Written questions

2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Film and Television: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of using the tax system to incentivise low carbon or carbon neutral TV and film production.

16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the email sent to his Department by the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on 23 May 2022.

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tourette's Syndrome: Health Professions and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of specialist practitioners (a) researching and (b) treating Tourette’s Syndrome in England.

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tourette's Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve the quality of training on (a) Tourette’s syndrome and (b) other tic disorders for service providers in England.

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tourette's Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the need for NICE guidance for (a) Tourette’s Syndrome and (b) other tic disorders.

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tourette's Syndrome: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase funding for research into the (a) causes of and (b) treatments for Tourette’s syndrome.

8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidneys: Transplant Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access for kidney transplant patients to (a) Evusheld and (b) other drugs that help increase resistance to covid-19.

7 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the email of 3 May 2022 sent to the urgent queries inbox from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton regarding Annika Greco.

7 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Help to Buy Scheme: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number homes for sale in (a) Liverpool Walton constituency and (b) the Liverpool local authority area that are eligible for the Government's H

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Liverpool Walton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Liverpool Walton are recipients of legacy benefits; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people are made aware of the transition to universal credit.

1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve retention and recruitment of NHS dentists.

1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to reduce waiting lists for new patients at dentist surgeries.

1 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Fossil Fuels: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's temporary Energy Profits Levy, what assessment was carried out of the potential impact of the investment allowance incentivising new oil and gas extraction on the Government's net-

1 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that data shared with the UK under the Common Reporting Standard are used to estimate the proportion of UK residents that had properly reported their overseas accounts.

1 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to increase resourcing to the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in response to the increase in the number of (a) visas issued under the seasonal worker scheme and (b) countr

1 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Seasonal Workers: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will launch an investigation into reports of seasonal workers being charged illegal fees by recruitment agents.

1 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the level of risk to people on seasonal worker visas of being targeted by exploitative labour practices; and if she will make a statement.

1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will expand access to the spring booster vaccination programme to people with motor neurone disease.

1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will convene a dementia medicines taskforce to accelerate the development of new medicines.

1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Aiding and Abetting: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the cost of keeping official statistics on the number of convictions that rely on the law of joint enterprise.

26 May 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether support is available to people who are unable to access free childcare as a result of having started new employment after the term start date.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the value for money of legal costs incurred by her Department as a result of people who are wrongly held in immigration detention.

25 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Business: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on introducing mandatory business food waste reporting.

25 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of (a) length of time and (b) costs for resolving procurement challenges and disputes; and what plans he has to make the system faster and more efficient.

25 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to ensure effective parliamentary oversight of the use of emergency procurement measures.

25 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to tackle potential enforcement loopholes to ensure the effectiveness of proposals for (a) failure to prevent offences, (b) deferred prosecution agreements and (c) other proposals for the exclu

23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to taking cross-Government action on the social determinants of health in the Health Disparities White Paper.

20 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve dementia diagnosis rates in deprived areas of England.

20 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people living with dementia receive a prompt diagnosis.

20 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendation by the Alzheimer’s Society that £70 million be committed by the Government to improving dementia diagnosis rat

Source: official written-questions record.