Written questions

333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of improved recognition of palliative care needs and services outside hospitals on (a) the standard of palliative care in the UK and (b) annual hosp

17 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will increase their investment in (a) palliative and (b) hospice care for 2021 to support people approaching the end of life.

2 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Scampton

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to progress the development of the RAF Scampton site; if he will engage with potential developers or purchasers for the site; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the disposal of the

2 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2020 to Question 99518 on Abortion: Private Sector, whether the incidents of complications relating to home medical abortion referred to in an NHS email of 21 M

2 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to an NHS email of 21 May 2020 from a Regional Chief Midwife on the reported escalating risk relating to home medical abortions, what assessment he has made of the veracity of incide

12 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disadvantaged and Poverty: Gainsborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the causes of poverty and deprivation in the South West ward of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire; and if she will make a statement.

3 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Congenital Abnormalities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to review the 2010 guidelines on the Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality in England, Scotland and Wales from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecol

2 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Collective Worship: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Places of Worship Taskforce was consulted on the announcement that communal worship will not be allowed during the new covid-19 lockdown.

2 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Collective Worship and Weddings: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the (a) covid-19 lockdown process on the human right to practice religion corporately and (b) ban on marriages during lockdown on the

30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the HSA4 Abortion Notification forms received by the Department of Health and Social Care since 1st January 2020, how many abortions have been carried out under Ground E; and how

21 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on second trimester abortion of the finding of the British Medical Journal article, Reconsidering fetal pain, published on 14

13 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that safe and healthy pregnancy information is communicated effectively as outlined in the NHS' guidance entitled Saving Babies’ Lives Version T

13 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Marie Stopes International: Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to Marie Stopes International over the last five years for spending overseas (a) in total and (b) on the provision o

6 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have died as a result following abortion carried out in a private clinic in the last five years.

6 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to investigate the reasons for the annual increase in the number of abortions performed in private clinics.

1 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Gift Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the rate of Gift Aid under an enhanced Gift Aid scheme to help civil society sector recover from the covid-19 outbreak.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference Melanoma UK's report entitled, State of the Nation: Non Melanoma Skin Cancer, published in March 2020, if he will make it his Department's policy to highlight the importance of weari

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available patients with non-melanoma skin cancer to help with the psychological effect of (a) the disease and (b) the treatment for that disease.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference Melanoma UK's report entitled, State of the Nation: Non Melanoma Skin Cancer, published in March 2020, what steps he is taking to increase public awareness of non-melanoma skin cance

8 Jun 2020 · Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body

Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Right hon. Member for East Hampshire representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, with reference to the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal press release published on 19 May 2020, what the names are of the people appointed to the

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what correspondence his Department has had with (a) Marie Stopes, (b) BPAS, (c) RCOG, and (d) CQC on (a) monitoring compliance of use of abortion pills at home with the practice of use before the e

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, at what phase of the easing of covid-19 restrictions the Government plans to reverse the changes to abortion regulation made on 30 March 2020.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women beyond 10 weeks' gestation have taken both sets of abortion pills in their home since 1 April 2020.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism and Learning Disability: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support the needs of (a) autistic people and (b) people with learning difficulties during the covid-19 outbreak.

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department undertook a risk assessment before issuing the March 2020 Approval of a Class of Places approval enabling at-home abortions.

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is able to ensure that a woman prescribed both abortion pills (a) over the phone, (b) via video conference and (c) by other electronic means will consume (i) both pills and (

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to record any complications that result from at-home abortions; and whether the NHS will be required to report on the number of women that are admitted to hospital for comp

10 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Divorce

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral contribution of 3 March 2020 of the Advocate General for Scotland in Committee on the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill, HL Deb column 579, if he will publish the evidence base for the

21 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Red Arrows

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team plans to vacate RAF Scampton; and to which RAF base that Team will relocate.

4 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research her Department has undertaken into victims of sexual abuse and exploitation being forced to undergo abortions; and if she will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.