Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Dec 2023 · Treasury
Hospitality Industry: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of business rate relief for businesses in the hospitality sector.
13 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport
Cycling: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the level of understanding among cyclists of Rule 64 of the Highway Code.
13 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the active travel budget has been allocated to Slough over the next two years.
13 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken by his Department to process Personal Independence Payment claims.
13 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog in (a) Personal Independence Payment new claims and (b) Personal Independence Payment reviews.
11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the average actual clearance times for personal independence payment special rules for end of life claims in Slough constituency in each of the last five financial year
11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the average actual clearance times for (a) personal independence payment (PIP) normal rules new claims and (b) Disability Living Allowance to PIP reassessments in Sloug
11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff his Department employs to determine the outcome of PIP claims as of 8 November 2023.
11 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport
Blue Badge Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's communication of the option of a not for reassessment marker for the Blue Badge Scheme to (a) local authorities and (b) the public.
11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Counselling: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for counselling services for unpaid carers.
11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carers: Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to unpaid carers.
11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living on the mental health of unpaid carers.
11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health support available to unpaid carers.
11 Dec 2023 · Treasury
Business Rates: Hospitality Industry
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of business rate relief for businesses in the hospitality sector.
7 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport
Heathrow Airport: Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of building the Western Rail Link to Heathrow.
30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) maternity exemption certificates issued and (b) fines issued due to a person failing to pay for a prescription without a valid maternity exemption ce
30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services and Prescriptions: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of communications by the NHS on access to maternity exemption certificates for pregnant women.
30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services and Prescriptions: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of backdating maternity exemption certificates to the start of pregnancy (a) if an application is made later in the pregnancy and (b)
30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of the number of individuals in (a) Slough and (b) England that have been required to repay the value of a prescription as a result of them not having a valid mater
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to Question 198853 on Armed Forces: Absenteeism, how many of the personnel absent without leave were absent for 48 hours or more.
19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers to Questions 197489, 198434, 198842, whether NHS staff records are available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in (i) misconduct and (ii) other cases.
19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2023 to Question 198639 on Childcare, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the adequacy of (a) trained staff, (b) safe premises and (c) registered places in
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Educational Psychology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of educational psychologists providing services to children in (a) Slough and (b) England.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Educational Psychology: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many educational psychologist training places were funded by her Department in (a) Slough and (b) England in each of the last five years.
18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to undertake a review of guidance on the prescription of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists to patients with type 2 diabetes.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Human Rights: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Ministers did not attend the UN review of the Government's treatment of disabled people due to take place in Geneva on 28 August 2023.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure compliance by animal owners with the Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023.
15 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chronic Illnesses: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's funding to treat health problems caused by PFAS chemicals.
15 Sep 2023 · Home Office
Police: Cybersecurity and Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve (a) cyber security and (b) security of personal data in police forces.
15 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Podiatry: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff were employed in podiatric care in each year since 2019.
Source: official written-questions record.