Written questions

1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Jul 2022 · Treasury

Foster Care: Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the level of income-tax exemption for foster carers was last revised in respect of care allowances; and if he will make a new adjustment to take account of the rising level of foster care allowances.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Regulation 28 reports from Coroners in England which refer to deaths caused by or contributed to by vaccination were received by (a) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information NHS hospital emergency departments in England provide to his Department on people who have waited for more than 12 hours following arrival in emergency departments.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Platinum Jubilee 2022: Medals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many emergency service personnel engaged in providing charitable helicopter emergency services are eligible for the Platinum Jubilee Medal; and when the eligibility criteria were changed to inc

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in NHS hospitals in Dorset had been waiting for discharge for more than seven days after their hospital care had been completed on the most recent date for which that information

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

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council: Beach Huts

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 22339 on Beach Huts: Property Transfer and with reference to his Department's statutory guidance entitled Guidance on flexible use

28 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 22335 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, in what format information is available on the number of claims which have been concluded which does not i

28 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 16826, whether the reference numbers given to individual applications under the vaccine damage payments scheme are in the public domain; and by wh

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

Local Government: Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy that limited companies owned and controlled by local authorities in England be required to have at least two independent directors; and if he will make

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

Beach Huts: Property Transfer

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 16828 on Beach Huts: Property Transfer, if he will publish the (a) policy objectives and (b) intent and spirit underpinning the Gov

21 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2022 to Question 15172, how many doses of the Astra Zeneca covid-19 vaccine were administered to patients in England in (a) January (b) February and (c) March 2022

21 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2022 to Question 15171 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, if he will publish the advice from the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation on the deployment of the

21 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 14409 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, whether the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) differentiates between coroners' reports

21 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims for payments under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme were (a) assessed and (b) concluded by the Government contractor Crawford and Company in the weeks beginning (i) 6 June and (i)

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential link between the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine and Guillaine-Barre syndrome in the context of the case of Ross Wightman who was awarded compensation from

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Footpaths: Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Notice by the Secretary of State under section 52 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949: Kimmeridge Bay to Highcliffe, published on 6 April

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

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council: Beach Huts

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will intervene to prevent (a) Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council selling its portfolio of beach huts without inviting open market bids and (b) a company owned and cont

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

Overview and Scrutiny Committees

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to require that overview and scrutiny committees established by local authorities in England are chaired by a councillor chosen by opposition councillors, or wh

13 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the (a) application under the vaccine damage payments scheme with Reference VAD 7859 was received and (b) applicant's medical records (i) requested and (ii) returned; and what estimate

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the list of benefits and risks of vaccination against covid-19 published on the NHS website was last (a) reviewed and (b) updated; and what the evidential basis is for clotting problems being

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine remains available across England to people who (a) have not yet been vaccinated and (b) are eligible for a booster vaccination; and whether there are any re

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doses of the Novovax covid-19 vaccine are available in the UK; how many NHS patients have been been given that vaccine; and whether people are able to access that vaccine throughout Englan

8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Government's reasoning is for its policy of annually vaccinating children aged between 2 and 10 years against flu; and if he will publish the cost benefit analysis for this policy.

8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims for payments under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme were assessed by the Government's contractor, Crawford and Company, in the weeks beginning (a) 16 May, (b) 23 May and (c) 30 May

8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has a target for the proportion of children aged 5-15 years whom it wishes to be vaccinated against covid-19; and if he will publish a cost benefit analysis of Government pol

8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June to Question 2325 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what account was taken of Coroners' verdicts in producing that Answer; what weight he attaches to Coroners' verdicts i

8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Jack Hurn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the narrative verdict given by the Birmingham Coroner on 27 May 2022 on the death of Jack Hurn; and if he will take steps to info

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Roads: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of when the results of the Live Labs research programme, including the plastic road trial in Cumbria announced in January 2019, will be published.

1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tixagevimab/cilgavimab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS patients in England have been treated with Evusheld to date; and when will that drug become generally available on prescription to those with immunosuppressed conditions to protect aga

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Household Surveys: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason HM Government's household participation survey offers £10 shopping vouchers to those who complete the survey; and what is the estimated annual cost to the taxpayer of suc

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