Written questions
1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of nursing apprenticeships.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of nursing apprenticeships on levels of (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the NHS.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of nursing apprenticeship opportunities in West Dorset constituency.
30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Furs: Imports and Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with animal rights groups on the (a) import and (b) sale of fur products.
30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Visas: EU Countries
To ask the Minister for Cabinet Office, whether he has held discussions with his EU counterparts on negotiating changes to the 90 in 180-day visa rule to allow British citizens to stay in the EU for longer for (a) leisure, (b) family visits and (c) season
30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to increase funding for nature-friendly farming.
30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Cost of Living: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to cost of living support schemes for people living in West Dorset constituency.
30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Cost of Living: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to promote awareness of cost of living support schemes to people living in West Dorset constituency.
30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department discussed the recruitment of general practitioners trained in India to practise in the UK during negotiations on the UK-India free trade agreement.
30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department discussed the recognition of Indian dental qualifications for work in the UK during negotiations on the UK-India free trade agreement.
30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department discussed the recruitment of pharmacists qualified in India to work in the UK during negotiations on the UK-India free trade agreement.
30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Heat Pumps
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to bring forward amended regulations on the permitted distance of air source heat pumps from property boundaries under the Warm Homes Plan.
30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Heat Pumps
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to remove the one metre boundary rule for air source heat pumps in 2025.
30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to take steps to apply transitional protections automatically for claimants moving from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit.
30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the change in payment frequency from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit on the finances of claimants.
30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants need to appeal in order to receive transitional protection when they are moved from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit.
30 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the steps her Department has taken to prevent automated bots from monopolising driving test booking slots on the DVSA platform.
30 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce delays in processing driving licence renewal applications in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) surrounding areas.
30 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of waiting times for driving licence renewals in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) surrounding areas.
30 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Speed Limits: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help support local authorities to implement speed reductions in rural villages.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure accurate information is provided by the covid-19 vaccination helpline.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of incorrect eligibility advice given through the covid-19 helpline on people receiving that advice.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of weekly care home fees.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the cost of care home placements.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that new housing developments have adequate access to GPs.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure access to NHS dentistry in new housing estates.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of access to NHS dentistry in new developments in West Dorset constituency.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure community pharmacy provision in new housing developments in Dorset.
30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of sewage discharge into (a) rivers and (b) coastal waters on public health in West Dorset constituency.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the risk assessment for the abolition of NHS England.
Source: official written-questions record.