February 2024.

2 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adult social care residential care home places there were in (a) Kent and (b) Canterbury in each year since 2015.

24 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Vetting: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time for a DBS check is in (a) Canterbury constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications his Department has received for certificates of exemption to keep an American Bully XL type dog in (a) Canterbury constituency and (b) England.

24 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential relationship between the availability of NHS dentistry appointments and patient access to bone-strengthening medication to treat cancer.

23 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Hazara

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the treatment of the Hazara community in Afghanistan.

16 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the online sale of prescription drugs without a prescription.

15 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bluetongue Disease: Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken in response to the findings of its investigation into the cases of bluetongue virus in cattle in Kent.

15 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the UK's commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 1, what progress his Department has made on reducing the number of people living in poverty by more than half by 2030.

10 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Southern Water: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has met Southern Water to discuss sewage discharge since taking office.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Holiday Accommodation: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of provisions in the Renters (Reform) Bill on the ability of students to acquire short-term lets for the purposes of their e

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued recent guidance on the provision by local authorities of accommodation to care leavers beyond the age of 18.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued recent guidance on the duties of responsible authorities to provide supported accommodation for care leavers under the age of 21.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with Kent County Council on its proposal to reduce the eligible age for accessing its supported accommodation service for care leavers from 21 to 19.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her Department's policy that care leavers under the age of 21 who present as homeless should have their accommodation funded by the local authority responsible for social care.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Care Leavers and Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided recent guidance to local authorities on consulting with affected children on proposed changes to (a) the provision of accommodation and (b) other services for (i) children in

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of ADHD medication.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hornets

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure councils have the necessary funding to tackle the presence of Asian hornets.

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

Sewage: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that enforcement action is taken against water companies that discharge sewage on dry days.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dairy Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the farming industry with changes in the level of milk price payments to primary producers.

5 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Headaches: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding sphenopalatine ganglion block treatment on the NHS.

5 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the guidance issued by the NHS entitled Introduction of Shingrix® vaccine for the whole programme and expansion of eligible cohorts, pub

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

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Consistency in Household and Business Recycling in England, published in July 2021.

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

Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the adoption rate of private sewers.

Source: official written-questions record.