Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide additional and funded NHS staff retention schemes.

30 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide a funded plan to increase the ability of GP practices to respond to any surges in patient demand.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increases in (a) energy and (b) pet food bills on pet ownership.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a strategy on reducing her Department's carbon emissions.

23 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of air quality on the health and wellbeing of people under the age of 18.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Coastal Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of sewage spillages on coastal business in England.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of sewage discharges that took place in England and Wales in 2022.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on reducing sewage discharges.

22 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Huntington's Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on 9 March 2023 to Question 162275 on Neurology: Standards, what the integrated care systems' planned engagement is with the Huntington's Disease Association to improve (a) n

22 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing for armed forces personnel.

22 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of medical school places in England.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he has made an assessment of the potential national security risks of the Aquind Interconnector Project.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of potential environmental risks associated with the Aquind Interconnector Project.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, by which date he is required to decide on the Aquind Interconnector Project.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 25 January 2023 from the hon. Member for Portsmouth South on the Aquind Interconnector Project.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 159026 on Schools: Standards, in which month her Department plans to release the funding for the 24 Priority Areas for Raising School Standards.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with employers in the education sector to help ensure that the job role of teachers is more (a) flexible and (b) agile.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of take-up of national professional qualifications by teachers.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Leadership

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the take-up of the Early headship coaching offer.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of female teachers leaving the teaching profession in the last (a) one, (b) two and (c) five years.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of male teachers that have left the teaching profession in the last (a) one, (b) two and (c) five years.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the main reason for teachers leaving that profession in the last (a) one, (b) two and (c) five years.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of when the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers will close.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of impact of performance-related pay for teachers on (a) performance and (b) educational outcomes.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the report of the study it commissioned in 2022 into the working lives of teachers.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Portsmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on creating a free school in Portsmouth for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: Cost Benefit Analysis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of increasing adult to child ratios in childcare settings.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of childcare ratios on the finances of childcare providers.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children in early years settings (a) are safe and (b) receive adequate social interaction when the adult-to-child ratio is increased.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of levels of pay for graduates in the early years sector.

Source: official written-questions record.