Written questions

120 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with Birmingham City Council on levels of tree planting in Birmingham.

6 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Junior Doctors: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the net increase in junior doctors through recruitment to the NHS is in the last 12 months.

6 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Wayne Couzens

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in managerial roles have faced disciplinary action as a result of inquiries into Wayne Couzens.

6 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help increase safety at regional airports.

6 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Birmingham and Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to use funds saved by the cancellation of HS2 Phase 2f to tackle problems on rail links between Birmingham and Manchester.

7 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Birmingham and Solihull

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions a body was released more than seven days after the coroner's office was notified in (a) Birmingham and (b) Solihull in each of the last 12 months; and whether the coroner (i) collects inform

6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on patient safety of the regulation by the General Medical Council of (a) physician and (b) anaesthesia associates.

6 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Cities Outlook 2024, published on 22 January 2024 by the Centre for Cities, what steps his Department is taking to reduce child poverty in Birmingham.

6 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to tackle disproportionate levels of unemployment of (a) women, (b) disabled people and (c) Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people.

6 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the BBC board on impartiality in its news coverage of the conflict in Gaza.

6 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the report entitled Relationship of Equals, published by the Housing Ombudsman on 23 January 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a Royal

19 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Dismissal: Politics

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that workers are not dismissed for their legal political opinions.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to help teachers reduce vaping in classrooms.

13 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential factors that contribute to teenage involvement in knife crime.

13 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of the proportion of low-income families that attend yearly dental check-ups in Birmingham.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Birmingham and Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve rail services between Birmingham and Manchester.

13 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many UK nationals unable to leave Gaza his Department has contacted.

13 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential trauma for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children of being housed in hotels.

13 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children in temporary accommodation have been provided with healthcare support in the last 12 months.

13 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Hospitals: Autism and Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the data analysis by Mencap on the number of people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people in mental

13 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Civilians

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement by the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs that there are no safe

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of children getting a place at their preferred school in Birmingham.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that house building targets are met.

13 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to increase the mobility of young people between the UK and Europe.

13 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of extra beds available at hospitals in winter 2023-24.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Highly Protected Marine Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the number of Highly Protected Marine Areas.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Birmingham Hall Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of difficulties in the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she plans to take to respond to the findings of the Competition and Markets Authority that manufacturers of branded food products have been increasing prices above inflation.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken to make a decision on the Birmingham Highways Maintenance and Management PFI contract on (a) the total funding and (b) maintenance of

6 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to increase the mobility of skilled labour into the UK.

Source: official written-questions record.