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

Source: official written-questions record.