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.