Written questions
1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her plans to improve the safety of the rail network for women and girls will include changes to existing roles and responsibilities on (a) safety and (b) tackling (i) crime and (ii) anti-social behaviou
10 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Period Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the impact of period poverty on educational attainment in England.
10 Feb 2025 · Women and Equalities
Period Poverty Taskforce
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Period Poverty Taskforce (a) last met and (b) next plans to meet.
6 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Children and Young People with Cancer Taskforce will recognise that teenagers and young adults with cancer have different needs to children.
6 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Children and Young People with Cancer Taskforce will recognise that cancer is different in (a) young people and (b) children.
6 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age range of the Children and Young People with Cancer Taskforce is.
6 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
University College Hospital: Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many removals of surgical mesh have taken place at the University College London Hospital in each month since this service began.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting times for mesh centres; and what steps he is taking to reduce this.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) how much each mesh centre received in specialised commissioning funding and (b) how many removals took place in each month since this service began.
31 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department collects data on the number of people who (a) have been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer after finishing hormone therapy and (b) are living with secondary breast cancer
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a passenger focused plan on train travel post rail-reform which includes recommendations on ensuring the safety of women and girls on trains.
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions in relation to cases of violence against women and girls on trains in the last five years.
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the (a) British Transport Police and (b) National Police Chiefs Council on levels of violence against women and girls on trains.
28 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding the Holiday Activities and Food programme to all (a) families in receipt of Universal Credit and (b) children and young people living in areas o
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to expand free school meal eligibility as part of the work of the child poverty strategy.
17 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to meet with representatives of faith communities to discuss the potential impact of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme on freedom of religious practice in England an
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce mandatory food waste reporting urgently.
14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sunburn: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the frequency of sunburn in children and young people under 18.
14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Non-ionizing Radiation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS 10-year-plan will include measures to address excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Skin Cancer: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on skin cancer awareness campaigns in each of the last three financial years .
13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Hormone Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on whether there are ongoing trials to assess whether continuing hormone therapy indefinitely after a primary breast cancer diagnosis would prevent this cohort
13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Hormone Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who developed secondary breast cancer after completing the 10-year recommended hormone therapy in the latest period for which data is a
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to resolve the data challenges encountered in the NHS audit from 2006-2011 of the retrospective audit of pelvic mesh.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the retrospective audit of all pelvic floor surgery completed between 2006 and 2011 to be published by NHS England.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of cases of late diagnoses of bowel cancer in emergency NHS settings; and what steps he is taking to reduce this number.
12 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coeliac Disease: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the average waiting time of 13 years for a diagnosis of coeliac disease.
12 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coeliac Disease: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of diagnostic delays on the long-term health of patients with undiagnosed coeliac disease; and what steps he is taking to reduce those delays.
12 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coeliac Disease: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to initial diagnostic blood tests for coeliac disease in primary care settings.
11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Childbirth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 69 of the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee report entitled Preterm Birth: reducing risks and improving lives, HL 30, published on 14 November 2024, if his Departme
10 Dec 2024 · Treasury
Wholesale Trade: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with the food and drink wholesale sector on the classification of wholesale premises as online retail warehouses in the Transforming Business Rates Policy Paper; and what asses
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