To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what attrition rates have been for NHS (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) midwives since March 2020.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's target to recruit 50,000 more nurses, announced in July 2020, how many new nursing vacancies have been fulfilled since that announcement; and how many of those ne...
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of financial constraints on (a) face-to-face community translation services and (b) other non-clinical NHS services.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will publish guidance on how (a) instruments carried in vehicles and (b) music-related equipment are to be considered by (i) UK and (ii) EU regulations for ATA carnet exemptions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what correspondence the Government has had with the customs authorities of each EU Member State to ensure that border officials understand and uphold the exemption for musicians and acco...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of using the Indices of Multiple Deprivation to prioritise investments through the UK Community Renewal Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including measures of (a) crime, (b) barriers to housing and services, (c) living environment deprivation and (d) inequalit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to tackle abusive purchasing practices by UK garment retailers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the delivery of perinatal services; and what precautionary and remedial steps his Department has taken to help redu...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) local authorities and b) the Mayor of London on access to local data for the national covid-19 vaccination programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce applicant waiting times for decisions on asylum applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to improve leaseholders’ access to redress in cases where reported longstanding disrepair has not been adequately addressed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the existing regulatory mechanisms for (a) property managers and (b) developers of leasehold properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to strengthen tenants' rights with respect to private commercial landlords’ optional participation in alternative dispute resolution schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what requirements are placed on freeholders to ensure transparency in the calculation of ground rent, service charges and other ancillary fees for leaseholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to establish the Housing Complaints Resolution Service proposed in January 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to offer employment opportunities in the health and social care sectors to young people affected by reductions in employment opportunities as a result of the covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on whether the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ Service Charge Residential Management Code would be best strengthened by way of statute.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what urgent steps he is taking to support families to continue to access Bedrolite oil for the treatment of severe epilepsy following the end of the transition period.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he made of the potential merits of including a question on disability in the 2021 Census.