Written questions

2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jan 2023 · 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 ensure that people can access NHS dental care to (a) register with dentists, (b) book emergency appointments and (c) have regular routine check-ups and appointments.

30 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to support local governments and combined authorities in holding bus companies to account for their service delivery.

26 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support schools and pupils in (a) Year 7, (b) Year 8, (c) Year 9, (d) Year 10 and (e) Year 11 with (i) examinations, (ii) social development and (iii) pastoral care.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to ban the import of dogs.

24 Jan 2023 · Attorney General

Sexual Offences: Administration of Justice

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 108334, on Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information, and with reference to the revision of the Attorney General’s Disclosure Guidelines published in May 2022, what steps

24 Jan 2023 · Attorney General

Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 108334, on Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information, and with reference to the revision of the Attorney General’s Disclosure Guidelines published in May 2022, whether he

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

British Students Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the accessibility of study abroad for those who would have been eligible for the Erasmus scheme.

23 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Care Homes: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making care home expenses tax deductible.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Camping Sites: Dartmoor

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to allow wild camping to take place in Dartmoor National Park.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase public access to nature in England.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landscapes Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for proposal eight of the independent report entitled Landscapes review: final report, published on 27 May 2018, of the decision of t

17 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the policy of the Child Maintenance Service to ensure that parents with historic unpaid child maintenance make repayments ap

16 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to implement a family reunification scheme under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.

12 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that inefficiencies in the (a) ambulance service and (b) NHS are reduced.

12 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure inefficiencies across the NHS are reduced.

12 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS staff on the (a) workload of management staff and (b) support available to management staff.

12 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of collecting data on the number of GPs with specific training on menopause issues.

12 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Customers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofgem on the adequacy of their enforcement of (a) the social obligation to offer non-financial support for customers in vulnerable situa

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on enforcing supplier Licence Conditions when supporting the vulnerable conditions as in the Consumer Vulnerability Strategy 202

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer given on 20 December 2022 to Question 109778, on Hormone Replacement Therapy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the use of such alternative products on

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made by the panel investigating the mass die-offs of marine life on the North East coast.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reporting deadline will be for the panel investigating the mass die-offs of marine life on the North East coast.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the remit is of the panel investigating the mass die-offs of marine life on the North East coast.

10 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to support to patients affected by hormone replacement therapy shortages.

10 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to Ukraine on humanitarian demining.

6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to establish trials on the use of Bedrocan cannabis medicines for paediatric drug-resistant epilepsy.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of building new roads on climate targets.

20 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shellfish: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to ban the online sale of live crustaceans from online retailers, including Amazon.

20 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, why the Government has postponed the implementation of the new advertising restrictions on unhealthy foods online and on TV to October 2025; and if he will make a statement.

19 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of postponing the implementation of the advertising restrictions on unhealthy food on TV and online to October 2025 on (a) childhood

Source: official written-questions record.