Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the average time it takes for an investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman takes to conclude.

15 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

State Retirement Pensions: Age

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of when the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s investigation into maladministration over changes to the State Pension age will conclude.

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the amount of time it will take for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report into maladministration over changes to the State Pension age to be

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of potential disparities in access and quality of financial education between primary schools across the country; and if she will make a statement.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding financial education to the primary school national curriculum; and if she will make a statement.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to help improve young people’s understanding of the way in which buy-now-pay-later schemes operate; and if she will make a statement.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to help improve young people’s understanding of finance and credit products; and if she will make a statement.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the State of Caring 2022 survey, published by Carers UK, on 8 November 2022, what assessment he has made for the implications for his policies of the findings in that survey.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that children who are (a) living with or (b) affected by HIV are supported in school following the outbreak of covid-19.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides guidance to schools to help prevent negative attitudes and beliefs about HIV among teachers and pupils.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that schools are teaching up-to-date information on HIV.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the long-term delivery of funding changes to local BBC radio stations on the (a) quality and b) localness of news to listeners in

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Governing Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support and development opportunities her Department has helped to provide to school governors over the last five years.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if it is his policy to bring forward reforms to leasehold in this Parliament.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

British Telecom and Royal Mail: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions she has met the Communication Workers Union to help resolve ongoing industrial disputes related to (a) Royal Mail and (b) BT since taking office.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seas and Oceans: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department’s policies of the Surfers Against Sewage’s Citizen Science Brand Audit 2022.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Portsmouth South constituency in the last 12 months.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of GP appointments that were conducted face-to-face in Portsmouth South constituency in (a) the last 12 months and (b) in 2013.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of GP appointments there have been in Portsmouth South constituency in (a) the last 12 months and (b) in 2013.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of full time equivalent fully qualified GPs, excluding GPs in a training grade, who were practicing in Portsmouth South constituency on (a) 11 November 202

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices were open in Portsmouth South constituency on (a) 11 November 2022 and (b) in 2013.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of healthy life expectancy in Portsmouth South constituency.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malnutrition: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of malnutrition in Portsmouth South constituency.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle health inequalities in Portsmouth South constituency.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in Portsmouth South constituency in each of the last five years.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with HIV in Portsmouth South constituency in each of the last five years.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in Portsmouth South constituency in each of the last five years.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of midwives in Portsmouth South constituency.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Portsmouth South constituency.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of GPs in Portsmouth South constituency.

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