Written questions

151 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has he made of the adequacy of the availability of hormone replacement therapies.

14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS trusts on the adequacy of the availability of hormone replacement therapies.

14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to increase the availability of hormone replacement therapy implants in NHS hospitals.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the system of payment enforcement used by the Child Maintenance Service.

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments: Houseboats

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether people who live on houseboats as continuous cruisers are eligible to receive the alternative fuel payment.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Government expects to complete processes and exchange diplomatic notes with Australia so that a commencement date can be set for the UK - Australia Free Trade Agreement.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking before publishing the gambling white paper; and when she plans to publish that paper.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Adoption and Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government takes to help ensure that families are kept together throughout the fostering and adoption process.

17 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme: Spain

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Spain on reciprocity for the acceptance of Blue Badges between the UK and Spain.

15 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that it meets its 75 per cent target for the uptake of the NHS Healthy Start scheme by March 2023.

14 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of families who may be eligible for backdated payments due to delays in digitisation of the Healthy Start scheme; and whether his Department is taking

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many successful bids for Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas funding have been (a) revised downwards and (b) withdrawn as of 8 March 2023; and how many individual zero emission buses those revisions and withdr

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bids for Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas funding have been received by his Department as of 8 March 2023; how many zero emission buses have been allocated Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas funding as o

2 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Babies: Blood Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including metachromatic leukodystrophy in the newborn blood spot test; and whether the UK National Screening Committee is expected

2 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.

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

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of bringing in Voter ID for local elections in May 2023 on voter turnout.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the impact on (a) consumers and (b) businesses of the recent cyber attack on Royal Mail.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Wakefield constituency had at least one construction element in (a) condition grade C and (b) condition grade D w

20 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to (a) review NHS hospital car parking charges for medical students and (b) provide funding for medical students in financial need.

20 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools with costs associated with the removal of asbestos from school buildings where it is deemed necessary due to the repair or development of those buildings.

11 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Taxation: Repayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that HMRC process refunds promptly for people owed payments following their self-assessment tax returns.

9 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Powers of Attorney: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle delays in processing lasting power of attorney applications by the Office of the Public Guardian.

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

Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises in Wakefield constituency are receiving the correct level of support under the Energy Bill Re

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

Business: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with businesses in Wakefield on the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on those businesses.

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

Small Businesses: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMEs in Wakefield constituency have received Government support in the last 12 months.

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

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when further details of the Alternative Fuel Payments scheme will be announced and when payments will be made to eligible households.

24 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to commission research into postural tachycardia syndrome; and whether he plans to take steps to commission further research into postural tachycardia

15 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Social Care of 27 Oct 2022, Official Report, col. 494, what his Department's expected timetable is for the conclusion of work co

9 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Public Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide a breakdown of the reasons why the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain have launched public inquiries into bus operators in the last five years.

9 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain have fined bus operators in the last five years; and what the total value of those fines were by each nation and region.

Source: official written-questions record.