Written questions
2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many HGV driver recruitment letters the Government has sent to serving (a) firefighters, (b) paramedics and (c) other emergency service personnel.
18 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Teachers: Resignations
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of teachers leaving the profession in each of the last five years.
18 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Teachers: Retirement
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of teachers who have retired in each of the last five years.
18 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of school covid-19 catch-up funding has been spent by region to date.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Clinical Commissioning Groups: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his assessment of whether the merging of Clinical Commissioning Groups to be coterminous with the proposed Integrated Care System geographical boundaries will result in savings o
15 Oct 2021 · Cabinet Office
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments on the adequacy of its funding; and if he will make a statement.
15 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to HC Deb, 6 September 2021, c58, what progress her Department has made to protect and preserve the gains in relation to girls’ (a) education, (b) wider social activ
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure air pollution levels near (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) GP surgeries do not exceed the World Health Organisation's recommended limits.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to reduce the UK limits on air pollution in line with those set out by the World Health Organisation.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will issue guidance on how local authorities should balance achieving the Government's housing targets set by its standard methodology with the protection of chalk streams in a
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many treatments have been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) under Project Orbis; and how many of those treatments have met the 150 day deadline that the
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sacituzumab Govitecan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has made to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on delays to the expected approval of Sacituzumab Govitecan, brand Trodelvy, for the treatment of metasta
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer since January 2021.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
DNACPR Decisions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September to Question 51861 on DNACPR Decisions: Coronavirus, if he will make it his policy to collate data on (a) investigations and (b) prosecutions relating to Do No
15 Oct 2021 · Treasury
Government Departments: Environment Protection
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the Greening Government Commitments in the Treasury's Public Procurement Policy were last reviewed.
15 Oct 2021 · COP26
UN Climate Change Conference 2021: Carbon Emissions
To ask the President of COP26, what his policy is on recruiting staff to host at the COP26 venue who are local to that venue to reduce carbon miles.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures his Department followed in awarding a covid-19 PCR testing contract to Randox.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
ClassDojo: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards have been put in place to ensure the data held by ClassDojo is not shared with the third-party service providers with which it works.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
ClassDojo: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards have been put in place to ensure the data held by ClassDojo complies with UK data protection and privacy law.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
ClassDojo: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the privacy of children’s data held on US-based application, ClassDojo, that is in use in UK schools.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Covid Pass
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he is having with his Scottish counterpart on ensuring that covid-19 vaccinations from anywhere in the UK can be recognised by both the Scottish and English apps for the purposes o
15 Oct 2021 · COP26
UN Climate Conference 2021: Carbon Emissions
To ask the President of COP26, if he will make an estimate of the number of carbon miles that will be incurred by staff employed by the Government to host COP26; and what plans he has to offset those carbon miles.
23 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will tackle inequalities for lesbian and bi women in accessing IVF under NICE guidelines.
23 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his policy is on the principles that local authorities should use to balance housing targets set by central Government with protecting greenbelt land.
23 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what powers local authorities have to ensure that housing permissions are built-out by developers and not left to lapse.
23 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will issue guidance on what constitutes an exceptional circumstance by which the standard method for housing can be revised down, specifically as it relates to (a) local author
22 Sep 2021 · Cabinet Office
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2021 to Question 49964 on Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, what assistance the Government can provide to secure a respon
22 Sep 2021 · COP26
Climate Change
To ask the President of COP26, with reference to the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that gender inequality increases as a result of climate-related disasters, if he will meet women most disadvantaged by the effects of climate ch
22 Sep 2021 · COP26
Climate Change: Finance
To ask the President of COP26, if he will make it his policy to commit to specific targets for climate finance that support gender equality.
22 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Climate Change: Fossil Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to adopt the recommendations of #Wednesday4Women to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by ensuring that all fossil fuel projec
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