Written questions

325 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will include policies to (a) help tackle children's mental health needs and (b) support children's mental health services.

7 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer 31 January 2023 to Question 133742 on Health Services, which mental health conditions will be included in the Major Conditions Strategy.

7 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will be delivered by multiple Government departments.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Scheme: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the time taken for those joining the Access to Work scheme on people with sight loss accessing employment.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of Ukrainian refugees hosted by each household under (a) the Homes for Ukraine scheme and (b) the Ukraine Family Scheme in the last (i) t

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a comparative assessment of the risk of homelessness in Ukrainian refugees who are hosted as part of (a) larger than average and (b) smaller than average family group

30 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Charges: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing a single social tariff for water.

30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out a timetable for the publication of the refreshed NHS Long Term Plan.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including a complete ban on gambling marketing communications for consumers who have self-excluded or registered with GAMSTO

24 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gambling: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of recognising gambling as a public health issue; and what steps is he taking to address the relationship between gambling and suicide.

23 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2023 to Question 117924 on Life Expectancy, when the Government will set out its plans to reduce health disparities.

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

Alternative Fuel Payments: Voluntary Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 121055, on Alternative Fuel Payments: Biofuels, whether he has made an assessment of the impact on the activities of off-grid

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

Voluntary Organisations: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the average increase in energy costs for (a) sports and (b) community organisations using alternative fuels since 1 January 2022.

12 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will increase funding for public transport services.

12 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Transport: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken recent steps to provide support to (a) Nexus and (b) other transport companies to help with increased energy prices.

12 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increased energy prices on (a) the Tyne and Wear Metro and (b) other light rail systems.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Draft Mental Health Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including early intervention measures within the upcoming Mental Health Bill.

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

Alternative Fuel Payments: Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 99945 on Alternative Fuel Payments: Biofuels, when the fixed payment of £150 to off-grid non-domestic consumers will be made.

10 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls.

6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his Department’s policy to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy between areas where it is highest and lowest by 2030.

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the minimum tariffs that energy suppliers are required to offer homeowners who contribute electricity gene

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he make an estimate of the number of people who are eligible for the Disability Cost of Living Payment by each qualifying benefit.

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who are eligible for both the (a) £650 Cost of Living Payment and (b) £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment.

13 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Memory Clinics: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 98800 on Memory Clinics: Waiting Lists, how many (a) memory assessment services and (b) patients waiting for an appointment with such a service

7 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward the second £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment to winter 2022-23.

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what level of energy requirements his Department expects to set for non-domestic consumers to qualify for the planned top-up payments provided for as part of the Alternative Fuel

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Alternative Fuel Payments: Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether non-domestic consumers of biomass energy will be eligible for payments through the Alternative Fuel Payments scheme.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Memory Clinics: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are waiting for an appointment with a memory assessment service in (a) Tyne and Wear and (b) England as of 29 November 2022.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Memory Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many memory assessment services there are in (a) Tyne and Wear and (b) England as of 29 November 2022.

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment for the implications of her policies of Dogs Trust’s recommendation to introduce a requirement to visually check animals entering the country at ports to

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