Written questions
610 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average cost was of compensating farmers for cattle culled due to bovine tuberculosis in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024 to date.
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Diversification
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of farm diversification on the working hours of farmers.
21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of geographic barriers in rural areas on access to (a) regular check-ups and (b) timely intervention.
21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Health: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve public oral health education in rural areas.
21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to training for (a) dentists and (b) dental nurses in rural areas.
20 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing a set price list for private dental practices.
14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance entitled Reconfiguring NHS services - ministerial intervention powers, published on 31 January 2024, if he will clarify the changes in circumstances following which h
13 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 consult with organisations that advocate for deaf and disabled people on employment support reforms; and what recent discussions she has had with those organisatio
13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring social housing providers to refer tenants to a local debt advice service before serving them with an eviction
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the bedroom tax on the number of incidences of exploitation by criminals taking over the homes of vulnerable people.
8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Somerset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of difficulties faced by NHS patients in Somerset in receiving prescriptions of Creon.
6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20545 on Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that 80% of hon. Members receive
3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Young People: Education and Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sanction regime will be used for young people under the Youth Guarantee; how that regime will differ from the conditionality regime; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that
3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people who are out of work but not receiving employment support.
3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the criteria are for Ministers to (a) intervene in an Integrated Care Board's reconfiguration proposal and (b) revisit decisions made in those proposals.
17 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aircraft: Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 16219 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, what the timetable is for introduction into service of the New Medium Helicopter.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve disabled access to railway stations in rural areas.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of steps to improve accessibility of train stations for disabled people.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of levels of water pollution in Yeovil constituency.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's response times to correspondence from hon. Members.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of recruitment and retention in NHS dentistry; and what steps he plans to take to tackle this.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase access to dental services in rural areas.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the provision of 700,000 additional dental appointments; and what his target date is for that provision.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Health: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for implementing the supervised toothbrushing scheme.
2 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 1 August 2024 from the hon. Member for Yeovil on the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s hyper acute stroke unit.
27 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Skilled Workers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage upskilling for tradespeople.
12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Gig Economy: Leave and Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that people working in the gig economy receive (a) at least the minimum wage, (b) sick leave and (c) holiday entitlement.
8 Nov 2024 · Treasury
Nurseries: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will exempt nurseries in England from business rates.
8 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.62 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the application of the standard VAT rate to independent
8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing (a) funding and (b) support for community pharmacies.
Source: official written-questions record.