Written questions
161 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Anaesthetics: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the number of medical speciality training places (a) in total and (b) in anaesthesia.
11 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office
Life Expectancy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish updated (a) life expectancy and (b) healthy life expectancy statistics for (i) electoral wards and (ii) middle layer super output areas.
8 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Football: Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Premier League clubs on gambling sponsorship on their websites.
8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, what support his Department plans to give to GP practices unable to access the fund for GP surgery upgrades.
8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Lord Darzi's Independent investigation of the NHS in England, published on 12 September 2024, what steps his Department is taking to support integrated care boards to increase cap
8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a National GP Retention Strategy backed by ring-fenced funding.
8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diets: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the provision of advice on plant-based diets by clinicians in primary care settings on (a) achieving the aim in the NHS Long Term Plan of su
8 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Right to Buy Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.149 of Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, how long discounts on the Right to Buy scheme will be reduced for.
6 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities
Disadvantaged: Income
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the potential impact of socio-economic disadvantage on future earnings.
4 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Animals: Fishing Catches
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure super trawlers report marine mammal by-catch to the Marine Management Organisation.
4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Hubs: Orthopaedics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, how many new surgical hubs will focus solely on orthopaedic procedures.
4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Hubs: Injuries and Orthopaedics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of surgical hubs on waiting times for (a) trauma and (b) orthopaedic treatment.
4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding to (a) community musculoskeletal services and (b) physiotherapy.
4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional support for people with (a) arthritis and (b) musculoskeletal conditions.
4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring NHS Trusts to amalgamate patient data across primary care.
1 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides: Public Places
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to introduce a national phase-out of the use of pesticides in public areas under local authority control.
31 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support local authorities to reduce the waiting times for education, health and care plans to be processed.
30 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to amend the eligibility criteria for Universal Credit so that people on temporary employment contracts are able to make claims as soon as their contract ends.
29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tobacco: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include enforcement measures in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to prevent the sale of tobacco products on the internet to those under age.
29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the uptake of NHS stop smoking services amongst underage smokers.
29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the (a) mental health and (b) wellbeing of nursing staff.
29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in levels of demand for patient care on the capacity of the nursing workforce.
22 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Departmental Coordination
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timelines are for the cross-government strategy to end homelessness.
22 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will include a youth chapter in the upcoming homelessness strategy.
21 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Electoral Register
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential cost to the public purse of introducing automatic voter registration.
21 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of further gambling industry regulation being considered by her Department on levels of economic growth.
16 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps with technology and communications companies to mitigate harm to people with electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that new housing developments have sufficient opportunities for residents to easily access healthy foods.
16 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Soft Drinks: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to expand the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to milk based drinks.
16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chronic Illnesses: Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of improving access to healthy food on the number of people who cannot work due to long-term illness.
Source: official written-questions record.