Written questions
239 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Children's Commissioner for England: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to the Office of the Children’s Commissioner in each of the last five years.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Quality Commission: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the Care Quality Commission in each of the last five years.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the most common reasons for delayed discharges of patients who no longer meet the criteria to reside in hospital.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average length of stay in hospital for patients who no longer met the criteria to reside in hospital and were waiting to be discharged in the last 12 months.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS patients were in hospital waiting to be discharged in the first week of January 2023 in each NHS Trust in England.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS patients were waiting to be discharged from hospital in the (a) first week of January 2023 and (b) the same time period for each of the last 13 years.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the annual spend of social care providers on agency care workers in 2022.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the (a) average age, (b) gender breakdown and (c) ethnicity of the social care workforce.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Termination of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of social care staff who have left the sector and moved to a job in (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) the NHS in each of the last 13 years
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Termination of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of paid care workers have left the social care sector in each of the last 13 years.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Better Care Fund: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the Better Care Fund will be spent on supporting unpaid family carers.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respite Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many family carers received respite breaks in each of the last 12 months.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respite Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average number of days of respite care services received by family carers in each of the last 13 years.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respite Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many days' worth of respite care services have been received by family carers in each of the last 13 years.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average weekly cost of (a) local authority funded and (b) self-funded nursing care in each of the last 13 years.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average hourly cost of (a) local authority funded and (b) self-funded nursing care in each of the last 13 years.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average annual cost of (a) local authority funded and (b) self-funded residential care in each of the last 13 years.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average weekly cost of (a) local authority funded and (b) self-funded residential care in each of the last 13 years.
30 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Home Care Services: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average hourly cost of (a) local authority-funded and (b) self-funded home care was in each of the last 13 years.
6 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
Mental Health Services: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with learning disabilities have been held on mental health wards in each of the last three years.
6 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
Mental Health Services: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with a diagnosis of autism have been held on mental health wards in each of the last three years.
6 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with learning disabilities are on the waiting list for a Care and Treatment Review.
20 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a health condition affecting their hearing have received support from Access to Work grants to (a) start work, (b) stay in work and (c) move into self-employment.
20 May 2016 · Department of Health
Carer's Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) longest wait was for a carers' assessment after an initial request was made since the introduction of the Carers Act 2014.
20 May 2016 · Department of Health
Carer's Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received a carers' assessment since the introduction of the Carers Act 2014.
20 May 2016 · Department of Health
Carer's Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are currently on the waiting list for a carers' assessment.
15 Apr 2016 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Financial Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of mobile financial services on levels of extreme poverty in developing countries.
15 Apr 2016 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Financial Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has provided support to developing countries to encourage financial inclusion.
15 Apr 2016 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Financial Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has provided support to developing countries to formulate regulations on mobile financial services.
15 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) longest length of time was that patients with a diagnosis of autism who were (i) adults and (ii) children were held on mental health wards in each of the last three years because they
Source: official written-questions record.