Written questions

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help alleviate child poverty in (a) Slough and (b) the Thames Valley region.

13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding provided by the Government to local councils.

8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) times blood donors have been advised in advance of delays to their NHS Blood and Transplant donor session and (b) the number of donors tha

8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times people have been called more than twice per day by NHS Blood and Transplant seeking blood donations in the last 12 months; and whether he is taking steps to ensure that the frequency

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of sending letters on the GP Patient Survey in the last 12 months; how many letters were sent to recipients; and whether any patients were contacted by e-mail.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department is taking steps to allow people to retain their mobile numbers when changing mobile contracts while retaining the same network provider.

6 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Working Hours

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of working age people who have reduced their working hours as a result of marginal state income deductions.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Mobility Foundation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding her Department has provided the Mobility Foundation in each of the last five years; and for what purpose.

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the unavailability of (a) digital thermometers and blood pressure monitors and (b) other low cost equipment for clinical staff on NHS (i) st

3 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Unemployment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of public sector workers of working age who have become economically inactive in each of the last 10 years.

19 Dec 2024 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons Commission: Correspondence

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the Director of Parliamentary Digital Services plans to provide a substantive reply to the correspondence of 27 November 2024 from the hon. Member for

17 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

NATO Countries: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking to help ensure NATO member states meet the target of spending 2% of GDP on defence.

13 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17203 on Flood Control, what the potential cost to the public purse is of the University of Hull and Humberside Fire and Rescue S

13 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase awareness of bowel cancer symptoms among people under 50.

13 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the measures in the Employments Rights Bill on working rights for private hire drivers.

13 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle persistent absence in schools in Slough constituency.

13 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle the impact of socio-economic disadvantage on future earnings.

13 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jagtar Singh Johal

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in India on the detention of Jagtar Singh Johal.

13 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients admitted to hospital this year with (a) Covid, (b) flu (c) RSV and (d) norovirus; and what those figures were for the same period in (i) 2023 and

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that imported products containing banned ingredients are not sold in shops in the UK.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Unemployment: Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of young people out of (a) work, (b) education and (c) training in Slough.

11 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Marginal Tax Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were subject to a marginal tax rate (a) at and (b) above 100% in the last financial year.

11 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Marginal Tax Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the highest possible marginal tax rate is.

5 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Money Laundering: Cryptocurrencies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to tackle money laundering through cryptocurrencies, in the context of the National Crime Agency's Operation Destabilise investigations.

5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the harms of (a) drug and (b) alcohol misuse.

5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the availability of rehabilitation treatment for people with (a) drug and (b) alcohol dependencies in (i) Slough constituency and (ii) Berkshire.

5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholism and Drugs: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps this Department is taking to reduce (a) drug- and (b) alcohol-related deaths.

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) consistency of care and (b) availability of medication for people with an ADHD diagnosis who move to a different NHS Trust from the one in which th

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children living in relative poverty are not eligible for free school meals.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Benefit: Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in Slough constituency have been affected by the two-child benefit cap in each year since 2017.

Source: official written-questions record.