Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 May 2023 · Women and Equalities

Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether it is her Department's policy to provide additional funding to support disabled candidates standing at the next General Election.

24 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make a comparative assessment of the (a) trend in the number and (b) scale of planning applications made by developers for greenbelt sites since (i) 1 January

24 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy consultation which closed on 2 March 2023.

24 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Street Works (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with highways authorities on the adequacy of the level of fixed penalty notices as prescribed by Schedule 2 of The Street Works (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2

24 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Street Works (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the level of fix penalty notices as prescribed by The Street Works (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2007 which can be levied by county councils against u

23 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of what hospital bed capacity will be in each region in each of the next five years.

23 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the new hospital programme on bed capacity in each region in 2030.

23 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists provided NHS services by (a) constituency and (b) region in each year between 2015 and 2023.

22 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK Athletics: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure the financial security of UK Athletics.

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, what her planned timetable is for working with suppliers to identify medicines which could be rec

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, whether pharmacists will be able to refer patients directly to other healthcare professionals.

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, whether pharmacists will be able to (a) amend and (b) add entries to shared patient medical recor

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

GP Surgeries: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his officials will have discussions with their counterparts in the (a) Department for Health and Social Care and (b) Treasury on aligning guidance for the District Valuer Service

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

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) growers and (b) growers associations on the potential merits of extending the length of the seasonal workers visa for the harvesting of

16 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent staff were working on the New Hospital Programme in each year since 2019.

16 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to NHS hospital trusts to fix buildings adversely impacted by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the last 12 months.

16 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning Permission: St Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answers of 15 May 2023 to Questions 184227 and 184229 on Planning Permission: St Albans, when he plans to respond to the request of Keep Chiswell Green of 8 May 2023

15 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British National (Overseas): Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will have discussions with the Treasury on the potential merits of issuing guidance to UK based pension providers that the British National Overseas passpor

9 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will extend the application deadline for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding scheme beyond 31 May 2023 in the context of that date not being published on the scheme’s el

9 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning Permission: St Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183562 on Housing: Construction, what assessment he has made of whether planning appeals (a) 5/21/3194, Land North of Chiswell Green

9 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning Permission: St Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183562 on Housing: Construction, what assessment he has made of whether planning appeals (a) 5/21/3194, Land North of Chiswell Green

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to establish a safeguarding register for all staff employed to work with or care for vulnerable people in care settings which prevents the transfer of staff from one setting t

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of seizing the assets of private care companies found to have significant safeguarding failures.

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 181666, whether his Department plans to provide funding to increase pay for public health staff employed by local authorities by 3.5 per cent.

2 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his oral contribution of 8 December 2022, Official Report, column 546, on forthcoming changes to the National Planning Policy Framework to defend the green belt, if

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) support and (b) training provided to pharmacy staff on recognising the symptoms of (i) Crohn’s Disease, (ii) Ulcerative Colitis and (iii) ot

28 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Privatisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report published by The Lancet in July 2022 entitled Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in England, 2013–20: an observational

28 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biofuels: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the Ofgem's levels of reliance on (a) the Sustainable Biomass Programme and (b) other industry certification schemes to independently assess an organisation's

27 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of his Department's budget was spent on food in hospitals in each of the last five years; and what proportion of the food supplied to hospitals is produced by UK farmers.

25 Apr 2023 · Home Office

British National (Overseas): Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether BNO passport holders can apply for their British born children to have a temporary travel document from her Department for the purposes of travelling to Hong Kong.

Source: official written-questions record.