Written questions

2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what processes on the enforcement of cyber security guidelines were undertaken when he acquired his current smartphone.

12 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the level of threat to cyber security posed by the use of voice recognition software; and if he will make a statement.

12 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of (a) Ministers and (b) senior civil servants enabling voice recognition software on their smartphones; and what discussions he has had with the Cabinet Office

12 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training he has undertaken on the (a) use of smartphones and (b) security risks smartphones pose; whether he has undertaken any such training since 3 July 2018; and whether he plans to attend any such traini

11 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Misoprostol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of approving the home as a place for pregnant women to take misoprostol.

11 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 25 June to Question 155782 on Courts: Sunderland, what progress has been made by the HMCTS Property Board's deliberations on the future of the Sunderland court estate.

11 Jul 2018 · Cabinet Office

Ministry of Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cyber security training has been undertaken by the Secretary of State for Defence.

11 Jul 2018 · Cabinet Office

Ministry of Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans further cyber security training for the Secretary of State for Defence; and whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on cyber security.

4 Jul 2018 · Cabinet Office

Ministers and Senior Civil Servants: Mobile Phones

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Cyber Security Centre has made an assessment of the potential risk to the security of (a) Ministers and (b) senior civil servants of having voice recognition software enabled on mobile phone

20 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter of 6 March 2018 from the Under-Secretary of State for Justice to the hon. Members for Houghton and Sunderland South and for Sunderland Central, what progress has been made on the futu

14 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the UK’s ability to launch a network of satellites equivalent to the EU’s Galileo satellite navigation system; what estimate his Departm

14 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Galileo System

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for job losses as a result of the UK withdrawing from the Galileo satellite navigation system.

15 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Misoprostol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of approving the home as a place for pregnant women to take misoprostol.

1 May 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of suicides which occurred on UK railway lines in each of the last 15 years.

13 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2018 to Question 134184, whether his Department has plans to start collecting data on the number of children sent out of area to receive mental health treatment.

26 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) adults and (b) children and young people within the Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group were sent out of area to receive mental health treatment in 2016-17.

12 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new non-TUPE members of staff were hired directly by wholly-owned subsidiaries of NHS trusts in the 2016-17 financial year.

12 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has provided to NHS trusts on the future hiring of new non-TUPE staff on contracts with their wholly-owned subsidiary companies.

12 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the access to standard NHS pension arrangements that new non-TUPE staff were granted by wholly-owned subsidiaries of NHS trusts in the 2016-17 financial yea

12 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the terms that new non-TUPE members of staff were employed on by wholly-owned subsidiaries of NHS trusts in the 2016-17 financial year.

5 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people applied to undertake undergraduate mental health nursing degrees in the UK in each of the last five years.

22 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the total spending on mental health (a) prescriptions, (b) packages and (c) other services by Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2

22 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the number of people enrolling for postgraduate nursing degrees of (a) removing the bursary for postgraduate nursing students and (b) the de

21 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Self-harm: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase support services for children and young people who self-harm.

21 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to achieve the Government’s national ambition to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements for mental health services for (a) adults and (b) children

21 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) in-patient and (b) community mental health services for children and young people in (i) Sunderland and (ii) the North East.

29 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central from the former Minister of State for Courts and Justice on 11 December 2017, what the

26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central from the former Minister of State for Courts and Justice on 11 December 2017, whether h

26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central from the former Minister of State for Courts and Justice on 11 December 2017, whether a

26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice

County Courts: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central from the former Minister of State for Courts and Justice on 11 December 2017, what the

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