Written questions
2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Mar 2020 · Home Office
Emergency Services Network: Cumbria
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timescale is for Emergency Services Network and Extended Area Service masts in (a) Kentmere, (b) Longsleddale and (c) Langdale becoming operational.
11 Mar 2020 · Home Office
Emergency Services: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the (a) reliability and (b) adequacy of emergency services access to mobile coverage in (i) Kentmere, (ii) Longsleddale and (iii) Langdale.
3 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Greece: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps is he taking with his international counterparts to respond to the increase in refugees leaving Turkey seeking to enter Greece since Turkey opened it’s borders on 28 February 2
2 Mar 2020 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: Conduct
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who enforces the Ministerial Code against the Prime Minister; and what the process is of that enforcement.
27 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Offensive Weapons Act 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to consult with businesses on the potential effect of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 prior to its implementation.
27 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that the NHS England website provides guidance to patients on current waiting times.
27 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of hospital waiting times listed on the NHS England website.
21 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to inform employers of the entitlement to work of people with pre-settled status.
4 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on circulating information on the EU Settled Status Scheme to EU citizens and communities in rural and other hard to reach areas of the UK.
4 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to continue beyond 2020-21 her Department's plan to resettle 5,000–6,000 refugees in that year.
4 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Asylum: Interviews
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many substantive asylum interviews were conducted (a) in total and (b) by video conference in 2019.
29 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Livestock: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the recent outbreak of coronavirus, if she will bring forward proposals to (a) prevent animal disease and (b) ensure animal (i) health and (ii) welfare in the Agricul
29 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Livestock: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made on the effect of preventable disease on the (a) health, (b) welfare, (c) productivity and (d) sustainability of agriculture.
29 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Livestock: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of routine vaccination in livestock; and whether she will provide support to farmers delivering a preventative approach to livestoc
21 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients travel for more than 45 minutes a day to access radiotherapy treatment; and if he will make a statement.
21 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the potential savings to the public purse from purchasing Linear Accelerator radiotherapy machines on a planned and rolling basis; and if he will make a statement
21 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of upgrading the NHS stock of Linear Accelerator radiotherapy machines to ensure that no machine is used beyond its recommended 10-year lif
21 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of linear accelerator radiotherapy machines in use at NHS Trusts that are past the recommended 10 year lifespan; and if he will make a statement.
13 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Myanmar: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps he has taken to prevent further human rights violations against the Rohingya.
13 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission 24-hour specialist emergency services for mental health patients; and if he will make a statement.
13 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eating Disorders: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to introduce the specialist one-to-one eating disorder service for young people in south Cumbria.
13 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Cumbria
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated from the public purse to preventative mental health programmes in Cumbria in each year from 2010 to 2020.
13 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Second Homes: Council Tax
What recent assessment the Government has made of the effect on local communities of second home owners using council tax avoidance schemes.
19 Dec 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place in the Library a list of each location, including postcode, at which radiotherapy commissioned via the NHS in England is delivered by the (i) NHS and (ii) private sector; and if he
22 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the mandatory reconsideration process is an effective means of redress for applicants who have not been awarded personal independence payment.
22 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the mandatory reconsideration process.
30 Sep 2019 · Treasury
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his announcement of 28 September 2019 of £16.6 billion to guarantee funding for organisations in receipt of EU programme funding in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, whether charit
5 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 3 September 2019, HCWS1809, HS2 Update, what the timescale is for HS2 Ltd announcing the award of the contract for the first phase of the rolling stock for High Speed
2 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of cancer patients that turn down radiotherapy due to the distances involved in travelling to radiotherapy centres.
25 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside Stewardship Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she make an assessment of the potential merits of offering Higher Level Stewardship rollovers to agreements expiring throughout the transition period in order to maintain environmen
Source: official written-questions record.