Written questions

1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long-Term Plan, how many metastatic breast cancer patients have had access to a Clinical Nurse Specialist in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.

1 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long-Term Plan, what progress his Department has made in ensuring all metastatic breast cancer patients have access to a Clinical Nurse Specialist.

1 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Wholesale Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with the Federation of Wholesale Distributors to discuss the extension of Business Rates Relief to food service wholesalers.

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wholesale Trade: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent trends in employment in the wholesale distribution sector.

1 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Wholesale Trade: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the eligibility of wholesalers for Local Authority Discretionary Funds.

29 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Veterans

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, how many veterans have (a) applied to the Civil Service through that initiat

14 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make out-of-home calorie labelling mandatory, as proposed in his Department's July 2020 policy paper,Tackling obesity: empowering adults and

8 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's news story, New study to understand effect of COVID-19 on veterans, published on 13 June 2020, when he will publish the report into the

7 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2020 to Question 121200, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with stakeholders on lifting the suspension on surgical mesh.

3 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference the National Audit Office report, Investigation into free school meal voucher scheme, published 2 December, if he will utilise the provision in Edenred’s contract to deliver the free school meal

30 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to bring forward the payment date for recipients of the Warm Home Discount who are not in receipt of Pension Credit, to account for increased utility

26 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Covid Winter Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanism was used to determine how much each local authority will receive from the Covid Winter Grant Scheme.

26 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans NHS England has to maintain the suspension on the use of surgical mesh.

25 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in 2020-21 to date; and which programmes and organisations have received funding as a result of that revenue.

25 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the 2020-21 education budget that resulted from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will be passed on to departmental budgets for investment in children's health initiatives as part of the

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Covid Winter Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department will take to ensure families with children who are eligible for Free School Meals access support under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme.

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Covid Winter Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the support available under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme that will be granted to families with children who are eligible for Free School Meals.

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Covid Winter Grant Scheme and Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) inform families of children who are eligible for Free School Meals how to access support under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme and (b) support those families to access that

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Covid Winter Grant Scheme and Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that families of children who are eligible for Free School Meals are aware of the need to access the Covid Winter Grant Scheme to receive food provision support over t

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Covid Winter Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps families of children who are eligible for Free School Meals will need to take to access support from the Covid Winter Grant Scheme during the Christmas holidays.

23 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 23 November 2020 to Question 116426 on Armed Forces: Charities, if he will correct his answer to that Question.

18 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kenya: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to question 18532 answered on 3 March 2020, what discussions officials of his Department have had with (a) representatives of the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

18 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which types of cancer are subject to a Government funded audit; and what the criteria is for determining which cancers are subject to those audits.

17 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide additional financial support for armed forces charities during the (a) autumn 2020 and covid-19 lockdown and (b) regional covid-19 restrictions.

16 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Inappropriate Behaviours in the Armed Forces Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2020 to Question 114088, when he plans to publish Danuta Gray's review into progress implementing the recommendations of the Wigston Review.

12 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2020 to Question 107614, if he will allocate additional funding that is ring-fenced for primary and secondary schools to spend on counselling and therapeutic services for pu

12 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Aerospace Industry: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the level of jobs in the aerospace sector of establishing a long-term supply chain investment fund to recapitalise sup

11 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Inappropriate Behaviours in the Armed Forces Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2020 to Question 88829 on Inappropriate Behaviours in the Armed Forces Review, (a) if the follow-up report to the Wigston Review was submitted to the Secretary of State by 1

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include people with dementia on the clinically vulnerable list.

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia of excluding them from the clinically vulnerable list.

Source: official written-questions record.