Written questions
4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle low levels of dental attendance in Thurrock.
12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure equitable access to NHS dental services for patients living in areas with chronic shortages of NHS dentists.
12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Golden Hello scheme in improving (a) NHS dentist recruitment and (b) retention levels of staff.
12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the targets for the additional 700,000 urgent dental appointments are met in areas with high vacancies in NHS dental services.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of rail fare increases on the number of people using trains.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rail fare increases on local economies that depend on affordable transport for (a) tourism, (b) business and (c) trade.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) delays and (b) overcrowding of train services.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve (a) service reliability, (b) service quality, (c) infrastructure, and (d) accessibility for passengers of trainlines.
12 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uganda: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the political situation in Uganda.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage producers to extend the lifespan of food, in the context of reducing (a) consumer waste and (b) costs for consumers.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Management
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) repair, (b) reuse and (c) other waste reduction measures.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Equipment: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce electronic waste.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to simplify the re-application process for the Adoption and special guardianship support fund.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of waiting times for the Adoption and special guardianship support fund.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Adoption and special guardianship support fund on families with adopted children.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which groups she has consulted during the decision-making process on the future of the adoption and special guardianship support fund.
11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Bereavement Counselling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve support available for families who have lost a relative to cancer.
11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Cancer: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer.
11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Cancer: Clinical Trials and Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer access (a) relevant research and (b) clinical trials.
11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to invest in developments in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the amount of (a) research into pancreatic cancer and (b) clinical trials into potential treatments for pancreatic cancer.
11 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to with retailers in Essex to increase (a) the provision of security personnel and (b) local police presence in stores to help deter (i) violence and (ii) abuse against staff.
11 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support retail workers in reporting incidents of abuse, threats and violence to the police.
11 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of retail crime in Essex.
11 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative assessment of recent trends in the level of retail worker assaults reported in (a) the East of England and (b) other regions of England in the last 12 months.
11 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Crime: Retail Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions has she had with police forces on preventing reoffenders from committing retail crimes.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of National Insurance contribution increases on (a) council budgets and (b) the financial sustainability of council spending.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure council spending is (a) efficient and (b) value for money for taxpayers.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of local government reorganisation on council finances in the context of existing financial pressures.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Local Government Information Unit's report entitled 2025 State of Local Government Finance in England, published in March 2025, what assessment she has made
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