Written questions
648 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of appointing a national allergy lead.
17 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact the decision to pause Office for National Statistics surveillance of covid-19 infection rates on immunocompromised people who use that data to de
17 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Office for National Statistics’ surveillance of covid-19 infection rates has been paused.
17 Apr 2023 · Restoration and Renewal Client Board
Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, whether the R&R Client Board has taken steps with stakeholders to maximise the number of UK-based companies carrying out the Houses of Parliament Restoration and
17 Apr 2023 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase access to public procurement contracts for UK-based SMEs.
28 Mar 2023 · Treasury
Safe Hands Plans: Insolvency
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 101719 on Safe Hands Plans: Insolvency, whether the Government plans to provide financial support to people who lost money as a result of the collapse of the Saf
22 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Households
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help deliver nationwide gigabit broadband to 85 per cent of all households by 2025.
22 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral question asked by the hon. Member for the City of Durham on 30 January 2023, Official Report, column 17, when he will meet the hon. Member to discuss her constituent's case.
14 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of exclusions of prison staff from a prison have led to prosecutions in each of the last four years broken down by role of those staff.
14 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison staff were excluded from a prison by (a) their role and (b) the category of exclusion in each of the last 16 quarters.
6 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Standing Charges: Low Incomes
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of standing charges on (a) low income and (b) other vulnerable households.
23 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Alternative Fuel Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make the Alternative Fuel Payment available to (a) Gypsy and Traveller households living in encampments and (b) itinerant liveaboard boaters.
23 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Bills Rebate
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding will reach (a) Gypsy and Traveller households living on encampments and (b) itinerant liveaboard boa
2 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: City of Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in the City of Durham constituency had at least one construction element in conditional grade (a) C and (b) D, when
1 Feb 2023 · Treasury
Hospices: Energy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide further support towards energy costs for the hospice sector in addition to the Energy Bill Discount Scheme.
1 Feb 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Bill Discount Scheme: Hospices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of replacing the Energy Bill Relief Scheme with the Energy Bill Discount Scheme on the UK hospice sector.
24 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the assessment criteria of the Levelling Up Fund prevented Local Authorities which submitted successful bids in the first round from receiving funding in the second round for
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Compost
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the minimum acceptable distance between housing and open windrow composting sites.
15 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Royal Commissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to convene a Royal Commission on criminal justice before the next general election.
15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Autism and Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the new clinical standards to improve access to dental care for children and young people with a (a) learning disability and (b) autism will be published.
15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what visits have been made by NHS England officials to the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service as part of their evaluations of that service.
13 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Financial Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on consumers of the decision by UK banks and Building Societies to close the PayM mobile payments system.
13 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to bring guidance for wearing face masks in care homes in line with (a) hospitals and (b) other health care settings.
13 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Academic Technology Approval Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle delays in processing applications for the Academic Technology Approval Scheme.
12 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: City of Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to help tackle NHS workforce shortages in the City of Durham.
12 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: City of Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in the City of Durham.
12 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: City of Durham
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 the City of Durham in the last 12 months.
12 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Life Expectancy: City of Durham
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 the City of Durham.
12 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: City of Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of GP appointments in the City of Durham conducted face-to-face in the last 12 months; and what that figure was in 2013.
1 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Homes for Ukraine Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans are in place to house Ukrainian refugees who arrived in the UK on the Homes for Ukraine scheme but whose sponsors are no longer able to house them.
Source: official written-questions record.