Written questions

839 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is undertaking on the (a) causes, (b) symptoms and (c) treatment for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).

12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data is collected on the prevalence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in England; and how this data is being used to understand the condition.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the provisions of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 forbidding the handling of chickens by their legs on farms

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Nottinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding her Department has allocated to Nottinghamshire County Council for special educational needs provision following the Autumn Budget 2024.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of having a teaching qualification from an English university on the ability of a British National (Overseas) visa holder to gain Qualified Teacher Status

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking Offences: Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure equitable parking enforcement debt collection practices.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Development: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to promote cross-Departmental work to invest in communities following violent disorder in summer 2024.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polio: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help to care for the estimated 47,000 people affected by polio in the UK.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Gaza: War Graves

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps with his international counterparts to (a) help ensure that an assessment is made of the condition of and (b) protect the (i) Gaza and (ii) Deir el Belah Commonwealth War Grave Cemeteri

13 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require (a) Instagram and (b) other social media channels to add posting dates to all

7 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Liability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with members of ForThe100 to discuss duty of care owed by higher education providers to their students.

7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Shared Business Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the use of NHS Shared Business Services for finance services such as (a) payroll, (b) pensions, (c) procurement and (d) taxation.

7 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Internal Drainage Boards: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to reform funding arrangements for Internal Drainage Board levies.

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support healthcare providers to ensure (a) uninterrupted access to essential patient care and (b) maintain the stability of primary care services.

6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is encouraging developers to make provisions for (a) hedgehogs and (b) other wildlife.

6 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Combined Heat and Power: Climate Change Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of changing the climate change levy exemption for natural gas combined heat and power.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Geoengineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government (a) participates in and (b) funds geoengineering activities; what information his Department holds on organisations in the UK which participate in geoengineering; and w

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a weekly cap on domiciliary care costs.

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been fined for accessing prescriptions without a valid Maternity Exception Certificate.

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will simplify the process for obtaining Maternity Exception Certificates.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking Offences: Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that parking enforcement debt collection practices are equitable.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the formal response to the public consultation on options for changing the way pavement parking is managed outside London, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing fo

6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Second Homes: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will amend planning regulations to facilitate converting holiday lodges into permanent primary homes.

6 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) review and (b) update the definition of anti-social behaviour in the (i) Antisocial Behaviour Act 2003 and (ii) Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing non-academic routes for people to train as nurses.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Delivery Services: Roads and Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) regulate delivery drivers working for food delivery companies to ensure they are using roads and pavements safely.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Further Education: Assistive Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that all further education colleges comply with (a) accessibility regulations on (i) access to assistive technology and (ii) the use of accessible design in learning resources

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Vision Impairment education services; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations proposed by th

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby: Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received representations about the funding of small rugby union clubs.

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of (a) supervisor and (b) designated prescribing practitioners.

Source: official written-questions record.