Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
193,701 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel took paternity leave, broken down by (a) branch of the armed forces and (b) age in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the retention rate is for armed forces personnel who (a) have and (b) have not taken paternity leave.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided to Portsmouth City Council over the past two years for domestic abuse services and to tackle violence against women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department has provided to Portsmouth City Council over the past two years for domestic abuse services and to tackle violence against women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many wildfires took place in each local authority in West Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many fires were caused by disposable barbecues in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many wildfires took place in moorland in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect moorland from wildfires.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to restore moorland damaged by wildfire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to support more businesses to expand into the high street.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour in rural towns and villages.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to expand provision of police in semi-rural and rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that social care is an attractive career for young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve terms and conditions for social care workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to announce her decision on whether to apply the break clause for the Federated Data Platform contract with Palantir.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to commission an updated assessment of the ecological and economic impacts of ring-necked parakeets; and what consideration she has given to introducing measures to m
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue guidance to schools, early years providers and other settings attended by children on the use of camera-enabled smart glasses and other discreet wearable recording devices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to extend access to independent investigations beyond maternity services to patients who have suffered serious harm in NHS care and remain dissatisfied with local investigations;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure the quality and consistency of ADHD assessments for children commissioned under the NHS Right to Choose pathway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether land within a National Landscape will be capable of meeting the definition of grey belt under the final revised National Planning Policy Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an estimate of the proportion of Green Belt land in England that would meet the proposed definition of grey belt if the existing Footnote 7 test is re
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make assessment of the potential impact of removing the existing National Planning Policy Framework Footnote 7 test from the definition of grey belt on Gre
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the proposed change in the draft National Planning Policy Framework from giving great weight to conserving and enhancing the landscape and scenic beauty of National Lands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has undertaken modelling of the amount of land that would be newly capable of classification as grey belt as a result of the proposed removal of the existi
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered the potential merits of introducing a national 100 per cent council tax discount for households which include an individual with a terminal illness.