Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the potential impact of isolation on mental health in rural areas and (b) provide appropriate mental health support for residents in such areas.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for mental health referrals in (a) England and (b) Shropshire.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the backlog in mental health cases across (a) England and (b) Shropshire.

20 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Judicial Appointments Commission fulfils its statutory duty to select solely on merit.

20 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will conduct an impact assessment on the effect of insufficient accessible housing on health and well-being.

20 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to increase the supply of accessible housing.

20 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010, what plans he has to increase the supply of M4(2)-compliant dwellings.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what percentage of applications to the Alternative Fuels Payment Scheme were rejected.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what percentage of applications to the Alternative Fuels Payment scheme were processed within six weeks.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many Alternative Fuels Payment applications remain to be processed for applicants (a) in North Shropshire (b) in Shropshire and (c) nationally as of 17 July 2023.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what percentage of eligible households (a) in North Shropshire, (b) in Shropshire and (c) nationally applied for Alternative Fuel Payments.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of eligible households have received an Alternative Fuel Payment in (a) North Shropshire, (b) Shropshire and (c) the UK.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the replacement of the basic farm payment with Environmental Land Management schemes on pre-existing nature restoration schemes

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his department is taking to increase grid capacity (a) nationwide and (b) in North Shropshire constituency.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the roll-out of clean heat in social housing.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Boilers and Heat Pumps: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many (a) heat pumps and (b) biomass boilers have been installed in social housing under the boiler upgrade scheme since the end of the domestic renewable heat incentive.

17 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) NHS oncologists who are (i) employed and (ii) unemployed and (b) vacancies for that role in (A) Shropshire and (B) England as of 17 July 2

17 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of consultant radiographers employed by the NHS in (a) the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System and (b) England as of 17 July 2023.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Railway Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to open new railway lines to areas which are not serviced by rail transport.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of refusals of applications to the Alternative Fuels Payment Scheme were later overturned.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the mean time is between submission of an application and an Alternative Fuel Payment being provided.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households (a) in North Shropshire constituency, (b) in Shropshire and (c) nationally were eligible for Alternative Fuel Payments.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Inland Waterways: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of grant funding on the future of Shropshire’s canal network.

14 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of (a) doctors specialising in clinical radiology and (b) diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers at Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin inte

14 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of workforce shortages on cancer treatment waiting times.

14 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to establish a long-term funding model for children’s hospices.

14 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will maintain the children and young people's hospice grant after 2024-25.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Montgomery Canal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to restore and protect the Montgomery canal.

14 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for patients waiting to start cancer treatment at Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin ICB after an urgent GP referral to meet national target

14 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diagnosis: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to decrease the number of patients waiting more than six weeks for diagnostic tests at Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin integrated care board.

Source: official written-questions record.