Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has had discussions with local authorities on the potential implications for their policies of the inheritance tax changes to agricultural land and propert

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Rising

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) he, (b) his officials and (c) his special advisors have had meetings with the animal rights group Animal Rising.

7 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with the Office for Budget Responsibility on the inheritance tax changes to agricultural land and property made at the Autumn Budget 2024.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Food: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on future trade deals relevant to the (a) food and (b) agriculture sectors.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to reintroduce capital grant schemes for farmers.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with supermarkets on the inheritance tax changes to agricultural land and property.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on the inheritance tax changes to agricultural land and property.

5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: World Health Organization

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 26628 on USA: World Health Organisation, whether he plans to increase the monetary value of the UK contribution to the W

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing year-round data on the number of patients being treated in temporary care environments.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of exploitative employment practices by social care employers.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to end exploitative employment practices by social care employers.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to end the use of corridor care in the NHS.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Muslim Council of Britain

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Minister for Social Security and Disability travelled to the Muslim Council of Britain's leadership dinner on 25 January 2025 by Ministerial car; whether the invitation was (a) received and

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the backlog of people waiting for elective mental health care.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support skills (a) development and (b) training in the maritime sector.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the resilience of maritime supply chains.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with her international counterparts to help improve (a) pay and (b) conditions for seafarers operating in UK waters.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve digital (a) literacy and (b) confidence in NHS clinical staff.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to integrate digital tools into NHS services to help (a) tailor those services to the diverse needs of patients and (b) improve those services.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of community pharmacies in maintaining public health.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help stabilise primary care.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Memory Clinics: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to increase the (a) number of specialists in and (b) level of training on young onset dementia in memory assessment services.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with NHS England to tackle diagnostic overshadowing of dementia symptoms for patients with learning disabilities.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with dementia living in (a) rural and (b) socio economically-deprived areas are diagnosed as quickly as those in other areas.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) timely and (b) equitable dementia diagnosis.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Mckinsey and Company

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on consultancy work undertaken by McKinsey and Company as part of its Arm’s Length Body Transformation Programme; and if he will publish the (a) reports a

29 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to make local councils aware of the High Street Rental Auctions scheme.

29 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land Banking

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) help prevent land banking by developers and (b) ensure that land earmarked for housing development is used to increase the supply of af

29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement a commission lead review on dementia diagnostics.

29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) invest in diagnostic infrastructure and (b) reduce waiting times.

Source: official written-questions record.