Written questions

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of staff in clinical leadership positions within the NHS at the latest date for which such figures are available identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.

4 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS medical practitioners at the latest date for which such figures are available identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.

4 Dec 2014 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of HM Majesty's Inspectors at the latest date for which such figures are available identify as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.

4 Dec 2014 · Department for Education

Schools: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to increase representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions in schools.

25 Nov 2014 · Department for Education

Children's Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on ensuring that children's centres have access to live birth data for their catchment areas.

20 Nov 2014 · Department for International Development

Africa: Breast Ironing

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department is doing to help end the practice of breast-ironing in Western, Eastern and Central African countries.

20 Nov 2014 · Home Office

Breast Ironing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a study to establish the prevalence of breast-ironing in the UK amongst the Western, Eastern and Central African disapora communities.

20 Nov 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Africa: Breast Ironing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help end the practice of breast-ironing in Western, Eastern and Central African countries.

19 Nov 2014 · Department of Health

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research on (a) innovative pathways to diagnose cancer earlier and (b) encouraging the use of such pathways in the NHS.

17 Nov 2014 · Department of Health

Drugs: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking with NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to help local drugs and therapeutics networks to improve access to off-patent drugs.

11 Nov 2014 · Department of Health

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will produce a new national cancer plan for the next Parliament which prioritises the importance of early diagnosis.

7 Nov 2014 · Department of Health

Meningitis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will commission a carriage study into whether the meningococcal group B vaccine Bexsero should be extended and administered to adolescents and students.

7 Nov 2014 · Department of Health

Meningitis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timescale his Department has set for rolling out the meningococcal group B vaccine Bexsero to all babies as part of the national immunisation programme.

15 Oct 2014 · Department of Health

Ovarian Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase early identification of ovarian cancer.

14 Oct 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Childbirth: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will undertake research into the effects of having a baby prematurely born on a mother's labour market attachment.

11 Sep 2014 · Department of Health

Childbirth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all mothers who give birth to a premature baby receive the necessary psychological support.

9 Sep 2014 · Women and Equalities

Government Equalities Office

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessments have been made since 2010 of the potential merits of establishing the Government Equalities Office within a permanent parent department or as a standalone department.

9 Sep 2014 · Department of Health

Intersex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings Ministers or officials in his Department have had with individuals or groups representing intersex people about NHS services for and the needs of intersex people.

9 Sep 2014 · Women and Equalities

Intersex

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had with individuals or groups representing intersex people.

8 Sep 2014 · Women and Equalities

Transgender People: Human Rights

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the extent to which government policy on gender identity conforms to the Yogyakarta Principles on human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity; and

8 Sep 2014 · Women and Equalities

Government Equalities Office

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what the financial cost has been of moving the Government Equalities Office between parent Departments since 2010.

8 Sep 2014 · Women and Equalities

Government Equalities Office

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effect on organisational capacity and productivity of moving the Government Equalities Office between parent Departments since 2010.