Written questions
376 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Technology: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support the technology industry in adopting data-led practices to improve diversity in the sector; and whether the Department plans to support an industry div
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving under Influence: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of existing drink driving laws in ensuring that repeat offenders cannot reoffend.
21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance on the adequate travel distance for accessing out of hours pharmacy provision.
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Legumes and Pulses and Seeds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to allow payments for farmers to grow home grown (a) pulses and (b) legumes as protein sources as SFI.
21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme Consultation removes the right to choose for families with ADHD.
6 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to provide grants to farmers for rainwater harvesting.
4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Gurkhas: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on granting retrospective pension arrangements to Gurkha veterans who served in the armed forces.
4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release GP reforms to cut red tape and bring back family doctor, published on 20 December 2024, whether GPs will be able to determine how to spend the addit
4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question 27349 on Vaccination, what steps his Department is taking to ensure contemporaneous vaccine delivery across all regions.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process Education, Health and Care Plans for children in South Derbyshire constituency.
3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of waiting times for mental health services in South Derbyshire constituency; and what steps he is taking to reduce those times.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital funding has been allocated to increase specialist school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities in South Derbyshire constituency.
3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) modernise NHS IT infrastructure and (b) ensure value for money in upgrading IT systems.
3 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Death Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to release death certificates.
31 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Retail Trade: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help support high street businesses to compete with online retailers in South Derbyshire constituency.
31 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Neurodiversity: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide (a) funding and (b) advisory support to employers to help increase the (i) recruitment and (ii) retention of neurodivergent people.
31 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional (a) funding and (b) other resources his Department plans to provide to primary care providers to support preventative healthcare in South Derbyshire constituency.
31 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for delays in processing education, health and care plans in South Derbyshire constituency; and whether her Department is taking steps to provide additional support
31 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support people affected by flooding caused inadvertently by flood relief schemes.
30 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support disabled people seeking to enter or return to work and (b) ensure those unable to work continue to receive financial support.
30 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: East Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve public transport connections in (a) South Derbyshire constituency and (b) the East Midlands.
30 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending pension entitlements to Army reservists who were excluded from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme between July 2000 and March 2015.
30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Preventive Medicine: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to shift towards a preventative healthcare model in South Derbyshire constituency; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the preventative
30 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase specialist educational provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities in South Derbyshire constituency.
29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to coordinate the roll out of (a) the Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine and (b) other vaccines across all English regions to maximise effectiveness.
28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) public health and (b) adult social care services in reducing the demand on (i) primary and (ii) acute services in South Derbyshir
28 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Authorities: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made the adequacy of the number of local authority planning officers in South Derbyshire to help support the Government's wider planning reform
28 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Crime: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of council run youth centres in tackling youth crime in South Derbyshire constituency.
23 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Mortgages: Pylons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with mortgage lenders on the adequacy of their lending criteria for homes within 200 metres of a pylon.
22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 23992 on Primary Health Care: Standards, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) elderly and (b) digitally-challenged people to
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