Written questions

399 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing funding and (b) implementing a strategy for the treatment of (i) pulmonary fibrosis and (ii) interstitial lung di

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the potential increase to the solar feed-in tariff rates in relation to the increased price of wholesale energy.

5 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Dangerous Driving

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police forces have the resources they require to tackle dangerous and anti-social driving.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Psychology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is offering support to trainee educational psychologists with the rising cost of living including (a) access to educational bursaries and loans and (b) assistance with travel costs.

2 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Electricity

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the potential merits of increasing the Advisory Electricity Rate paid to owners of electric vehicles, in the context of rising electricity costs.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to issue renewed guidance in relation to summer-born children; and if he will take steps to allow parents a greater degree of choice in deciding in what year a child should begin sc

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing Associations: Natural Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to provide support to residents of housing associations who are impacted by the rises in commercial prices of the gas that housing associations procure.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Scouts and Guides: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2022 to Question 30208 on Youth Organisations: Kirklees, what assessment her Department has made of the potential role of scouting in the National Youth

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the National Youth Guarantee funds will become available.

11 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits for transport in West Yorkshire of extending the Bus Recovery Grant.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support pharmacies in the recruitment and retention of pharmacists.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Organisations: Kirklees

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason youth organisations in Kirklees have been unable to access the Youth Investment Fund; and what central funding is available to support facilities for organisations assist

30 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tourette's Syndrome: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the representatives of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the (a) formulation and (b) publication of NICE guidelines for the treatment

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Lotteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential implications of amending the charity lottery annual sales limit.

21 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Learning Disability: Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure local authorities address isolation and loneliness among people with a learning disability.

21 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Learning Disability: Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to tackle loneliness and isolation experienced by people with learning disabilities.

20 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on what date he expects local authorities to be able to access and input information to the online Levelling Up round 2 application forms.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to higher education establishments; what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) reviewing the Adult Education Budget (AEB) business case proce

7 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing pupils who are eligible for free school meals with food vouchers during the summer holidays; and if he will make that his polic

7 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the mileage allowance paid to NHS staff who are required to travel to patients, in the context of increases in the cost of living.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 22 January to Question 100639, when his Department’s review of DfT Circular 1/2007 on the use of speed cameras will be (a) completed and (b) published.

26 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators and First Aid: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage members of the public to undertake CPR and first aid training.

23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Urinary Tract Infections: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to review (a) public health policy, (b) funding, (c) testing and (d) treatment options for women diagnosed with Urinary Tract Infections.

19 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact of Part 6, of Section 169, on medical examiners of the Health and Social Care Act 2022 on the time taken to complete the death certification process; and

17 May 2022 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to publish the evidential basis used to inform any potential future decisions to amend the staff to child ratio in nursery settings.

16 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of UK consumer protections and (b) steps he will take to protect consumers from unscrupulous companies through public review

16 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure free parking is available on NHS properties for people donating blood.

13 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of clause 128 of the Health and Social Care Act 2022 on delays to the death certification process; and what steps he is taking to reduce those delays.

25 Apr 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provisions in the Online Safety Bill that cover physical harm caused by online trolling in relation to (a) epileptic seizures, (b) facial i

22 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Domestic Waste: Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has issued guidance to allow residents to utilise a neighbouring local authority's refuse and recycling sites when they are the nearest facility for a household.

Source: official written-questions record.