Written questions

277 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Government vision for the rapid chargepoint network in England, published on 14 May 2020, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) extend as demand

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to expand the network of charging points for electric vehicles at motorway service stations.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the level of implementation of education, health and care plans are consistent across the UK.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential relationship between trends in the levels of school exclusions and education, health and care plans.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) enforce compliance of Avanti West Coast with the Train Service Requirement in its franchise agreement.

14 Jul 2022 · Treasury

Bicycles: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing and (b) removing VAT on the sale of new bicycles.

14 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to implement free nationwide bus travel for people aged under 22 in the context of the introduction of free bus travel for people of that age by the devolved Administration in Scotland from

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will investigate reports that only Randox covid-19 PCR were accepted for those re-entering the UK during November 2021.

24 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she expects eVisas to be restored for UK citizens visiting India.

23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, published in April 2022, on pressures on the operation

23 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office

Local Government Services: Older People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the elderly can access Government services that (a) have been and (b) are due to become digitalised.

4 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Blood and Transplant: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2021 to Question 56519 on Blood: Donors, what updated guidance and training has been issued to front line NHS Blood and Transplant Service staff following chang

4 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many student midwives were in receipt of a bursary in the most recent two academic years for which figures are available; what the average bursary paid to a student midwife was in each of those

4 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on NHS maternity services in each year since 2015.

4 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS midwives in England are recorded as having retired in each month since January 2020.

4 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the year-on-year fall in the number of midwives employed by the NHS in England.

1 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the average waiting time for gender identity clinics to the target of 18 weeks.

31 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of ending car parking charges for NHS workers.

10 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Police: Medals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will support the award of the Platinum Jubilee Medal to former as well as serving members of the police.

10 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Platinum Jubilee 2022: Medals

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will support the award of the Platinum Jubilee Medal to veterans as well as serving members of the armed forces.

15 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Immigration: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timetable is for restoring pre-covid-19 service standards for (a) asylum applications and (b) other UK Visas and Immigration services.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Languages: GCE A-level and GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to increase the (a) number of students taking and (b) funding for foreign language subjects at A-Level and GCSE.

6 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide English pharmacists with a bonus payment on a similar basis to those provided by the Welsh Government to pharmacists in Wales.

19 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the purpose of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund is to replace the European Structural and Investment Funds programme.

19 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats: Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) tackle the recent rise in cases of feline pancytopenia and (b) discover the source of that outbreak.

16 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Armed Forces: Transport

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of his use of military transport between Birmingham and RAF Northolt.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the result of the Government's consultation on pavement parking is planned to be published.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership will receive its three month overdue core funding provision.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Events Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to compensate music (a) festivals and (b) concerts if they have to be cancelled as a result of further covid-19 restrictions.

8 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to ensure that people who are not digitally literate will be guaranteed the same access to GP appointments as those who are able to book online.

Source: official written-questions record.