Written questions

4,009 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

NHS: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints NHS England has responded to outside of the 12 month statutory limit for the period in which complaints can be made in each year from 2010 to 2016.

14 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Hygiene

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve cleanliness in hospital wards within the NHS Mid-Yorkshire Trust; and if he will make a statement.

12 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Pinderfields Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Care Quality Commission report of December 2015, on Pinderfields Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

12 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Pinderfields Hospital: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the numbers of staff at Pinderfields Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

12 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Patients: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the time period is within which NHS England has to respond to patients' complaints.

24 Jun 2016 · Department of Health

Neurology: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have reported difficulty recruiting specialist nurses for patients with neurological conditions in the last three years.

24 Jun 2016 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the extension of the mental health officer pension age to 65 on the health and income of pension scheme members with Mental Health Officer status.

3 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assess how many people have had (a) offers of employment rescinded and (b) their employment terminated due to the time taken for Disclosure and Barring Service c

3 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Adult First applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service are dealt with promptly.

3 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service took longer than 30 days to process in 2014-15.

3 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications the Disclosure and Barring Service has processed in each week of the last six months.

3 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service had been in process for more than 30 days in the most recent period for which figures are available.

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Greyhounds: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of animal welfare regulations in (a) Spain, (b) Pakistan, (c) China and (d) other common destination countries for greyhounds ex

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Greyhounds: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records the Government maintains on the destinations of greyhounds that are exported abroad for commercial use.

21 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Heart Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce a national heart condition screening programme using a minor non-intrusive test for all young people between the ages of 14 to 35.

21 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Non-domestic Rates: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the devolution of business rates on business growth in (a) former steel works and coalfield areas and (b) other local authorit

20 Apr 2016 · Cabinet Office

Heart Diseases: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died of sudden cardiac death in the UK by (a) age and (b) region in each of the last five years.

20 Apr 2016 · Cabinet Office

Sudden Adult Death Syndrome

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of people who died of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome in each of the last three years.

20 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount of local government procurement that has been spent on small and medium-sized businesses in each of the last five years.

20 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of local government procurements that have been spent on small and medium-sized businesses in each of the last five years.

20 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidelines he has issued to local authorities to require them to record the proportion of their procurement spent on small and medium-sized businesses.

20 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in local government spending on future votes turnout for elections in respect of staff capacity (a) for registration and (b) at pollin

19 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were being accommodated by Serco in the North West region on the latest date for which figures are available.

19 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were being accommodated by G4S in the (a) North East, Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) Midlands and East of England regions on the latest date for which figures are available.

19 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which providers are expected to provide accommodation for the estimated 20,000 Syrian nationals to be resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme by 2020.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Refugees: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of Syrian nationals resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme since March 2014 were housed under the COMPASS accommodation contract agreements.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Refugees: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Syrian nationals have resettled in each region under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme since March 2014.

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people are given appropriate support to lead an active and independent lifestyle.

9 Oct 2015 · Home Office

Police: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will amend existing legislation relating to police widow pensions to bring parity with other public sector pensions.

9 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve rates of early diagnosis for life-threatening illnesses.

Source: official written-questions record.