Written questions

2,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to provide medium-term military assistance to Ukraine.

12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what key areas he expects will be covered in the Government’s National Dementia Strategy.

12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the National Dementia Strategy enables people living with dementia to access an accurate and timely diagnosis.

12 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that her policy of transferring people with asylum applications to Rwanda does not result in the separation of families.

12 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the findings and recommendations of the Monitoring Committee, set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership, will be published

12 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources will be provided to the Monitoring Committee, set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership to enable it to fulfil its

12 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will ensure that the Monitoring Committee set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda, for the provision of an asylum partnership, is established before anyone is

12 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Monitoring Committee will set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda to enable the provision of an asylum partnership be established.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to help ensure that the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on school meals does not affect the health of children.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to include the oncoplastic workforce within the updated Framework-15.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) national and (b) local activity is underway to help ensure that potential local restrictions to breast reconstruction surgery are removed.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) research and (b) pilots are underway in the NHS breast screening programme to determine which (i) invitation models and (ii) interventions are most effective in achieving high uptake level

4 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Travellers: Unemployment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the rates of economic inactivity within Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the UK.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travellers: NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of the inclusion of Gypsy/Romany Gypsy, Roma and Irish Traveller as distinct categories in the NHS data dictionary.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Gypsy, Roma and Travellers are living in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of material deprivation on mental health.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of racism on mental health.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the population have been diagnosed with a mental health condition (a) in total and (b) in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the latest period for which figures are availab

4 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Unemployment: Travellers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the rates of economic inactivity within Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the UK.

24 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

EU Grants and Loans and UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what comparative assessment he has made of the amount of funding allocated to communities under the Shared Prosperity Fund and the preceding EU structural funds.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Economic Situation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of levels of regional disparity in economic recovery following the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure value for money in public spending.

21 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Inflation: Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help reduce the impact of inflation on households' cost of living.

21 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Leprosy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Discrimination Against Persons with Leprosy at the UN Human Rights Council 50th Session in June 2022, what steps

21 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tropical Diseases: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the impact of neglected tropical diseases on (a) health, (b) education and (c) employment opportunities for women and girls.

21 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tropical Diseases: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK Government (a) has signed or (b) plans to sign the Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases; and what steps the Government is taking to tackle those d

17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the court backlog on the wellbeing of victims of (a) sexual offences and (b) violent offences.

17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the timeliness of processing criminal court cases.

17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of community sentences at reducing reoffending rates.

17 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle violence against women and girls.

Source: official written-questions record.