Written questions

335 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to provide reading support in prisons; and what programmes her Department funds to provide such support.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons have a one-to-one literacy mentoring programme.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons have a literacy programme.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit and Universal Credit: Colne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people that applied for Pension Credit in each of the last five years were in receipt of Universal Credit at the time of their application in Colne Valley constituency.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Sportsgrounds

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Football Association on increasing funding for drainage works on grass pitches.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with relevant football bodies to help increase British Asian representation in football (a) on and (b) off the pitch.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Colne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) help build new grassroots football facilities and (b) renovate existing pitches for grassroots football in Colne Valley constituency.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Moorland: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department provides funding to local councils to enforce the ban on the use of barbecues and open fires on the moors during the summer.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Moorland: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help support the sharing of best practice at the (a) Peak District and (b) South Pennines fire operation groups on moorland fires.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Moorland: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase collaboration between local councils and fire services to help tackle moorland fires.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to provide training to rangers on the use of firefighting equipment.

4 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Moorland: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance on the criteria to be used to determine when to use a helicopter to help put out moorland fires.

4 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Moorland: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) monitor and (b) prevent moorland fires through patrolling.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Colne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve prostate cancer (a) screening and (b) awareness in Colne Valley constituency.

4 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Banking Hubs: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the importance of banking hubs in rural areas.

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Gavi and (b) the Global Fund on the adequacy of their funding.

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) UNAIDS, (b) UNITAID, (c) the Global Fund and (d) the Robert Carr Fund on tackling HIV and AIDS.

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Unitaid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of UNITAID.

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to deliver a national health inequalities strategy.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to deliver a sustainable childcare model that enables more women to access (a) education and (b) work opportunities.

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) collect and (b) analyse data on cancer in the over 70s as part of the National Cancer audit.

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to reinstate the National Cancer Equality Initiative to examine inequalities in cancer care.

10 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Colne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of dentistry practices that are accepting NHS patients in Colne Valley constituency.

10 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Transport: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve transport links in West Yorkshire.

10 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Colne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve mental health services in the Colne Valley constituency.

4 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Colne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand access to preventative HIV care beyond sexual health services in Colne Valley constituency.

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Moorland: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent moorland fires.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Colne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Olympic Games on (a) her policies and (b) grassroots sports in Colne Valley constituency.

3 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help provide affordable housing in (a) Colne Valley constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Trade with EU: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase exports to European countries from (a) Colne Valley constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.

Source: official written-questions record.