Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ratings were trained on tonnage tax qualifying vessels in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.

24 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) enable and (b) fund urgent access to the drug Luspatercept for extremely vulnerable transfusion-dependent RARS Myelodysplastic Synrdomes patients in the absence of a

24 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure equitable access to Exjade for Myelodysplastic Syndrome patients across the country.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to end sewage discharges into bathing waters by 2030.

21 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve working conditions for the radiotherapy workforce including (a) improving access to necessary IT infrastructure and (b) reducing pressures following t

21 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional investment his Department is putting into (a) radiotherapy machines and (b) IT infrastructure and software to provide additional capacity in response to the cancer backlog following

21 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the Action Radiotherapy’s flash survey from May 2021, what plans his Department has to tackle the challenges facing the radiotherapy workforce including (a) capaci

21 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many HM Courts & Tribunals Service staff are in post at each workplace on the HMCTS estate.

18 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Paragraph 5 of the Civil Service Management Code, what guidance governs (a) the circumstances in which Ministers may make undertakings that legislation

18 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2021 to Question 5182 on Civil Service: Conditions of Employment, if he will specify (a) whether the legislative provisions which apply t

16 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Government Property Agency: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that the proposed pay changes announced as part of the Government Property Agency’s 10 South Colonnade Facilities Management contract in

16 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Government Property Agency: Mitie

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how Mitie Group Plc has performed against the Government Property Agency’s Facilities Management contract requirement to give its staff an effective voice.

16 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Mitie: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of whether Mitie’s indication to some of its staff working on civil service contracts that it will fire and rehire them if they do not agree t

16 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Government Property Agency: Mitie

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts the Government Property Agency has for facility management with Mitie.

15 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of access to relevant drugs for MDS patients in England.

15 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle regional disparities in drug access for MDS patients in England.

15 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2021 to Question 12107 on Work Capability Assessment, how many face to face assessments have been carried out at (a) Elvet House Assessment Centre in Durham, (b) Park T

9 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homes England

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4 of the Civil Service management code: November 2016, whether Homes England is required to comply with the obligation set out in that code on submitt

9 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homes England: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date he became aware of proposals involving fire and rehiring of staff in Homes England; and whether he approved those measures.

9 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homes England: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he approved the recourse to fire and rehiring of staff if the unions and staff in Homes England did not accept the new pay proposals when agreeing to parts of the pay bus

9 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homes England: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the fire and rehire proposals tabled by senior managers in Homes England; and if he will make a statement.

9 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a social care standard to ensure that service users are given (a) a named carer and (b) an approximate time for each social care appointment.

8 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Channel Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of Article (a) 18 and (b) 19 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on passenger ferry services operated between

8 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Electronic Surveillance: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take in response to the recent European Court of Human Rights ruling in the case of Big Brother Watch and Others v the UK (application nos. 58170/13, 62322/14 and 24969/15) on

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7143 on Work Capability Assessment, how many people have received a face to face assessment in Easington constituency since 17 May 2021.

4 Jun 2021 · Women and Equalities

Equality Act 2010

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will introduce an enforcement mechanism for the Equality Act 2010 for circumstances where a disabled person does not have the financial means to enforce their rights in civil court.

4 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Cyprus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met representatives of the Maritime Register of Cyprus to discuss maritime safety standards on Cypriot registered ferries operating on international routes from UK ports.

4 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Irish Ferries: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of Irish Ferries' planned operation of cross-Channel ferry services on the number of UK (a) officers and (b) ratings in training each year.

4 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Irish Ferries: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of Irish Ferries' planned operation of cross-Channel ferry services on the terms and conditions of employment of UK seafarers on ferry services between Dover

4 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Irish Ferries: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of seafarer (a) officer and (b) ratings jobs that will be created in the UK from Irish Ferries' planned operation of cross-Channel ferry services later in 2021.

Source: official written-questions record.