Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his (a) German and (b) Dutch counterpart on longer exhausts in (a) CH-47 Chinook, (b) Puma, (c) Sea King and (d) Westland Wessex helicopters.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Whitchurch Station: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to ensure step-free access to Whitchurch Railway Station.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department took into account the scale of the reduction in bus miles in each authority area over the past five years when allocating Bus Service Improvement Plan funding for 2025-26.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department made an assessment of Shropshire Council’s Bus Service Improvement Plan before deciding the authority’s 2025-26 funding.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish the criteria used to decide the bus service improvement plan funding allocations for 2025-26.

14 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments have been made by his Department for health issues relating to Armed Forces helicopters since 23 April 2023; and what was the total value of those payments.

14 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department first became aware of the potential link between long exposure to exhaust fumes from helicopters used by the Armed Forces and the risk of cancer.

14 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many legal claims made against his Department in relation to the impact of aircrew’s exposure to helicopter fuel and exhaust fumes were outstanding on 14 November 2024.

14 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of exposure to (a) Sea King (b) Westland Wessex (c) Puma and (d) CH-47 Chinook helicopter (i) fuel and (ii) exhaust fumes on aircrew’s (A) health and (B) risk o

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the number of (a) deaths and (b) serious accidents on roads in Shropshire.

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help promote UK vaccine development.

6 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with health charities on the potential impact of increases in levels of employers' national insurance contributions on those charities.

6 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in employers national insurance contributions on dental practices' finances.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

UK Research and Innovation: Ageing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Healthy Ageing Challenge in helping companies scale up projects.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

UK Research and Innovation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UKRI funding in helping innovative projects scale-up.

5 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Accelerating Reform Fund in innovating the social care sector.

31 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.72 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, whether the £600 million for social care is in addition to Accelerating Reform Fund money yet to be

31 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in employers national insurance contributions on GP surgeries' finances.

31 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Investment Returns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the report entitled Return on investment of public health interventions: a systematic review, published in Mar

31 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve public health services focusing on (a) smoking cessation, (b) drug and alcohol and (c) children's health.

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Horticulture: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to agree new phytosanitary arrangements with the EU for (a) agricultural and (b) horticultural businesses.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending agricultural compensation schemes to horticultural businesses impacted by forestry diseases such as Ash dieback.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on steps to ensure horticultural imports are produced to the same environmental standards as domestic

24 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase innovation in adult social care.

22 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Sick Leave

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 11521 on Government Departments: Sick Leave, if he will make an estimate of the number of staff days lost to long term sick absences in each Department

22 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that upper tier local authorities can meet additional demand for social care services in (a) Shropshire and (b) England in winter 2024

22 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS services can meet additional demand in (a) the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin integrated care board and (b) England in winter 2024-25.

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of each upper tier local authority to meet the demand for social care in the next (a) 12 months and (b) five years.

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of patients that are fit to be discharged but have remained in hospital due to the unavailability of social care since January 2022.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will have discussions with liquid gas supplier companies on customer payment processes.

Source: official written-questions record.