Written questions

1,462 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on improving efforts to gather NHS charges from overseas visitors.

2 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to extend the Rough Sleeping Initiative 2022-25 beyond April 2025.

2 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to encourage joint working between (a) councils and (b) voluntary bodies to tackle local homelessness.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve access to electric vehicle charging points across the motorway and A road network.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) public and (b) private bodies on implementing more disability accessible electric vehicle charging points at public venues.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Road Works: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on the lane rental scheme.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on continuing the Household Support Fund after 30 September 2024.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing railway contracts into public ownership in order of operational performance.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of bringing railway contracts into public ownership on outstanding multi year projects that (a) update fleets, (b) improve timetables and (c) supp

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Petrol: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Competition and Markets Authority's paper entitled Road fuel review, published on 12 October 2022, if he will make it his policy to introduce a statutory (a) open data f

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask NHS England to monitor the (a) uptake of locally implemented waste reduction schemes and (b) impact of such schemes on levels of unused medicines.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve mobile phone coverage in (a) Hinckley and Bosworth constituency and (b) Leicestershire.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department’s Service Modernisation Programme in (a) encouraging more people to apply for pension credit and (b) improving the customer service experienc

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the equality impact assessment for changes to winter fuel payment entitlement.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that the pension credit application process is (a) streamlined and (b) user friendly to complete.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to encourage pension credit take up in (a) Leicestershire and (b) the East Midlands.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Payments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report entitled UK Payment Markets Report, published by UK Finance in July 2024, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) financial institutions and (c) business groups on

24 Jul 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

SV Tenacious

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with representatives of the Save Tall Ship Tenacious campaign on saving the SV Tenacious to support future generations of seafarers with disabilities and long-term he

24 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on the RIS3 road improvement programme.

23 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

A5

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed upgrades to the A5 between Hinckley and Tamworth on the regional economy.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support women with a genetic history of breast cancer to access screening services in (a) England and (b) Leicestershire.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Non-teaching Staff: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with (a) local authorities and (b) academy trusts on increasing the level of pay above the statutory minimum wage for non-teaching staff in schools.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage more people to consider a career as a (a) SEND teacher and (b) member of support staff in a SEND school.

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Local Transport Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for providing local authorities (a) information on (i) funding profiles and (ii) conditions and (b) guidance on spending for funding allocated through the Local Transport Fund.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prosecutions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the training required of investigators employed by statutory bodies with the authority to undertake prosecutions external to the Crown Prosecution Service.

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on the implementation of the [a] headlamp aiming criteria and [b] requirements for mandatory automatic headlamp levelling agreed by the United Nations Eco

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Postal Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with the Royal Mail on service delivery in (a) rural areas and (b) Leicestershire.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on helping support adults with autism into work.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, What progress her Department has made on implementing the Government's Autism Strategy 2021-2026; and what steps she plans to take to implement the objectives in 2024.

2 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage school leavers to pursue a career in social care.

Source: official written-questions record.