Written questions
425 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Jan 2017 · Scotland Office
Income Tax: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential effect of variation of income tax rates.
12 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
Neurological Diseases: Bradford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will hold discussions with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on patients with muscle-wasting conditions in the area and their access to neuromuscular care advice.
6 Dec 2016 · Women and Equalities
LGBT People: Bullying
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps the Government has taken to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying; and if she will make a statement.
6 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
Palliative Care: LGBT People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve palliative and end-of-life care for LGBT people.
6 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
Health Services and Social Services: LGBT People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the needs of LGBT people are recognised when planning and commissioning health and social care services; and how his Department plans to monitor its progress in r
6 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to encourage leaders of local health and care systems to work together with local services to deliver good-quality end of life care for LGBT and other people.
24 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Palliative Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to contribute more funding to palliative care organisations.
24 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Terminal Illnesses: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to support terminally ill children and their families.
1 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Civil Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the Government has made on protecting the armed forces from persistent legal claims.
24 Oct 2016 · Women and Equalities
Bullying: Schools
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to (a) tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools and (b) establish inclusive schools.
2 Sep 2016 · Department for Education
Children: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities fulfil their duty to provide short breaks for disabled children.
2 Sep 2016 · Department of Health
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide seed funding to voluntary sector organisations to provide services to improve the transition between child and adult health services.
20 Jul 2016 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the planned early years workforce strategy will increase recruitment and improve retention of early years teachers.
18 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
HIV/AIDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the proportion of adults with HIV that had a CD4 cell count below 350 within 91 days of diagnosis in (a) England, (b) each parliamentary constituency and (c) each local aut
18 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
HIV/AIDS: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HIV tests were undertaken in (a) England, (b) each parliamentary constituency and (c) each local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available.
18 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
HIV/AIDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people accessed HIV care in (a) England and (b) each parliamentary constituency in the most recent year for which figures are available.
18 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
HIV/AIDS: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults were newly diagnosed with HIV in (a) England, (b) each parliamentary constituency and (c) each local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available.
18 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
HIV/AIDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library data showing the (a) number of people living with HIV, (b) number of HIV deaths and (c) level of HIV prevalence in (i) England, (ii) each parliamentary constituency and (iii) each l
2 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
Blood: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) timeline are of review of blood donations policy.
12 Jan 2016 · Department of Health
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status is of Operational Resilience Capacity Planning for 2014-15; and what the status is of the retained funding for flu vaccinations for clinicians in the independent sector.
24 Nov 2015 · Department for Education
Schools: Pudsey
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to meet demand for school places in Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough.
13 Nov 2015 · Department of Health
Influenza: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to fund influenza vaccinations for clinical staff in the independent and voluntary sector in 2014-15; and how much of that funding was spent on (a) residential, (b) domiciliary and (c) other
27 Oct 2015 · Scotland Office
Department for International Development: East Kilbride
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contribution staff at the Department for International Development office in East Kilbride have made to the delivery of UK development policy over the last twelve months.
9 Oct 2015 · Department of Health
Heart Diseases: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated to each NHS Trust for children's congenital heart disease services in each year since 1995.
9 Oct 2015 · Department of Health
Heart Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to each region for providing congenital heart disease services.
15 Sep 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps a local authority must take to revise a housing target provisionally set out in its local plan.
8 Sep 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the statutory maximum grant available for a Disabled Facilities Grant increases in line with inflation.
8 Sep 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Housing: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of accessible homes for people with (a) muscular dystrophy, (b) neuromuscular conditions and (c) other progressive conditions.
6 Jul 2015 · Department of Health
Department of Health: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation, No voice heard, no right ignored, a consultation for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions, which closed on
29 Jun 2015 · Department of Health
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of research funding into pancreatic cancer in each of the last five years; how that figure compares to funding for research on other cancer types; and if he
Source: official written-questions record.