Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Pupils: Period Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school days missed by girls due to being unable to afford sanitary products.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will lower the 40 per cent debt recovery level for people in receipt of universal credit that have children.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has held with the Ministry of Justice on waiting times for social security tribunal hearings.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria is for placing a person in the Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work category without attending a work capability assessment.

6 Sep 2018 · Treasury

Sanitary Products: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been raised for the public purse from VAT on sanitary products in each of the last three years; and how much funding has been distributed to charities through the Tampon Tax Fund by region.

6 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on patient eligibility for NHS prescription delivery services.

6 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual cost to the NHS is of providing a prescription delivery service.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of buses in (a) England and (b) the North East have next stop announcements.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Government's review of pavement parking following the withdrawal of the Pavement Parking (Protection of Vulnerable Pedestrians) Bill 2015-16.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on pavement parking.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals for the electricification of the Durham Coast Line to facilitate the future expansion of Tyne and Wear metro services into the Easington constituency.

6 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the reoffending rate for people receiving a prison sentence of less than 12 months in the latest period for which figures are available.

6 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) six month and (b) 12 month prison sentences on reducing reoffending.

6 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Succession: Dispute Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the potential merits of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in relation to inheritance estate dispute cases in the civil court.

6 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Proceedings: Low Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is he taking to improve access to the civil courts for people with limited financial means.

6 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison officer to prisoner ratio is for prisons outsourced to the private sector.

6 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how NHS England monitors clinical commissionng groups' cancer treatment performance in respect of access to advanced radiotherapy; and what steps NHS England takes to address instances of poor perf

6 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of levels of funding on the ability of the NHS to increase access to radiotherapy.

6 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: Hearing Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will exempt people with Alzheimers and dementia from charges for the replacement of lost hearing aids.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the cost to the public purse of the establishment of freephone numbers for patients to contact GP surgeries.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of cancer patients received treatment within the 62-day target after an urgent GP referral in each region in each of the last five years.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve data access and sharing arrangements between the Health and Social Care Information Centre and NHS England.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of Clinical Commissioning Groups to improve access to advanced radiotherapy.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money the NHS has collected in prescription fines in each of the last five years.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff are employed by the NHS to (a) administer and (b) collect prescription fines.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescription fines have been successfully appealed in each of the last five years.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescription fines were issued in each of the last five years.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the NHS was to (a) administer and (b) collect prescription fines in the last 12 months.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Adrenaline Auto-injectors: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of days supply of epipen available to the NHS.

5 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a notification on the medical files of military veterans to help increase awareness in the NHS of that service's responsibilities under the Military Covenant.

Source: official written-questions record.