Written questions

798 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to make medicinal cannabis more accessible to those who need it.

16 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting lists of young people waiting for braces.

16 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce NHS waiting lists in (a) the North West and (b) Liverpool.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Service Industries: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many service sector apprenticeships were available in each of the last 12 months.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support service sector apprenticeships.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of trends in the level of car insurance premiums on young people.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the grime music scene in urban centres across England.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on establishing an independent regulator for football.

16 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the economic benefits of allowing asylum seekers to work if they have been waiting six months or more for an initial decision.

23 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Israeli government's policy on a two-state solution.

10 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Paula Vennells

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what due diligence checks the Honours committee conducted before Paula Vennells received an award in the 2019 New Year Honours list.

10 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Paula Vennells

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Honours committee that approved the CBE for Paula Vennells in the 2019 New Year Honours list.

12 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers had their accommodation support withdrawn after a rejected asylum application in (a) the UK and (b) Liverpool City council local authority area in (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19, (

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue the DVLA accumulated through fulfilling KADOE requests for private parking enforcement companies in financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what charge the DVLA levies on private parking enforcement companies for fulfilling requests for information on (a) vehicle owners and (b) registered keepers through the KADOE system.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what personal information on (a) vehicle owners and (b) registered keepers can be provided to private parking enforcement companies through the KADOE system.

14 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to restrict off-label prescription of diabetes medication.

14 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase stocks of diabetes medication.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to assist local authorities with the highest proportion of spend on temporary accommodation relative to their overall revenue.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of funding temporary accommodation on the financial stability of local authorities.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an estimate of the ten local authorities with the highest expenditure on temporary accommodation as a proportion of their total revenue budgets.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Hastings Borough Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help Hastings Council (a) reduce their expenditure on temporary accommodation, (b) reduce housing pressures and (c) manage their financial stab

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to reduce the number of councils offering temporary accommodation outside of their areas.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to monitor local authority homeless strategies in respect of their ability to (a) prevent homelessness, (b) achieve value for money and (c) promot

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require all integrated care boards to make reference to (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping populations in their local health strategies.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many integrated care boards have made specific reference to (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping populations in their localised strategy.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure rough sleepers are not discharged from hospital back onto the streets.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that temporary accommodation used to house homeless children is a suitable standard.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in the Liverpool Wavertree constituency on the (a) safety and (b) accessibility of passenger rail travel in the

28 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the provisions of the Renters (Reform) Bill on the stepping stone accommodation model.

Source: official written-questions record.