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.