Written questions
959 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Jan 2015 · Department of Health
Cancer Drugs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Cancer Drugs Fund list will next be updated.
2 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bahrain
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Dr Abduljalil Alsingace receives adequate and professional medical care and is released from imprisonment.
2 Jan 2015 · Department for Education
Schools: Asbestos
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will publish her Department's review of its asbestos in schools policy.
18 Dec 2014 · Deputy Prime Minister
Electoral Register
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Government will report on the findings of the pilot scheme allowing councils to use DVLA data to match voters during the transition to individual electoral registration; and what plans he has to extend that schem
16 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
NHS England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the judgment of 21 November 2014 by Mr Justice Popplewell on NHS England's compliance with the Health and Social Care Act 2012, what guidance he plans to give to NHS England on their obligation t
16 Dec 2014 · Department for Education
Educational Institutions: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints have been (a) made and (b) upheld about individual inspections in (i) early years provision, (ii) primary schools, (iii) secondary schools, (iv) sixth form colleges and (v) further education
15 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
General Dental Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the General Dental Council addresses concerns expressed about its performance by local dental committees.
8 Dec 2014 · Home Office
Theft: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the theft of domestic dogs.
4 Dec 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
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 demand for the Access to Work scheme.
4 Dec 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Living Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal assistants are employed under the Independent Living Fund.
4 Dec 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on legal fees on court proceedings relating to disabled people and the (a) under-occupancy penalty and (b) Independent Living Fund in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
2 Dec 2014 · Department for Education
A Level Content Advisory Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the work of the A-level Content Advisory Board; and if she will publish any such assessments made.
2 Dec 2014 · Department for Education
A Level Content Advisory Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding of the A-level Content Advisory Board is included in her Department's current expenditure plans for 2015-16.
2 Dec 2014 · Department for Education
A Level Content Advisory Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department provided to the A-level Content Advisory Board in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
26 Nov 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2014 to Question 215554 when the sourcing activity is likely to be concluded; and whether the information about costs will be available at that time.
25 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Cancer: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions NHS England has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Advisory Committee on introducing an indicator measuring over-75 mortality rates from cancer in the 2015-16 Clinical
25 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Cancer: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to improve early diagnosis of cancer for patients aged over 75.
24 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Pancreatic Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations in the report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer Research: A roadmap to change.
24 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Pancreatic Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will review the Government's funding for pancreatic cancer research following the recommendations of the report, Pancreatic Cancer Research: A roadmap to change, published by the All Party Parlia
24 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
NHS: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support the Health Research Agency in its efforts to harmonise and streamline the regulation and governance of research in the NHS.
21 Nov 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209437, what the limit is on the transfer fee included in the procurement agreement; and what the costs of that fee are.
21 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Drugs: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to address difficulties of access to off-patent drugs.
21 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Antibiotics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will assess the effect that the creation of a centrally maintained list of priority pathogens would have on encouraging innovation within the field of antibiotic research and development.
21 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Antibiotics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of emerging novel antibiotics in order to prove their value and inform the appropriate adoption
20 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Antibiotics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Government's response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report, Ensuring access to working antimicrobials, Cm, 8919, whether his Department is working on potential alte
20 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Antibiotics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues on the commissioning of novel antibiotics designed to treat life-threatening infections at a national level through NHS England's specialised commissioning system.
17 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a licence for a treatment indication makes it more likely to be prescribed for that indication in (a) off-label and (b) unlicensed indication.
17 Nov 2014 · Department for Education
Academies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria she uses when deciding to withdraw funding for a free school or university technical school which has opened since 2010.
17 Nov 2014 · Department for Education
Sixth Form Colleges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, through what mechanism sixth form colleges will apply for capital funding from 2015-16; and if she will make a statement.
4 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has any plans to strengthen the training of (a) clinicians and (b) nurses to reduce prescribing errors.
Source: official written-questions record.