Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Community Transport: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of withdrawing Sections 19 and 22 exemptions for schools.

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on establishing a Falsified Medicines scheme.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Reach: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with Reach plc on its third round of proposed redundancies.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sustainability of the Press Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will provide an update on the steps taken by his Department to implement the recommendations of the Cairncross Review.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuels: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress her Department has made on a consultation on (a) introducing a statutory fuel finder scheme and (b) establishing a statutory monitoring body for fuel retailers.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Donkeys and Horses: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s welfare arrangements regime for the live export of (a) horses, (b) donkeys and (c) ponie

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

Housing: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 19 December 2023, what his Department's policy is on whether local authorities who are in the process of

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

Local Plans: St Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will provide additional funding for the St Albans City & District Council Local Plan to be expedited.

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

Local Plans: St Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had correspondence with St Albans City and District Council on its timetable for completing its local plan.

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

Housing: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework updated on 19 December 2023, if he will publish additional guidance for (a) local authorities and (b) the Planning Inspectora

18 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of routine childhood immunisations.

18 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Measles: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent a measles outbreak.

18 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Luton Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with Hertfordshire County Council on the expansion of Luton Airport since 2020.

14 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Luton Airport: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of London Luton Airport's plans to monitor noise from its flight paths in Hertfordshire in 2024.

14 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Luton Airport: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of London Luton Airport's Community Noise Monitoring Programme.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure Statutory Declaration of Acknowledgement of Parentage forms are more available to parents as part of their birthing plan.

12 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Paternity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to make Statutory Declaration of Acknowledgement of Parentage forms easily available to parents.

12 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: West Bank

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to take steps to support inquiries by the International Criminal Court into potential breaches of international law by the Israeli Government in relation to the a

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to tackle shortages of (a) methylphenidate, (b) lisdexamfetamine and (c) guanfacine.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure NHS England's Federated Data Platform represents value for money.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has a risk register for NHS England's Federated Data Platform.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will ensure that NHS England publishes a public quarterly report on progress on the (a) development and (b) adoption of software products built within NHS England's Federated Data

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the take-up by NHS Trusts of NHS England's Federated Data Platform in each of the next five years.

28 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visas were (a) applied for, (b) granted and (c) refused by job type in each financial year from 2019-20.

27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's press release entitled Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients to be offered the chance to travel for treatment, published on 31 October 2023, if she will make an esti

27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's press release entitled Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients to be offered the chance to travel for treatment, published on 31 October 2023, whether her Department h

27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support the introduction of the hub and spoke model for pharmacy.

27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the £100 million funding from the Start for Life Programme to support (a) perinatal mental health and (b) parent-infant relationships has been (i) distributed and (i

27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Education: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) increase digital health literacy and (b) ensure the adequacy of NHS vetting of health apps it is considering promoting to the public.

27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) NHS 111 online and (b) other NHS digital services to help enable self-care of minor, self-treatable ailments.

Source: official written-questions record.