Written questions

151 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Public Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times have the Traffic Commissioners launched a public inquiry into bus operators in each (a) region and (b) nation in each of the last five years.

8 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Migrant Help

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contract his Department awarded to Migrant Help to provide assistance to those seeking asylum, (a) how many cases have been referred to Migrant Help by the Home Office, and (b) h

8 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Migrant Help: Members

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where Migrant Help are contracted by her Department to provide assistance to those seeking asylum, what steps her Department is taking to ensure hon. Members receive prompt responses to constituent qu

3 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Monkeypox: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to procure 70,000 additional monkeypox vaccines.

27 Oct 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 will take steps to provide support for people who do not have electricity provided through a domestic electricity supply contract and cannot access the Ener

27 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to provide financial support to people who were previously eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme and are no longer eligible following c

27 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the number of people who were previously eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme that are no longer eligible following changes in eligibility c

26 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle low prosecution rates for cases of rape and sexual assault.

26 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle violence against women and girls.

26 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnostic rates of ADHD in adult women.

25 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage entrepreneurship and (b) support small business expansion.

21 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of X-ray scanners deployed to prevent illegal items entering prisons; and whether he plans to roll these out to all prisons.

19 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing people diagnosed with Crohn's and Colitis to access a medical exemption card.

19 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is providing for (a) electricity-only households and (b) those with inefficient Economy 7 storage heaters which require upgrades.

13 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Watch Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to promote the use of Neighbourhood Watch schemes.

13 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of visibility of police officers in their communities.

13 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of charge rates for anti-social behaviour in Wakefield constituency.

13 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Drugs: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to tackle offences related to drug dealing.

13 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle anti-social behaviour.

13 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Police: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many neighbourhood police officers there are in (a) Wakefield constituency and (b) West Yorkshire Police.

13 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Police: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided (a) to West Yorkshire Police and (b) for policing in Wakefield constituency in the 2022-23 financial year.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Wakefield constituency.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased workloads in GP surgeries in Wakefield.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his policy is on housebuilders that fail to complete housing developments in the timescales they have committed to; and what steps his Department is taking to help ensure house

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of decoupling renewable energy from the wholesale energy market, in the context of the impact of gas prices

12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dentistry in Wakefield.

29 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the police response to reports of antisocial behaviour in Wakefield constituency.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart placements have (a) been advertised and (b) commenced by young people in Wakefield constituency in the last year.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money from the public purse has been paid to Arriva (a) to deliver bus services in Wakefield, (b) from the COVID-19 bus service support grant and (c) from the Bus Recovery Grant since 1 January 2019.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Walk-in Centres: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date his Department agreed to extend the service at King Street NHS walk-in centre beyond September 2022; and if he will provide details of the timescale and process for commissioning the p

Source: official written-questions record.