Written questions

2,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting an annual audit of knowledge and skills in the social care workforce.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of NHS staff providing Parkinson's care in (a) the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care System area and (b) England.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with representatives of third sector organisations on the NHS workforce plan.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the levels of breast screening in the most and least deprived areas of England on (a) 1 March 2022 and (b) on 11 November 2022.

3 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Vivastreet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November to Question 72950 on Home Office: Vivastreet, whether her Department has made any payments to Vivastreet since 2017.

2 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Manston Asylum Processing Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 01 November to Question 72951 on Detention Centres: Manston, what is the maximum length of time the Secretary of State can legally authorise an individual to be detained at M

2 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement on Western Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing Centres on Monday 31 October 2022 Col 644, how many new hotels were approved for use for individuals from Manston Immi

1 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been transferred from Manston immigration facility to a hotel since 6 September 2022.

1 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels that could be used to accommodate detainees at the Manston immigration facility (a) was the Home Secretary invited by Home Office officials to approve and (b) did the Home Secretary pe

27 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Manston Asylum Processing Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the maximum amount of time an individual can legally be detained at the Manston immigration facility.

27 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Vivastreet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 190478 on Home Office: Vivastreet, how many times (a) officials and (b) Ministers from her Department met representatives of the website co

26 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Prostitution: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to stop commercial websites partly or wholly dedicated to advertising prostitution from facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation and other sexual offences.

26 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Prostitution

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2021; and what penalty was imposed in cases of conviction.

26 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether every individual affected by the infected blood scandal who is eligible for an interim compensation payment of £100,000 will receive their payment by the end of October 2022.

26 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Manston Asylum Processing Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained at the Manston immigration facility in each month since January 2022; and in each month, how many were (a) women and (b) children.

24 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to mandate higher education institutions and local authorities to work together to ensure appropriate provisions a

24 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to introduce an emergency cost of living provision to the student maintenance loan; and what plans the Government has to review the maintenance loan increase in future years to ensu

24 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will review student maintenance loan household income thresholds and outline a plan update those thresholds to reflect the real terms value compared with 2008.

21 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Higher Education Policy Institute's 2022 soft-power index, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK's soft power of restricting the number of international students in

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the time that would be taken for shale gas extraction to have a significant impact on the level of energy supply; and what recent assessment he

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Low Incomes: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help support low income private renters with the cost of living.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates on the ability of private renters to pay rent.

18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2022 to Question 146652 on Breast Cancer: Screening, whether it is his Department’s policy that women who were invited for breast screenings while covid-19 restri

18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the size of the community pharmacy workforce on the level of pressure on NHS services.

18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has for improving access to technology to help tackle geographical inequalities in health services.

18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to help improve diabetes care in the NHS.

18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the International Safe Abortion Day 2022 which took place on 28 September 2022, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure young people can access early medical abortion v

18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of when dementia diagnosis rates will reach the national target of 66.7 per cent in (a) Kingston upon Hull and (b) the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care System

18 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the variation in the dementia diagnosis rate between local authorities; and if she will make a statement.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, in the context of the increasing cost of living, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support payments to sponsors of Ukrainian refugees on a per person

Source: official written-questions record.