Written questions

959 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department and NHS England will publish a progress report on each recommendation made in the Cancer Strategy for England.

6 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether people from lower socio-economic groups are less likely to receive the end of life care which they choose.

6 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on implementing Recommendation 65 of the Cancer Strategy for England; and whether every person with cancer will have access to the elements of the Recovery Package by 2020.

6 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the proposals made in each Sustainability and Transformation Plan regarding end of life care; and if he will make a statement.

6 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Cancer Transformation Funding that was made available to Cancer Alliances following an announcement by NHS England in December 2016 in supporting the

6 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Railways: Finance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, over the course of Control Period 5, the cost of delivery for UK railways is projected to exceed the original funding assumptions for enhancements.

13 Apr 2017 · Department of Health

Drugs: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of whether there have been delays to patient access to treatment as a result of the proposals being implemented by the NICE and NHS England joint changes to technology appraisals and

13 Apr 2017 · Department of Health

Drugs: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors will be measured to monitor patient access to treatment after the introduction of the NICE and NHS England joint changes to technology appraisals and highly specialised technologies reforms.

28 Mar 2017 · Department of Health

Nivolumab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NICE on that body's decision not to recommend nivolumab for treating relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma and the suitability of methods of appraisal used

28 Mar 2017 · Department of Health

Hodgkin Lymphoma

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of treatment options for patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma whose disease has progressed or not responded to standard of care treatments.

28 Mar 2017 · Department of Health

Nivolumab: Hodgkin Lymphoma

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the clinical benefits of nivolumab for patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

21 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who appealed to a tribunal against a decision not to award the standard rate mobility component of personal independence payments were awarded (a) the standard rate, (b) the enhanced rate and (c)

21 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who appealed to a tribunal against a decision not to award the enhanced rate mobility component of personal independence payments were awarded (a) the standard rate, (b) the enhanced rate and (c)

21 Mar 2017 · Department of Health

Exercise: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to launch the Daily Mile nationwide in England.

7 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of those people appealing their personal independence payment assessment and entering an appeal to a tribunal for the higher rate mobility component, how many are being awarded (a) the standard rate, (b

7 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time has been for a mandatory reconsideration against a decision on personal independence payments in (a) Scunthorpe and (b) England for the last four periods for which figures

7 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of those people appealing their personal independence payment assessment and entering an appeal to a tribunal for the standard rate mobility component, how many are being awarded (a) the standard rate,

7 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2017 to Question 64658, on personal independence payments, what options his Department is considering to better support disabled people with Motability vehicles who are

7 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for an appeal against a mandatory reconsideration of a decision on personal independence payments in (a) Scunthorpe and (b) England for the last four periods for which figures are

3 Mar 2017 · Department for Education

University Technical Colleges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her most recent estimate is of the number of pupils in each year group in each university technical college.

23 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Depressive Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures in place for GPs to be updated on new research and treatment guidance for the use of (a) anti-depressants and (b) mindfulness-based cognitive therapy fo

9 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of NICE's methodologies to appraise treatments for small patient populations.

9 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many technology appraisals NICE has undertaken where phase three clinical trial data has been absent or incomplete.

9 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many technology appraisals NICE has undertaken for medicines granted accelerated approval by the European Medicines Agency due to high unmet medical needs; and what the NICE recommendation was for each of thos

1 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 17 January 2017 to Question 59783 and 59784, on personal independence payment: motability, what the (a) estimated cost was to his Department of answering those Questions, (b)

23 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Lime: EU Emissions Trading Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the border adjustment mechanism proposed by the European Parliament ENVI Committee for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on li

19 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Cancer: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer patients have had their operation cancelled due to a shortage of beds in each month since January 2016.

13 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients NHS England agreed to the treatment of by Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) under Service Specification BOI/S/c(SIRT) of the Commissioning through Evaluation (CtE) process; and how many

12 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2017 to Question 58948, how many people who were previously in receipt of the higher rate of the mobility component of disability living allowance and qualified for

12 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2017 to Question 58948, how many people who were previously in receipt of the enhanced personal independence payment and qualified for the Motability scheme have sin

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