Written questions
3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Assistance Animals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of assistance dogs.
24 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Assistance Animals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all those whose lives could be improved by an assistance dog have access to one.
24 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Assistance Animals
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who depend on assistance dogs are not rejected by taxis and private hire vehicles.
24 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people, particularly those within the highest risk groups, are aware of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
24 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the NHS has made on research into the (a) causes and (b) potential cures for people with rheumatoid arthritis.
24 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Arthritis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the UK population suffer from rheumatoid arthritis.
19 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion: Counselling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide counselling for women who have had an abortion performed in a private clinic.
19 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion: Cleft Palate
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recent release of Abortion Statistics for England and Wales 2018 showing that at least 15 unborn babies were terminated due to a cleft palate or cleft lip, if he will make an
19 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion: Analgesics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the release of the Abortion Statistics for England and Wales in 2018 that show a 19 per cent increase in abortions at 24 weeks or more for disability, whether the women who had la
13 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the EU Directive 96/29/Euratom on safety standards relating to ionizing radiation, whether the Government is funding the implementation of the guidelines set out in that directive.
13 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the EU Directive 96/29/Euratom on safety standards relating to ionizing radiation, whether (a) former armed service personnel involved in nuclear testing and (b) all those persons pote
13 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the EU Directive 96/29/Euratom on safety standards relating to ionizing radiation, whether all those persons potentially exposed to ionizing radiation are receiving regular medical scr
13 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the EU Directive 96/29/Euratom on safety standards relating to ionizing radiation, whether all persons potentially exposed to ionizing radiation are receiving independent examination
13 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the EU Directive 96/29/Euratom on safety standards relating to ionizing radiation, how the national register of persons potentially exposed to ionizing radiation can be accessed; and w
13 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the EU Directive 96/29/Euratom on safety standards relating to ionizing radiation, whether these is a national register of all persons potentially exposed to ionizing radiation.
9 May 2019 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2019 to Question 231428, since what year his Department has used that single source of data on illegal abortions overseas; and what the cost to the public purs
9 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the article entitled When Ethics and politics collide in donor funded global health research, published in the Lancet on 22 March 2019, what research commissioned by his Departmen
9 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the article entitled When Ethics and politics collide in donor funded global health research, published in the Lancet on 22 March 2019, what steps he is taking to ensure that his
8 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include abortion providers among those organisations which must provide a disclosure statement when responding to public consultations.
8 May 2019 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that there is (a) robust decision making in respect of reducing illegal abortions overseas and (b) no conflict of interest between Planned Parenthoo
8 May 2019 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will publish his Department's detailed country policy analyses pertaining to the Effectiveness Evaluation of the Prevention of Maternal Deaths from Unwanted Pregnancy Programme.
7 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the recommendation made by the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Licensing and in response to the representations made by the Mayor of (a) London and (b) Greater Manchester, if he
7 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of defining (a) pre-booked and (b) plying for hire in law in response to recommendation made by the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Licensing
7 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 240585 on Taxis: Licensing, what the timeframe is for his Department to bring forward legislative proposals on restricting cross-border hiring by private hire
7 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 232503 on Taxis: Licensing, what the timeframe is for bringing forward legislative proposals to reform taxi and private hire licensing laws.
5 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to place restrictions on the expansion of out of town shopping centres to protect high streets.
5 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) out of town shopping centres and (b) online shopping on the health of town centres and high streets.
5 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Community Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to improve social cohesion.
5 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Recreation Spaces
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support the provision of new parks and green spaces and (b) maintain existing parks and green spaces.
5 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help young people to get on the housing ladder.
Source: official written-questions record.