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.