Written questions
959 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Oct 2016 · Department for Education
Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Skills Plan, what her policy is on enabling students to continue to study a mixture of both (a) academic and (b) vocational subjects.
7 Oct 2016 · Department for Education
Faith Schools: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the relative proportion of children from poorer backgrounds who attend religiously selective schools.
13 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45149, how many climate change experts are employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
13 Sep 2016 · Department for Education
Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to implement the measures in the Skills Plan.
6 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Living Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the closure of the independent living fund on people who received payments from that fund prior to its closure.
6 Sep 2016 · Department of Health
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent NICE has involved external stakeholders and charities in reviewing how well the incremental cost effectiveness ratio is working in making new cancer medicines available to patients on the NHS.
6 Sep 2016 · Department of Health
Cancer Drugs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans (a) his Department and (b) NHS England have to report on the outcome of the process to consider the future of the Cancer Drugs Fund.
6 Sep 2016 · Department of Health
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report of the Decision Support Unit commissioned by NICE, Assessing technologies that are not cost-effective at zero price, published in July 2014, what progress has been made on the appraisa
2 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside Stewardship Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for a further round of Countryside Stewardship schemes in (a) January 2018 and (b) other years.
2 Sep 2016 · Home Office
Asylum: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to accelerate family reunification for unaccompanied refugee children in Europe.
2 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside Stewardship Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the proportion of Countryside Stewardship schemes that will be signed-off before the Autumn Statement.
20 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
Hearing Impairment: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research into hearing loss at what cost his Department has commissioned in the last three years.
18 Jul 2016 · Department for Education
Teachers: Bureaucracy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations her Department has received on the recommendations of the Report of the Independent Teacher Workload Review Group entitled Eliminating unnecessary workload associated with Data Management p
18 Jul 2016 · Department for Education
Schools: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what work her Department is undertaking to determine how effectively schools use assessment data to improve educational outcomes.
11 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
Strokes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which audits his Department uses to monitor stroke services in England other than the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme.
11 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
Strokes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of acute hospitals in England participate in the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme.
11 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
Strokes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the frequency of the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme's (a) clinical and (b) organisational audit.
11 Jul 2016 · Department of Health
Strokes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership on funding allocated to the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme.
5 Jul 2016 · Department for Education
Religion: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Government ensures that schools are held accountable for their statutory responsibilities in respect of the provision of religious education.
5 Jul 2016 · Department for Education
Children: Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) getting young people engaged in sport and fitness early and (b) encouraging schools to implement initiatives such as The Daily Mile in orde
5 Jul 2016 · Department for Education
Religion: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the reasons are for the omission of any substantive reference to religious education in the Educational Excellence Everywhere white paper, published by her Department in March 2016; and how the level of pr
4 Jul 2016 · Department for Education
Religion: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the process is for (a) ensuring that religious education is taught to all pupils in all schools and (b) reporting schools that are not teaching religious education.
20 Jun 2016 · Department of Health
IVF
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in each clinical commissioning group area had IVF treatment in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
20 Jun 2016 · Department for Education
Children: Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role her Department has in drafting the Government's childhood obesity strategy; and when that strategy is due to be published.
20 Jun 2016 · Department for Education
Pupils: Exercise
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to work with the Department of Health on its upcoming childhood obesity strategy to encourage school-based activities to promote physical activity among young people.
15 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support British jobs and industry through its procurement process.
15 Jun 2016 · Department for Education
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2016 to Question 38401, whether she plans to publish her response to the School Teachers' Review Body report on teachers' pay from September 2016 and the draft 2016 School Teach
13 Jun 2016 · Department of Health
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2016 to Question 38720, if his Department will make an assessment of the likely effect on the free services currently being offered by community pharmacies of planned changes to fu
26 May 2016 · Department of Health
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the range of free services offered by community pharmacies of the planned changes in funding for such pharmacies.
24 May 2016 · Department of Health
Heart Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2016 to Question 36856, on heart diseases, when his Department plans to instruct NICE to develop specific clinical guidelines on the diagnosis, referral and treatment of pati
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