Written questions
1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 May 2025 · Home Office
Skilled Workers: Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including dentists on the Shortage Occupation List for immigration purposes.
19 May 2025 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to streamline visa processes for overseas-qualified dentists seeking to work in the UK.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable access to eye care services for low-income populations.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support the (a) training and (b) recruitment of optometrists in underserved areas.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase the use of new technology in the delivery of optometry services.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS eye examinations.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve access to paediatric eye care services in West Dorset constituency.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of travel distances on access to eye care services for residents in West Dorset constituency.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of NHS-funded optometry services in West Dorset constituency.
16 May 2025 · Department for Education
Dentistry: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to (a) colleges and (b) universities offering new dental training places.
16 May 2025 · Department for Education
Dentistry: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides incentives for universities to (a) expand and (b) introduce dental training programmes.
16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the capacity of local NHS services to provide safe home births in the context of the closure of Yeovil Hospital’s maternity unit.
16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a national strategy for hospice care.
16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to support hospices to (a) recruit and (b) retain skilled staff in West Dorset constituency.
16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of funding levels for hospices on the availability of hospice services in rural areas.
16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure sustainable funding for hospices.
16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce targeted incentives for dentists treating low-income patients privately due to levels of NHS provision in West Dorset.
16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England is offering temporary funding for private providers to deliver NHS dental care in areas with insufficient NHS provision.
16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what interim support his Department is providing to Integrated Care Boards in West Dorset with dentist shortages.
16 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to protect consumers from increased energy costs if their electricity meters are not replaced by the 30 June 2025 deadline.
16 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the 30 June 2025 deadline for electricity meter replacements in cases where delays are due to supplier const
16 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support households that may not have their electricity meters replaced before the 30 June 2025 deadline through no fault of their own.
16 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Humanitarian Aid: Medals
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of retroactively awarding the Humanitarian Medal to qualifying people who served before 19 June 2023.
16 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Humanitarian Aid: Medals
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for the Humanitarian Medal to include service rendered before 19 June 2023.
16 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Supply: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a mixed public-private sector ownership model for water service provision in the South West.
16 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sheep: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his strategy to improve the supply of sheep vaccines will be aligned with broader (a) animal health, (b) animal welfare and (c) land use policy objectives.
16 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sheep: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s five-year strategy to improve the (a) availability and (b) continuity of supply of sheep vaccines.
16 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Foot and Mouth Disease: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure appropriate biosecurity checks are carried out on (a) vehicles and (b) goods arriving from France to prevent the spread of foot and mouth
16 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Foot and Mouth Disease: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his French counterpart on the lack of visible (a) controls and (b) public information at French ports of departure on the risk of foot and mouth dis
15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity of local NHS services to meet demand for home births following the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit.
Source: official written-questions record.