Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Mar 2023 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure continuity of passport services in the event of a strike by Passport Office staff.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to issue further licenses for badger culling.

13 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend social investment tax relief beyond 31 March 2023.

9 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Fuel Oil: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) incidents of heating oil theft, (b) incidents resulting in a charge or summons for heating oil theft and (c) prosecutions for heating oil theft there have been in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Subject Access Requests

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS subject access requests are accessible to people without photographic identification.

27 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: ADHD

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that there is sufficient support available for carers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of the Access to Work scheme for carers.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Absent Voting

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what contingency arrangements his Department has put in place to ensure all postal votes are received and counted in the event of a postal strike immediately prior to the Council Ele

1 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence properties in North Shropshire were used as service family accommodation as of 31 January 2023; and how many and what proportion of that accommodation was deemed to meet the minimum s

1 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many residential homes for service personnel and their families are owned by the Ministry of Defence in North Shropshire; and how many of those homes were empty as of 31 January 2023.

31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Learning Disability: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the long-term viability of learning disability support providers who only receive funding from local authorities.

31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in the national living wage in April 2023 on the adequacy of funding for local authority provision of social care.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle teacher shortages in rural areas.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve teacher recruitment and retention rates in subjects including (a) Physics, (b) Maths, (c) Design and Technology, (d) Chemistry and (e) Computing.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Voter Authority Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications for Voter Authority Certificates have been submitted since 17 January 2023.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure his Department's levelling up agenda is compatible with the Government's net zero targets.

19 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to provide a breakdown of unsuccessful bids to the Levelling Up Fund including (a) applicant name, (b) bid name, (c) bid value, (d) a summary of the bid, (e) which phases were applie

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Severn: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on the adequacy of the funding allocated by the Government in June 2021 to support the development of the Severn Valley Water Ma

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Severn: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Severn Valley Water Management Plan.

16 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding per head is spent on mental health services in the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System; and how that figure compares to the national average.

16 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on general practice of the decisions to (a) block book beds in care homes for those assessed as medically fit to discharge and (b) establish vi

11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on tackling the shortage of social care workers in (a) Shropshire and (b) other rural are

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for International Trade on ensuring parity of (a) animal welfare and (b) environmental standards in food production i

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the impact of driving test centre closures on the availability of driving tests in each year since 2015.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that there is adequate bus service provision in rural areas.

6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the reasons for delays to category 1 and 2 ambulance responses in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2022, published on 17 November 2022, CP 751, how much and what proportion of the additional funding allocated to enable rapid action to improve urgent and eme

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

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that residents of a property that uses combined domestic and commercial energy supplies under a business tariff will receive

14 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the adequacy of the number of social care workers in Shropshire and rural areas.

14 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of delays to category 1 and 2 ambulance responses in Shropshire, Telford and the Wrekin.

Source: official written-questions record.