Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will make an assessment of the potential for pre-packaged administrations to be open to abuse as a way of passing on pension liabilities to the Pension Protection Fund.
24 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rehabilitation Centres: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many residential drugs treatment services have been made available for (a) men and (b) women in the North East in each of the last five years.
23 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electricians: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals for the certification of electricians with a specialism in the repair of white goods and small appliances.
23 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals (a) to improve and regulate qualifications for PAT testing and (b) to ensure those qualifications cannot be gained through online on
23 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to define the standard of competency required for landlords meeting their electrical safety obligation to tenants.
23 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which public body is responsible for providing support to cancer patients to access radiotherapy when those people live long distances from radiotherapy centres.
19 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Clinical Commissioning Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the merits of the change from primary care trusts to clinical commissioning groups for the NHS.
19 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Clinical Commissioning Groups: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on public engagement in the NHS of the proposed merger of five clinical commissioning groups in the North East.
18 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rehabilitation Centres: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the (a) funding for and (b) provision of residential drug treatment services.
18 Jul 2019 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much time is allocated to police officers for continuing professional development in mental health training.
18 Jul 2019 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much time is allocated for new police recruits to receive mental health training prior to their first deployment.
18 Jul 2019 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving access to mental health services in order to reduce the number of mental health related incidents attend
18 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rehabilitation Centres: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of residential drug recovery services for women in County Durham.
17 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's Commissioner-based Cancer Waiting Times for May 2019 (Provisional), published on 11 July 2019, for what reason the NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinica
17 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of public health funding for smoking cessation services in County Durham.
16 Jul 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will introduce a 9pm watershed on advertising of junk food products on (a) TV and (b) on-demand services.
16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a fully-funded long-term cancer workforce plan for the NHS to help ensure increased patient demand is met.
16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to reduce the number of emergency cancer diagnoses in County Durham.
9 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the consultation on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund has been delayed; and what the new timetable is for its commencement.
9 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 272815 on Personal Independence Payment, what assessment he has made of the effect of the quality-driven approach to personal independence payment on th
8 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Naloxone: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) accessibility and (b) provision of take-home naloxone in County Durham to help reduce drug-related deaths.
4 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport
A19
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will allocate funding to (a) improve road safety and (b) ensure sufficient capacity on the A19 in respect of traffic created by the Jade Business Park in Murton and the South of Seaham Garden Village.
3 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether isolated incidents of sleepwalking between the ages of 13 to 18 years old constitutes grounds for a permanent bar to entry to the armed forces.
3 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2019 to Question 270341 on Personal Independence Payment, what improvements to processing mandatory reconsiderations have been made since her Department adopted the qual
28 Jun 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard children against exposure to gambling opportunities associated with (a) in-app and (b) in-game purchases on gaming consoles and mobile de
28 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Cleaning Services and Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will conduct a review of hospital (a) food and (b) cleaning contracts to assess the potential merits of bringing those services in-house to improve (i) food standards and (ii) infection contr
27 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the uptake of pension credit in Easington constituency.
27 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2019 to Question 265494 on fire extinguishers, if he will publish any assessment carried out by his Department into the cost of retrofitting spr
27 Jun 2019 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2019 to Question 265493 on Fire and Rescue Services, what criteria his Department used to determine that £2.3 billion would adequately resource the Fire and Rescue Se
27 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2019 to Question 267733 on Personal Independence Payment: County Durham, if she will make it her policy to (a) establish and (b) publish a waiting time target for proce
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