Written questions

988 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure primary schools in England are fulfilling their legal requirement to provide free milk for children as part of their free school meals entitlement.

31 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department has issued to local authority smoking cessation services on whether they can offer disposable vapes through the Swap to Stop scheme; and whether her Department has rece

30 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the research from University College London entitled Who would be affected by a ban on disposable vapes? A population study in

19 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish a response to the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping.

19 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 4083 on Tobacco, whether he plans to publish the Office for Budget Responsibility’s assessment of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill before its presentation

19 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is to respond to the consultation entitled Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping.

19 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on drafting the Tobacco and Vapes Bill; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the Bill takes into account the responses to the consultation on Creating a

10 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2023 to Question 3412 on the Household Support Fund, when he expects a further decision on the future of the fund to be taken.

10 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of the Household Support Fund after March 2024.

19 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the cancer research sector.

13 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203835 on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Drugs, when she expects to see ADHD Medication availability return to its regular lev

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, updated by her Department on 20 October 2023, whether she plans to update that consultation to refle

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, updated by her Department on 20 October 2023, whether her Department plans to mitigate the potential

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, draft Tobacco and Vapes Bill whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the vaping proposals contained in that consultation on smoking cessation.

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, updated by her Department on 20 October 2023, for how long her Department plans to consider response

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, updated by her Department on 20 October 2023, if she will publish an Impact Assessment of the propos

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: North Tyneside

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to support the growth of the offshore energy sector in North Tyneside constituency.

20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount patients can claim under the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.

14 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made a recent estimate of the number of people who are qualified to fit heat pumps.

13 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Visas: EU Countries

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the Government plans to hold discussions with the EU on enabling UK citizens with holiday homes in the EU to extend their stay for more than 90 days in every 180 day perio

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether levels of pay for administrative staff in his Department at (a) AA, (b) AO and (c) EO grades are (i) below, (ii) equivalent to or (iii) higher than the Living Wage Foundation's real living wage.

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of how many people are qualified to fit heat pumps; and if he will make a statement.

23 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of supplies of ADHD medication.

18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of Parkinson's UK's report entitled Every minute counts: Time critical Parkinson’s medication on time, every

18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that NHS hospital staff responsible for (a) administering and (b) prescribing medications are provided with training on (i) Parkinson's disease medication and

18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Parkinson UK's UK Parkinson's Audit, published in 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that report's findings on the proportion of patients wh

13 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electric Cigarettes: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) the industry proposal to introduce fines of £10,000 to retailers found selling e-cigarettes to children and (b) other alternat

13 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of how many vapers will switch to cigarettes if the sale of single-use e-cigarettes is banned.

13 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) Trading Standards and (b) other bodies on the practicalities of implementing a ban on single-use e-cigarettes.

13 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential (a) health and (b) economic impact of banning the sale of single-use e-cigarettes on ex-smokers with low incomes.

Source: official written-questions record.