Written questions

1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support for people during their transition from child to adult autism services.

15 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of autism support services for adults in rural areas.

15 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that support for minimal to intensive assistance are tailored to each adult with autism.

15 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of autism support services for adults in West Dorset constituency.

15 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sepsis: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding for research into the early detection of sepsis.

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the sustainability of pharmacies in rural communities that lack alternative healthcare access.

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support community pharmacies in West Dorset

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve access to social care in underserved regions where the amount of care providers is lower per capita.

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that people in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) other rural areas receive equitable access to social care support.

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through social care reforms to help (a) reduce waiting times for and (b) increase access to care services in rural areas.

12 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to review the funding formula for local authorities to increase the distribution of funding provided to communities in rural areas, in the context

12 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities in sparsely populated regions, in the context of varying levels of per capita costs for delivering services.

12 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Police: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Department is taking to ensure rural police forces receive adequate funding to meet increasing demands in areas with low-population density.

12 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake a review of police funding allocations.

12 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Rural Areas: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the current funding model on rural constituencies.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to accelerate the rollout of public charging points.

11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of funding allocated to (a) brain tumours and (b) other cancers in the last five years; and if he will take steps to increase funding available for brain tu

11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise private sector investment into research for (a) brain tumours and (b) other rare diseases.

11 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Biometrics: Surveillance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of restricting the use of live facial recognition software.

8 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Small Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases to the lower national insurance threshold for employer contributions on small seasonal businesses.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small rural businesses in West Dorset constituency to access export markets.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Innovation: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help promote rural innovation in green technologies in West Dorset constituency.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

STEM Subjects: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that rural schools have access to the latest (a) technological resources and (b) STEM education in West Dorset constituency.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation and New Businesses: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage (a) innovation and (b) tech-based start-ups in rural constituencies.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to undertake a review of the capital funding requirements of grassroots sports clubs for the sustainable, long-term maintenance of their facilities.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of closures of grassroots disability sports clubs on (a) community cohesion and (b) wellbeing in rural constituencies.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of closures of grassroots sports clubs on (a) community cohesion and (b) wellbeing in rural constituencies.

8 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided to rural fire services to help (a) reduce response times and (b) cover greater distances in the 2024-25 financial year.

8 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that rural fire services are adequately resourced to respond to emergencies in isolated areas.

8 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Police: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve access to mental health services for police officers in rural constituencies.

Source: official written-questions record.