Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2023 to Question 147156 on Tax Avoidance: how many (a) open enquiries and (b) active assessments relating to disguised remuneration schemes used before 9 December 2010 are outst

23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many flu vaccinations his Department has procured for the 2023-24 children's flu vaccination programme; and whether the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has recommended a target

23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 108393 on Public Health: Finance, when he plans to announce the amounts of public health grants to local authorities for the 2023-24 financial

21 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is on course to reach the target that 90 percent of all deaf children having expected standards in maths and literacy by the age of 11 by 2030.

21 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Hearing Impairment: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of deaf teachers.

21 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2021 to Question 34069 on Bus Services: Disability Aids, what progress the Government has made on the commitment to introduce regulations requiring bus companies to provide aud

21 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 110889 of 14 December 2022 on Community Diagnostic Centres.

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to establish a guarantor scheme to help support Ukrainian citizens leaving the Homes for Ukraine scheme into private rental accommodation.

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2023 to Question 133712 on General Practitioners: Contracts, in what format the data is held on the number of GP service contracts that have been handed back i

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Taxis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Taxi and private hire vehicle best practice guidance, published on 28 March 2022.

17 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC pursues unpaid tax receipts from disguised remuneration schemes operated before 9 December 2010.

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February to Question 132369 on Medicine: Higher Education, whether those higher educational institutions which can demonstrate that they are able to admit more medical a

9 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS (a) physical and (b) virtual beds were opened in January 2023.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help reduce the rate of closure of community pharmacies in England.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the trend in the level of funding for community pharmacies since 2019 on the availability of those pharmacies.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies have closed in England in each of the last five years.

7 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2022 to Question 37602 on Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising, when he plans to publish the Tobacco Control Plan.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 136862 on Disease Control, what the cost to the public purse was of the two mobile UV irradiation units deployed at 1 Victoria Street.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the white paper entitled A fairer private rented sector, published on 16 June 2022, what recent progress his Department has made on establishing the property portal

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the number and proportion of homes that have an energy efficiency rating of C or above.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward a Food and Feed Bill to bring existing food standards into UK law.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's spending per head of population broken down by each region in England for each of the last five years.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the status of East of England regional capital projects in the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline; and if he will make a statement.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to report by the East of England APPG and East of England Local Government Association entitled Levelling Up The East of England: 2023-2030, published in December 2022, what recent assessment he

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the 2022 National Plan for Music Education and prescribed geographic areas for new Hub Lead Organisations, whether individual county-wide upper tier authorities may act as a Local Authority Hu

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 136735 Energy Bills Rebate: Telephone Services, when he plans to complete work to ascertain the viability of comparing datasets held by the El

3 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February to Question 131390 on Disease Control: whether any (a) training and (b) reception rooms at his Department's bases have VIU Mobile air purifiers.

2 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of distance-selling pharmacies on the availability of face-to-face pharmacy advice across England.

2 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2022 to Question 101788 on hospitals food and MDDUS’ junior doctor survey published on 10 November 2022, if he will make it his policy to mandate minimum

2 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2022 to Question 101788 on Hospitals: Food and MDDUS’ press release of 10 November 2022 on access to food, if he will require all NHS Trusts to issue gui

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