Written questions

1,408 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps work coaches are taking to get people who have been out of work for an extended period back into work.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her priorities are for the next six months of the National Disability Strategy.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Stockton South

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been auto-enrolled in workplace pensions in Stockton South constituency since 2012.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support disabled people into the workforce.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the progress of the work of Armed Forces Champions in job centres.

26 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 vaccine requirements for staff in healthcare environments on levels of staffing in dentistry.

26 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of the downwards phasing of business rates transitional relief on retail businesses since the last revaluation in 2017.

26 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on businesses of the increase in the business rates multiplier in England since 1990.

21 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients are able to access NHS dentists; and what progress has been made on ensuring a full return to face-to-face GP appointments.

4 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that care home visitations are able to take place (a) in a safe manner and (b) with minimal restrictions to residents or their families in the con

15 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all walk-in covid-19 vaccine centres are adequately supplied with covid-19 vaccine doses; and what steps he is taking to ensure that appointments

10 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effects that the covid-19 Plan B measures will have on small businesses; and what steps his Department is taking to limit the impacts

7 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of the former Secretary of State of 11 January 2021, Official Report, column 131-132WH, what progress has been made on implementing the recomm

7 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that delivery of day two covid-19 PCR tests are not affected by the disruption to postal services over the Christmas period.

7 Dec 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with people who are (a) receiving personal independence payments and (b) over the age of 65 on the provision of mobility vehicles.

22 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support those with severe trypanophobia accessing the covid-19 vaccine; and what steps he is taking to support exemptions for that group.

15 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Universities: Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle rising levels of anti-Semitic abuse on university campuses.

15 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Insurance: Low Incomes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help make insurance coverage more accessible to low-income households.

15 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Prisons Drug Strategy in (a) reducing the availability of drugs in prisons and (b) providing effective drug rehabilitation support to prisoners.

15 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Young People: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help local authorities (a) identify, (b) assess and (c) support young carers.

15 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Poland

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) unilateral and (b) multilateral steps the Government is taking to reduce tensions on the Poland-Belarus border.

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce ambulance waiting times.

12 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to facilitate the deportation of foreign criminals.

12 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what formula her Department used to determine the funding given to each local authority from the Household Support Fund.

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of (a) people with learning disabilities and (b) autistic people detained in inpatient mental health hospitals in England.

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of (a) public and (b) private research and development funding in the North East.

8 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Heat Networks: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what heat networks will be eligible for the 100 per cent business rates relief as announced in the Autumn Budget 2021.

8 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Renewable Energy: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plant and machinery used in onsite renewable energy generation and storage will be eligible for the targeted business rate exemptions as announced in the Autumn Budget 2021.

8 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Property: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what rateable value-increasing improvements to existing properties will be eligible for the 100 per cent improvement relief, as announced in the Autumn Budget 2021.

8 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure properties will be eligible for the temporary business rates relief as announced in the Autumn Budget 2021.

Source: official written-questions record.