Written questions

669 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Food Poisoning

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of instances of in-patient sickness owing to food poisoning.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Stress

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of FTE working days lost due to stress-related absences across the NHS in the year to June 2023.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Lost Working Days

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many FTE working days were lost in each nursing band, broken down by reason for absence, in the year to June 2023.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make a cost-benefit assessment of the Pharmacy Earlier Payment Scheme.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Virtual Wards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of how many patients are being treated on virtual wards for (a) respiratory conditions, (b) cardiology, (c) gastroenterology and (d) infectious diseases.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS GP appointments in each region were (a) same-day and (b) virtual in 2023.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department’s contract Securing a Diverse Future for the NHS, procurement reference CF-2038900D0O000000rwimUAA, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the diversity

5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Sentencing Council's overarching guideline on domestic abuse.

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours the caseworkers assigned to schools affected by RAAC have worked; and how many of those were (a) virtual and (b) on site.

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are in hybrid learning arrangements due to the presence of RAAC in their (a) school and (b) college building as of 5 December 2023.

4 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the financial impact on local authorities of supporting asylum seekers who are granted leave to remain.

4 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Migrants: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities have adequate (a) funding and (b) support to house asylum seekers who are granted leave to remain.

4 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Migrants: Health Services and Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that asylum seekers given leave to remain have adequate support to access (a) housing and (b) health services.

1 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, who (a) the Government invited and (b) attended the Global Investment Summit 2023 dinner on 27 November 2023 at Hampton Court Palace.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests.

22 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been convicted of a serious further offence of murder, by type of index sentence in each year between 2010 and 2015.

21 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people living in asylum accommodation can access places of worship.

21 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people living in asylum accommodation have culturally-appropriate food.

10 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to his Department’s tender for the provision of external assurance reviews of local authorities, notice reference 2022/S 000-024515, published on 1 September 2022, what the

10 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to section 4.5 of his Department's pre-tender market engagement document relating to the tender for provision of external assurance reviews of local authorities, refer

10 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to section 4.2 of his Department's pre-tender market engagement document relating to the tender for provision of external assurance reviews of local authorities, refer

10 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to section 5.3 of his Department's pre-tender market engagement document relating to the tender for provision of external assurance reviews of local authorities, refer

10 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department’s tender for the provision of external assurance reviews of local authorities, notice reference 2022/S 000-024515, published on 1 September 2022, whi

17 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Children and Young People’s Hospice Grant for 2024-25 will be ring-fenced.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to assess the safety of (a) university and (b) other higher education buildings.

4 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had discussions with payment service providers on mandatory protections for victims of authorised push payment scams.

4 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring all banks to sign up to the contingent reimbursement model code.

4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to expand the eligibility criteria for covid-19 vaccinations as part of the seasonal booster programme.

4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the covid-19 vaccination available privately as part of the seasonal booster programme.

4 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the safety of persecuted religious communities.

Source: official written-questions record.