Written questions

Dame Diana Johnson

2,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the levels of child poverty in (a) the Kingston upon Hull North constituency and (b) England.

18 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2020 to Question 30704, on HIV Infection, what steps he is taking in the forthcoming sexual and reproductive health strategy to (a) improve health-related quality o

18 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the five week wait for universal credit claimants who are fleeing domestic violence.

18 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy Tests and Thalidomide: Congenital Abnormalities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 638, on Independent Review, what assessment the Government has made of the causal association between (a) Thalidomide and (b) oral hormone pregnanc

18 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 140, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting a zero covid-19 strategy; and whe

18 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: War Crimes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how his Department plans to work with the Ethiopian Government to allow for UN-mandated independent investigations into alleged war crimes rather than a combined effort by th

17 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches all areas in Tigray.

17 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of reports of the use of extra judicial killings in Tigray.

17 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent rape being used as a weapon of war in Tigray.

17 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the article entitled Tigray Is Being Deliberately Starved to Death by Alex de Waal, publis

17 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the withdrawal of Eritrean and Amhara forces from Tigray.

12 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of localising contact tracing and giving local authorities control of covid-19 test and trace.

12 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to implement the nine recommendations of the the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review report.

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Test and Trace

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the current efficacy of the NHS Test and Trace scheme.

11 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government has taken to legally recognise British Sign Language.

11 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of adopting a zero covid-19 strategy.

11 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take in response to recent increased levels of unrest between Palestinians and Israelis.

11 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to (a) set targets for the reduction of plastic pollution, (b) publish a strat

21 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support NHS staff who contracted covid-19 while working and who are now unable to work as a result of developing long covid.

21 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the removal of the spare room subsidy on debt levels since the outbreak of covid-19.