Written questions

2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent GP clinical staff there were in (a) Houghton and Sunderland South constituency, (b) the North East and (c) England in 2018-2019.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Ethnic Groups

To the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle levels of unemployment among the BAME community.

5 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will increase funding to create additional capacity in local authority supported housing facilities for elderly people.

4 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Houghton and Sunderland South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time equivalent clinical staff there were in each GP practice in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency in 2018-19.

4 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Unpaid Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessments he has made of the adequacy of financial support available from the public purse for unpaid carers.

4 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate additional funding to support the early diagnosis of dementia.

3 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Leamside Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the feasibility of expanding (a) rail and (b) light rail services on the former Leamside railway line.

3 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Loneliness

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government’s loneliness strategy in helping to tackle loneliness.

3 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of flood defences in the North East.

3 Feb 2020 · Women and Equalities

Employment: Mental Illness

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 in protecting the rights of people with mental health conditions in the work place.

3 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: Males

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy in helping to prevent men aged between 45 and 49 years old from taking their own lives.

27 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of elderly people to engage with NHS digital services.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ofgem: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to amend Ofgem’s remit to incorporate the Government’s Net Zero target.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the two child benefit limit on the income of single parents.

27 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to permit unaccompanied refugees the right to family reunion in the UK.

24 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cervical Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the adequacy of the availability of cervical cancer screenings for women with physical disabilities.

24 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his Department's policy to increase the level of funding for the early stage of clinical trials of dementia medicines.

24 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of elderly people to engage with the NHS App.

24 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish a Green Paper on adult social care.

24 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure sustainable workforce planning for GPs.

30 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of take-up of the flu nasal spray among (a) pre-school children and (b) school-aged children.

30 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of flu nasal spray for (a) pre-school and (b) school-aged children in the winter period 2019-20.

30 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of retail banks on maintaining a physical network of banks for customers that do not use digital services.

30 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Hygiene

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require food outlets to display food hygiene ratings.

28 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to make it easier for secondary breast cancer patients to make use of compassionate access schemes.

28 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of Breast Cancer Now in its report entitled The Unsurvivors, published in October 2019, that (a) one in six responde

28 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the University of Sheffield's October 2019 report entitled Modelling the impact of alcohol duty policies since 2012 in England & Scotland, what assessment his Department has made of the correlation

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions she has had with representatives from the UK automotive sector on the potential effect on car production levels of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

30 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of preparations for the roll-out of the aTIV flu vaccine.

27 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the implications for his Department's policies are of the finding by the Northern Powerhouse Project in its 2018 report, Educating the North, that disadvantaged pupils in the north achieve attainment leve

Source: official written-questions record.