Written questions

593 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing universal free prescriptions in England.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increases in the price of broadband packages on the ability of people to access essential online services.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that those households who have a heating oil based system will not face high costs when a ban on their usage comes into force in 2026 and a

1 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Childcare: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the £500 cap on payments received every three months under the Tax-Free Childcare scheme in the context of increased childcare costs.

30 Jan 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the reliability of the Energy Performance Certificate data being used to decide on eligibility for the Warm Homes Discount.

30 Jan 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households which were eligible for the Warm Homes Discount in 2022 are no longer eligible in 2023.

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

Dogs: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to protect dogs from unregulated breeding clinics.

26 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Parking: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals for enforceable disabled parking bays in residential roads.

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

Floods: Nuclear Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has undertaken a risk assessment of the impact of potential flooding caused by rising sea levels on nuclear power plants.

26 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of regulation of crypto-currencies.

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

Flood Control: Bristol

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of constructing additional flood defences in the city of Bristol due to rising sea levels.

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

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the costs of administering the voter ID requirements for elections will be paid from council budgets or Government funding.

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

Environment: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to make ecocide a crime.

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

Fires: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislation to introduce additional regulations on bonfires to help address the environmental risks posed

24 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish a joint external evaluation on the UK's capacity to (a) prevent, (b) detect and (c) rapidly respond to public health risks occurring (i) naturally and (ii) due to (

23 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered the potential merits of increasing the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment from 45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles.

23 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Bristol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentistry practices provided NHS services and treatments in the city of Bristol in each year since 2017.

23 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Bristol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentistry practices are providing NHS services in the city of Bristol.

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

Heating: Non-ionizing Radiation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of infrared heating.

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

Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Improvement Energy Performance Certificates: action plan - progress update, published on 8 November 2021, what progress his Department has made on updating r

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

Wind Power: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what social value criteria the Department has set in the next auction for offshore wind projects in the Cornish Sea; and what assessment his Department has made of potential direc

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials are employed to administer pensions.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials are employed to administer universal credit.

18 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: McKinsey and Company

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the number and value of each Government contract with McKinsey consultancy valued above £50,000 in each of the past give financial years.

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

Packaging: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial cost to producers in supply chains of the Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2022.

11 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Pensions: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of money that can be withdrawn from a pension scheme tax-free in any one financial year.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of 2019 dentistry (a) appointments and (b) treatment took place in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentistry practices offer NHS services in the South West of England.

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 24 January 2022 in the Adjournment debate on NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 24 January 2022 in the Adjournment debate on NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South

Source: official written-questions record.