Written questions
1,462 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's report entitled Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, published in 2021, if he will take steps to expand structured medication reviews.
29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on overprescribing.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of overprescribing.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce overprescribing.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of overprescribing.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of his Department's report entitled Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, published on 22 September 2021.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for recruiting new mental health workers in (a) child and (b) adult mental health services.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new mental health staff have been recruited to the NHS since 1 July 2024.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2023-24, published in September 2024, what assessment he has made of the potential m
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2023-24, published in September 2024, if he will undertake a review of the proportio
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2023-24, pu
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry and General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI 02629, if he will undertake a review into the difference in figures between GPs and General Dental Practitioners.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI 02629, if he will undertake a review into the work of (a) Capita and (b) NHS Business Service Authority.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the findings of FOI 02629 on the (a) number and (b) percentage of GPs with up to date pension records.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the number of GPs with up-to-date pension records.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI-02629, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Capita and (b) the NHS Business Services Authority on GPs’ pensions records.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the Care Quality Commission’s Community mental health survey 2024, published on 3 April 2025.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support integrated care boards through the closure of NHS England.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Per Capita Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the adequate running cost of integrated care boards per head of population.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to produce an impact assessment of the planned 50% reduction in integrated care board running costs.
24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Private Education: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 42805 on Private Education, if she will list the private schools she has visited since 5 July 2024.
22 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Business Rates: Reform
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which representative bodies she intends to meet to hold preparatory discussions with on proposals to reform the business rates system in the 2026-2027 financial year.
22 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Business Rates: Reform
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she had had with stakeholders on proposals to reform the business rates system in the 2026-2027 financial year.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
The Hinckley School: STEM Subjects
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his planned timetable is for the conclusion of a review of the final cost information to develop a new STEM building at Hinckley School.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
The Hinckley School: STEM Subjects
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the final cost of developing a new STEM building at Hinckley School.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Personal Care Services: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, If he would make an assessment of the potential merits of a licensing scheme for (a) hairdressers and (b) barbers.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Care Services: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Health and Safety Executive has had with representatives of the hairdressing and beauty industry on ensuring that health and safety practices are followed when using hair dye.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Private Education: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 42805 on Private Education, on what date she last visited a private school.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake a review of the potential impact of increases in National Insurance contributions on the availability of SEND home-to-school transport provision.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling: Hospitality Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to monitor the impact of extended producer responsibility fees on the growth of the hospitality industry.
Source: official written-questions record.