Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of increasing student loan contributions for graduates on the accessibility of higher education for people from lower-income backgrounds.
24 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will carry out an impact assessment of potential increases to student loans contributions on graduates’ standard of living.
24 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the financial impact of interest-bearing student loans on Muslim students.
24 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of carer’s allowance for unpaid carers.
24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carers: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what risks to the mental and physical wellbeing of unpaid carers his Department has identified as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carers: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support services available to unpaid carers during covid-19 lockdowns.
24 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults made against retail workers were recorded in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) England in each year from 2015 to 2021.
24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what risks to (a) patients and (b) NHS staff his Department has identified as a result of the additional pressures on hospitals during the winter months in (i) Slough, (ii) the South East and (iii)
24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department is providing to hospitals in the winter months to assist with additional pressures in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) England.
24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources his Department has provided to (a) the South Central Ambulance Service and (b) UK wide ambulance services to (i) manage demand on those services and (ii) increase the capa
24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to alleviate the operational pressures placed on (a) the South Central Ambulance Service and (b) UK wide ambulance services.
24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential risk to patients life at (a) the South Central Ambulance Service and (b) UK wide ambulance services when operating long-term at REAP
24 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of leaseholders that are facing remediation costs for (a) non-compliant cladding and (b) non-cladding related building defects in (i) Slough,
24 Nov 2021 · Cabinet Office
Press Conferences: Sign Language
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the benefits of offering all press conferences in British Sign Language.
23 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, by what date she expects the UK to have donated to developing countries half of the 100 million doses of covid-19 vaccine that it has committed.
23 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, by what date he plans to donate his Department’s order of 20 million Janssen covid-19 vaccine doses to the Covax scheme.
17 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to bring forward legislative proposals for harsher penalties for the assault of retail workers.
17 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policing steps her Department is taking to tackle the abuse and assault of retail workers.
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS hospitals in (a) Slough, (b) the South East, (c) England, and (d) the UK have sufficient operational capacity to cope with the increased opera
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential effect of pressures caused by the covid-19 outbreak on NHS staff retention in a) Slough, (b) the South East, (c) England, and (d) the UK.
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what areas of concern his Department has identified for patient demand versus the operational capacity of hospitals in (a) Slough, (b) the South East, (c) England, and (d) the UK.
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timeframe is for the de-escalation of Resource Escalation Action Plan (REAP) Level Four back to normal REAP operating levels for (a) the South Central Ambulance Servic
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) challenges and (b) risks to (i) the South Central Ambulance Service and (ii) ambulance services throughout the country as a result of lo
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risks of the long-term operation at Resource Escalation Action Plan Level Four of (a) the South Central Ambulance Service and (b) ambulance
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the wellbeing of ambulance staff operating at Resource Escalation Action Plan Level Four long-term for (a) the South Central Ambulance Service and
17 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timeframe is for the spending of the £500 million committed to the restoration of Beeching Cut rail lines, as set out in the 2021 Comprehensive Spending Review.
17 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 Oct 2021 to Question 58484, whether his Department has plans to release a Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline annual update by the end of 2021.
17 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with supermarket representatives on (a) strategies to encourage the use of rail freight over road freight in their supply chains and (b) potential challenges in adopti
17 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department's release timeline has changed for the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.
17 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the priority given by his Department to rail electrification has changed as a result of the Autumn 2021 Comprehensive Spending Review.
Source: official written-questions record.