Written questions
959 written questions tabled, most recent first.
4 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of lives saved and (b) cost savings that could be made through a reduction in prescribing errors.
4 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken at regional and local level to reduce prescribing errors.
3 Nov 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward assistance for energy intensive industries from 2016 to 2015.
3 Nov 2014 · Department for Education
Teachers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places were allocated to School Direct for recruitment in the 2014-15 acacemic year.
3 Nov 2014 · Department for Education
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places from the initial allocation were relinquished by School Direct in the 2013-14 admissions year.
3 Nov 2014 · Department for Education
Teachers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many trainee teachers were recruited in the initial allocations to School Direct in each subject to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last four years.
3 Nov 2014 · Department for Education
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places were distributed in the initial allocations for initial teacher training trainees to School Direct and HE providers in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2015-16; and wha
28 Oct 2014 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department gives to (a) the European and Devoloping Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, (b) other innovative financing partnerships to develop new global health commodities f
28 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Pancreatic Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's technology appraisal criteria in relation to the provision of new treatments for patients with pancreatic cancer.
28 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Pancreatic Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the effect of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's three month end of life threshold on the appraisal of treatments for advanced pancreatic cancer.
28 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advises that end-of-life criteria should only apply to medicines that extend life by at least three months.
28 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Cancer Drugs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer drugs approved by the Cancer Drugs Fund have subsequently been (a) approved and (b) rejected by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
28 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether health technology appraisal committees can apply the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's end-of-life criteria flexibly when appraising treatments for patients with terminal illness.
28 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Pancreatic Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's health technology appraisals on pancreatic cancer research.
20 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will commission a review of the innovation, evaluation and adoption of new medicines in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
20 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Defence
RAF Kirton in Lindsey
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on consultants engaged on the disposal of the Kirton-in-Lindsey airbase.
26 Sep 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2014 to Question 207491, whether second attachment fees will be paid for people transferred from Newcastle College to new providers; and whether the cost of those f
29 Aug 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 220W, on the Work Programme, what the cost is of paying a second attachment fee for persons transferred from Newcastle College to ne
8 Jul 2014 · Department of Health
Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on providing translation and interpretation services in each year since 2010.
7 Jul 2014 · Department of Health
Lung Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to address regional inequalities in health outcomes for interstitial lung disease in the last year; and if he will make a statement.
27 Jun 2014 · Department of Health
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will promote the roll-out of the values and behaviours of the six Cs beyond nursing, midwifery and care staff.
27 Jun 2014 · Department of Health
Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to conduct the National Cancer Patient Experience survey in 2015.
27 Jun 2014 · Department of Health
Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans (a) his Department and (b) NHS England have to capture the experiences of cancer patients outside hospital settings.
26 Jun 2014 · Department for Education
Children: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review whether the recent guidance, keeping children safe in education, distinguishes between legislation which applies to further education colleges as opposed to sixth form colleges; and if he will
19 Jun 2014 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Land Use
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received from industry on the effect of the use of land management measures on performance and productivity.
12 Jun 2014 · Department for Education
London Academy of Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 205W, on the London Academy of Excellence, whether the enrolment data for 2013-14 for the London Academy of Excellence is now available; and
9 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits enlisting in the armed forces under the age of 18 years had previously (a) been convicted of a criminal offence, (b) received a caution from the police, (c) received an anti-social behaviour ord
9 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits under the age of 18 years at (a) enlistment and (b) the point of submitting their application to join the armed forces who stated in section 3 of AFCO Form 4 that they were unemployed, completed
9 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations were undertaken into the deaths in training of armed forces recruits aged under 18 years in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
Source: official written-questions record.