Written questions
1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of costs for opticians on trends in the level of people seeking eye care.
23 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-opening Kingskerswell station.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Ticket Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure that ticket offices in Devon are not closed.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Newton Abbot
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43362 on Railways: Newton Abbot, if she will extend South Western Railway services from Exeter St David's to Newton Abbot when it enters public ownership.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Newton Abbot
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of disability access at train stations in Newton Abbot constituency and (b) potential impact of removing customer service assistants at railway stations on disa
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Teignmouth Station: Lifts
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to fund a disability access lift at Teignmouth railway station.
22 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Carers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to increase the amount of compensation provided to bereaved carers through the infected blood compensation scheme.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37398 on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, if she will hold discussions with Adoption UK on funding for the adoption and special guardianship su
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Commodities
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will implement the provisions of the Environment Act 2021 to establish a due diligence regime for forest risk commodities before COP30.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support high street businesses in competing with large online retailers.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Government Assistance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she plans to take to support small businesses with (a) energy prices, (b) inflation and (c) business rates.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to enforce statutory guidance on the cost of school uniforms.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce a £30 cap on school uniform items.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to small businesses in (a) Devon and (b) other rural areas.
17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Hospitality Industry: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of local licensing fees for outdoor seating on small hospitality businesses.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing Employment Allowance and (b) reducing National Insurance contributions for small businesses.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
VAT: Registration
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to raise the VAT registration threshold in line with inflation to support small businesses.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Newton Abbot
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reform business rates to reduce the financial burden on small high street businesses in Newton Abbot constituency.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reform business rates to reduce the financial burden on small high street businesses.
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when applications for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme will open; and what estimate he has made of (a) what the average waiting time will be for a claim to be processed and (b) when successful applicants w
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether people eligible for the infected blood compensation scheme will retain access to (a) disability grants, (b) dependent children payments and (c) other support scheme benefits.
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes and Home Care Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to amend the Care Act 2014 to exempt infected blood compensation scheme payments from (a) residential and (b) domiciliary care charges.
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether supplementary financial loss claims under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme will be open to estates of deceased victims.
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will establish a supplementary route to claim for autonomy, social impact, and injury awards outside the core route of the infected blood compensation scheme.
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to introduce an individual assessment route for the infected blood compensation claims.
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how infected blood compensation claims involving co-infection with HIV and hepatitis viruses will account for the earlier date of hepatitis infection when calculating compensation.
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Infected Blood Compensation Authority will determine the date of first infection in cases where no clear medical record exists.
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the burden of proof in the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme is placed on victims.
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure Infected Blood Compensation Authority caseworkers and assessors are suitably trained to interpret complex medical records when determining compensation awards.
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to provide publicly funded legal advice and advocacy services to claimants of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.
Source: official written-questions record.