Written questions
1,495 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has plans to tackle health inequalities as a result of inadequate housing in (a) Stockport, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) the Northwest and (d) England.
6 Dec 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts and the performance of the three contracted companies, Clearsprings, Mears and Serco.
6 Dec 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on moving asylum seekers out of hotels under Operation Oak; and what steps she is taking to improve the condition of housing for asylum seekers and refugees.
6 Dec 2021 · Home Office
Refugees: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether child refugees who are accommodated in hotels have access to education and the facilities to play in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
6 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Storms: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether additional funding will be made available to areas affected by (a) Storm Barra and (b) Storm Arwen.
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sultana Khaya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 19 February 2021 to Question 155443 on Sultana Khaya, if she will instruct HM Ambassador to raise with the Government of Morocco the alleged i
29 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has provided additional funding to schools to help implement covid-19-safe environments.
29 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Remote Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether clinically vulnerable students are able to request remote learning in higher education during high infection rates of covid-19.
29 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to protect clinically vulnerable students from covid-19 in higher education.
29 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Parkinson's disease and other degenerative conditions are not included on the NHS medical exemption list in respect of prescription charges.
29 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding Parkinson's and other degenerative conditions to the list of medical exemptions from prescription charges.
29 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport
Buses: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of the zero emission buses announced by the Prime Minister in February 2020 have been delivered (a) nationally and (b) in Greater Manchester.
29 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in her Department were employed in child maintenance in (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2021.
29 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to have discussions with (a) campaigning groups and (b) the APPG on State Pension Inequality for Women on the recent findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's repor
29 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Stockport
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the roll out of full fibre to the premises ultrafast broadband in Stockport.
29 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) knowledge of and (b) training on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders for NHS health professionals.
19 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the outcome of the consultation on changes to the Electronic Communications Code.
17 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport
Motorways: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is planning to take in response to safety concerns relating to smart motorways.
17 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safety assessment his Department undertook of the Ajax tank programme before it was commissioned.
17 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procurement process his Department followed for the commissioning of the Ajax tank programme.
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of funding for social care in the context of the covid-19 outbreak.
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of funding required to maintain current standards and thresholds within the social care system over the next three years.
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £95m committed to the Office for Life Sciences for the delivery of the Life Sciences Vision will be allocated to dementia research.
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to set out a timetable for the delivery of dementia moonshot funding.
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor on the potential merits of increasing funding for the social care sector during the covid-19 outbreak.
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of Government support for GP services, (b) ability of GP services' systems to cope with increased patient demand and (c) wellbeing of the work
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of in person appointments with GPs available for patients in (a) the North west, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Stockport.
17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the recruitment and integration of staff in GP practices in (a) the Northwest, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Stockport.
17 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional funding will be made available to local authorities with higher placements of asylum seekers.
17 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to make additional funding available for (a) schooling and (b) healthcare for local authorities with higher placements of asylum seekers.
Source: official written-questions record.