Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of delaying the release of the 2024-25 funding allocation of the Accelerating Reform Fund on unpaid carers.

18 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the 2024-25 funding allocations of the Accelerating Reform Fund will be released.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Cross Border Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the governments of (a) Wales and (b) Scotland on growing cross-border rail patronage through open-access passenger rail operations.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure the timely determination of track access applications on changes to the national passenger rail timetable for (a) May 2025 and (b) December 2025.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long it took her Department to consider each application for a change to the national passenger rail timetable for December 2024; and what the average time was for her Department to determine the outcome of

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many track access applications concerning changes to the national passenger rail timetable were received for (a) December 2024, (b) May 2025 and (c) December 2025.

14 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made to deliver (a) new and (b) refurbished military accommodation for 40,000 service men and women.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Recruitment

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

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Perinatal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure all NHS Trusts meet the Government’s target to reduce the number of stillbirths nationally to 0.23%.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the number of children with education and health care plans who will require support after the age of 25 on the adult social care

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients received urgent cancer treatment within 62 days of a GP referral at Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin integrated care board since October 2023.

9 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to respond to Questions 1829 and 1830 on Armed Forces: Housing tabled by the Hon. Member for North Shropshire on 25 July 2024 for answer on 30 July 2024.

8 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual amount of discretionary funding received by GP services in North Shropshire.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the change to real terms spending on services for disabled children by Shropshire Council since 2016.

8 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies have closed in North Shropshire since 2016.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many urban areas in the West Midlands with populations of over 17,000 do not have a railway station.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many urban areas in England with populations of over 17,000 do not have a railway station.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support residents of off-grid homes with the cost of heating.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a price cap for heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the end of the holiday activities and food programme on lower-income families.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle mental health challenges in children from low-income families during school holidays.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential safeguarding dangers to children from low-income families resulting from the end of the holiday activities and food programme.

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

Local Government: Borrowing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing Councils to borrow from the Public Works Loan Board at discounted rates in order to build homes for social rent.

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve the standard of grassroots sports facilities in rural areas.

4 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve and (b) standardise the quality of annual dementia reviews.

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many individuals have (a) been offered and (b) accepted compensation under the Group Litigation Order Scheme.

4 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Orthopaedics: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure sustainable long-term funding for the Veterans' Orthopaedic Service at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which projects her Department plans to include in the third Road Investment Strategy.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

A483: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2024 to Question 836 on A483, what progress she has made on the review into improving safety on the A483 in North Shropshire.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Restoring Your Railway Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she made an assessment of the adequacy of each business case submitted to the Restoring Your Railway Fund before deciding to withdraw that funding.

Source: official written-questions record.