Written questions

256 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the accessibility of treatment for terminal lung condition idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on the NHS.

5 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to require meat produced from animals not stunned before slaughter to be clearly labelled.

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of airspace development to help tackle housing shortages.

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 on airspace development.

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beavers: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening the reintroduction of beavers to the wild in England.

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Peat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the sale of peat for use in the amateur gardening sector.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of wheelchair accessible taxis and private hire vehicles in Buckinghamshire.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on (a) schemes and (b) initiatives to fund wheelchair accessible taxis and private hire vehicles.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on the number of local authorities that have offered (a) loans and (b) grants to encourage the purchase of wheelchair accessible taxis and private hire vehicles.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the lifetime ISA property value limit.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing early access penalty for lifetime ISAs from 25% to 20%.

29 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Private Education: Armed Forces

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of removing the VAT exemption on independent school fees on (a) families within the armed forces community and (b) families in receipt of the Continuity of Educ

22 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Skilled Workers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) inspection process for Skills Bootcamp providers and (b) education inspection framework for skills providers.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the recommendations of the report by the Patient Safety Commissioner entitled The Hughes report, published on 7 February 2024.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Private Education: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on consulting stakeholders that may be affected by the introduction of VAT on private school fees.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring that the needs of children receiving specific provision for SEND within the private school system are taken into account as part of

17 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has for consultation of key stakeholders that may be affected by the introduction of VAT on private school fees.

17 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the needs of children receiving specific provision for SEND within the private school system are taken into account as part of any consultation to introduce VAT on fees.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in securing maintenance from paying parents.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the Child Maintenance Service's treatment of income from foreign assets held by paying parents.

7 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran Air: Sanctions

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of banning flights by Iran Air to the UK.

19 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations on upgrading the electricity grid in the report by Electricity Systems Operators entitled

17 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review her Department's decision to end funding for employer contributions to the teachers' pension scheme for music teachers employed by non-local authority music hubs.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid

What steps she is taking to increase grid capacity.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure good practice by agents working for HS2's property acquisition team.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on allegations in relation to agents working on behalf of HS2's property acquisition team.

7 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that civilians in Gaza receive medical aid.

7 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Orphans

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to help support children in Gaza who have been orphaned in the conflict.

4 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring NHS England to provide a point of contact to receive public feedback about integrated care boards as part of the annual performan

4 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards and NHS England: Annual Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's guidance entitled Annual assessment of integrated care boards 2022-23: supporting guidance, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring (a) I

Source: official written-questions record.