Written questions
1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Horizon Shortfall Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the claims process under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme for sub-post masters whose period of tenure includes years prior to 2004 where records have not been
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Grazing Land: Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using grass pasture for carbon storage.
21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he had made of the number of GP appointments performed by each of the Spine Directory Service roles in 2024.
21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Shropshire.
21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2025-26 NHS Payment scheme consultation notice, whether there will be a deterioration in waiting times as a result of payment limits for elective services; and whether there w
21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on carrying out an independent economic analysis of pharmacy funding.
7 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he is having with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on improving the coordination of (a) the Local Government Finance Settlement and (b) Public H
7 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that future announcements on provisional local government finance settlements and public health grants to local authorities are published within a week of each other
7 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the 2025-26 Public Health Grant allocations will be published.
6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to Question 24712, tabled on 17 January 2025.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Question 24518 on Farming Recovery Fund, tabled on 16 January 2025 by the hon. Member for North Shropshire.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Farms
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support community farms.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question 26911 on Dental Services: Contracts, how many NHS dental providers have had to return their contracts in each month since January 2020.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nursing shifts went unfilled at acute NHS trusts in each month since January 2020.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the prevalence in the use of off-framework agency staff by NHS providers; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of using these staff on NHS financ
3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether public health monies under section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006 will be ringfenced in 2025.
3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual (a) budget and (b) spend was for public health monies under section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006 in each year since 2022.
29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the unit of dental activity rate for 2025-26; and from what date dentists will receive payments at that rate.
29 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Drugs: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle illegal drug (a) use and (b) dealing in market towns.
28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental providers have had to return their contracts in each month since April 2024.
28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of delays to 2024-25 dental payments on NHS dental provision.
28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS dentists will receive payment for the 2024-25 unit of dental activity rate increase.
28 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Drugs: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to introduce a national strategy to deal with the prevalence of illegal drug (a) use and (b) dealing.
28 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Drugs: Organised Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to introduce a national strategy to reduce the exploitation of children in county lines drug trafficking.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Avian Influenza: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help farmers insure against the risk of avian influenza outbreaks.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Avian Influenza: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of compensation protocols for birds culled to control avian influenza.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Avian Influenza: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support businesses impacted by outbreaks of avian influenza.
21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) a year by year forecast of expected investment in the New Hospitals Programme and (b) the projected total budget for that programme.
21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people employed by his Department have worked on (a) the review into the New Hospital Programme and (b) the New Hospital Programme in each year since 2019.
21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's (a) capital and (b) non-capital spend is on the New Hospitals Programme.
Source: official written-questions record.