Written questions
2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Inflation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of increases in inflation on (a) Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and (b) other fire and rescue services.
25 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Essential Tremor: Radiology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to help increase the level of patient awareness of MR-Guided Focussed Ultrasound for Essential Tremor treatment.
22 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November to Question 76099 on Members: Correspondence, when he expects the technical issue to be resolved.
22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Performance Certificates: Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce legislation to mandate a minimum EPC requirement of band C for rental properties with (a) new tenancies from 2025 and (b) existing tenancies in 2028.
22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate the government has made of the impact of delaying the spend of an additional £6.6bn on energy efficiency until 2025-28 on (a) energy bills and (b) the cost of suppor
22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) encourage and (b) support those on middle incomes to make their homes more energy efficient.
22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing funding for the further and adult education sectors on (a) the skills gap, (b) the low carbon transition and (c)
22 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance by her Department entitled Permission to work and volunteering for asylum seekers, published on 28 October 2022, what the evidential basis is for saying that asylum seek
22 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of permitting asylum seekers to work on the attractiveness of the UK labour market to foreign workers.
22 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to raise the level of the asylum support allowance to support people seeking asylum from the impact of the cost of living crisis and rising inflation.
22 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the potential merits of allowing asylum seekers who have been waiting for ove
22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 7 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton relating to the proposed Rosebank oil field.
21 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in Liverpool.
21 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Healthwatch Liverpool entitled The state of NHS dentistry in Liverpool, published on 18 November 2022, what recent discussions his Department has had with local stak
21 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out a timescale for tackling the cancer treatment backlog.
21 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take reduce the number of cancer patients waiting longer than 62 days from receipt of urgent GP referral for suspected cancer to first treatment of cancer.
21 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve access to radiotherapy for patients waiting for cancer treatment.
18 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Profits
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) capping and (b) increasing regulation of the profits of Distribution Network Operators.
18 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to take steps to incentivise the take up of electric vehicles in the context of changes to Vehicle Excise Duty in the Autumn Statement 2022.
18 Nov 2022 · Treasury
Electric Vehicles: Infrastructure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether revenue raised through Vehicle Excise Duty will be used to fund additional infrastructure for electric vehicles.
18 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Sizewell C Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will announce the investment decision on Sizewell C.
18 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will next meet with health unions to discuss NHS pay.
18 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing NHS worker pay would have on NHS (a) efficiency, (b) staff recruitment and (c) staffing shortages.
18 Nov 2022 · Treasury
NHS: Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the wage of NHS workers by 9.7 per cent.
17 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Magnetic Resonance Imagers: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 83748 on Health Services: Weather, how old the 200 magnetic resonance imaging scanners are that are being upgraded; and what proportion this i
17 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tomography: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 83748 on Health Services: Weather, what type of imaging equipment the £15 million allocated in 2022-23 will go to.
16 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Private Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to introduce the Renters Reform Bill.
16 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd November 2022 to Question 72439 on Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse, what steps the Department has taken to implement the effective policies mentioned in Public Health England
16 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Addictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of support provided by his Department to families affected by addiction.
16 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper by his Department entitled From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives, published on 6 December 2021, how much and what proportion of the
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