Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Tests: Bottles

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NHS plans to suspend the rationing of blood tests as a result of the shortage of blood collection tubes.

7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Tests: Bottles

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the capacity of NHS stores to enable the holding of a greater supply of each product in the context of the shortage of blood collection tubes.

6 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to replace Council Tax with a Proportional Property Tax.

6 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding is being made available to help increase cancer survival rates.

6 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding will be made available to (a) expand the NHS workforce and (b) ensure that education and training is fit for the future as outlined in the NHS People Plan 2020/2021.

6 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS People Plan 2020/2021, what additional funding will be required to (a) expand the NHS workforce and (b) ensure that education and training is fit for the future.

6 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the progress made towards delivering the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to diagnose three-quarters of cancers at an early stage by 2028.

6 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) steps his Department has taken and (b) recent progress has been made towards increasing cancer survival rates.

3 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Expenditure: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Disabled Children’s Partnerships Left Behind report, published on 16 July 2021, what plans he has to provide ring-fenced additional funding for disabled children’s physiothera

3 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Expenditure: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Disabled Children’s Partnerships Left Behind report, published on 16 July 2021, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding specific covid-19 recovery polic

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beaches: Seaham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates water samples have been taken at (a) Seaham Beach and (b) Seaham Hall Beach for the Environment Agency Bathing Water Quality tests for the current bathing season.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seas and Oceans: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a statutory duty for water companies to display pollution alerts near bathing waters for at least 48 hours after a sewage discharge event.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase public awareness of the copper broadband switch off and the potential effect of that switch off on internet access.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make additional funding available to help improve early diagnosis and detection of pancreatic cancer.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that pancreatic cancer patients receive treatment within 20 days of diagnosis.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients after diagnosis.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a public awareness campaign targeting young people on water safety and drowning prevention.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Education

Swimming: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will introduce compulsory education focused on water safety and drowning prevention for school aged children and young people.

22 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Custodial Treatment: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which custodial establishments have brought (a) catering and (b) other services back in-house; and if he will make a statement.

22 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Early Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers have left service as a result of (a) taking early retirement and (b) occupational ill-health by age group in each of the last five years.

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many candidates have received a (a) full and (b) partial refund where a complaint was raised concerning the curtailment of a driving test due to covid-19 safety measures.

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the equalities impact of the curtailment of driving tests due to covid-19-safety measures.

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with refence to the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency, whether he plans to change the legal requirements for the length of on road time for inspectors of driving tests.

20 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints his Department has received from (a) candidates and (b) others on the lack of availability of driving tests as a result of covid-19 restrictions.

20 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency curtailed as a covid-19 safety measure since March 2020; and of those, how many tests were curtailed in the first 10 minutes under that measure.

20 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support is available to businesses forced to close as a result of staff shortages from employees self-isolating following a notification from the NHS Test and Trace app.

20 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Military Decorations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will revise the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal criteria to (a) remove the service cut-off dates and (b) provide equal opportunity to all veterans to receive the medal based on 15 years of service, with

19 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Reading Buses

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2021 to Question 30342 on Buses: Ventilation, if the Department will seek information on the air filtration system used by Reading Buses.

15 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Razors

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the attack on a prison officer at HMP Swansea on 12 June 2021, what steps he is taking to limit access for prisoners to razor blades.

15 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Razors

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the attack on a prison officer at HMP Swansea on 12 June 2021, what assessment he has made of the effect on prison safety of allowing prisoners access to razor blades.

Source: official written-questions record.