Written questions
988 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 May 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide an estimate of the likely timescales for Afghan people resettled to the UK under the (a) ARAP scheme and (b) ACRS scheme and who are currently living in bridging accommodation to b
28 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Oral Tobacco: Cardiovascular Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 112640 on Tobacco: Mortality Rates, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the study published in the Nicotine & T
7 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2021 to Question 84415, on Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards, if he will publish his assessment of the reasons for the risks of adverse health outcomes caused by sn
7 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Oral Tobacco: Sweden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the article in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Patterns of Smoking and Snus Use in Sweden: Implications for Public Health, published in November
27 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the review of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 will be published before the new Tobacco Control Plan; and whether any recommendation identified from review will be consider
27 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the review of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016; and when he plans to publish that review.
24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England’s Admitted Commissioner Statistics, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the disparity in completed pathways between top performing NHS North Eas
24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of NHS North Tyneside CCG in reducing waiting times for treatment; and if he will make a statement.
17 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance: North Tyneside
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to unemployment and support allowance in North Tynes
10 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government is selling the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre.
22 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the delegation of certain specialised services to Integrated Care Systems (ICS) under proposed reforms to the NHS, when he plans to announce the specialised services that will (a)
22 Nov 2021 · Treasury
Self-employed
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of the phasing out of Government covid-19 support on the number of the self-employed; and whether he has commissioned research on the impact of that matt
18 Nov 2021 · Treasury
National Insurance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of payroll employee jobs that will be impacted by the rise in (a) employee and (b) employer National Insurance Contributions.
18 Nov 2021 · Treasury
Government Assistance: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of business exits, (b) number of insolvencies and (c) extent of consolidation within the business population as Government covid-19 support is phased ou
18 Nov 2021 · Treasury
Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of how many full time equivalent employees it will be possible to employ on (a) the National Living Wage and (b) the average national wage, before becoming liable to Employer
18 Nov 2021 · Treasury
Employment Allowance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the Employment Allowance in order to support small employers to offer (a) more roles and (b) higher wages.
18 Nov 2021 · Treasury
Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research he has commissioned within his Department on the impact of the rise in Employer National Contributions on (a) the employment rate and (b) wages.
18 Nov 2021 · Treasury
Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the financial impact of the rise in Employer National Insurance Contributions on (a) the employment rate and (b) wages, before that decision was taken.
15 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on analysing responses to its consultation on reform of the Electronic Communications Code which closed on 24 March 2021.
15 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a streamlined negotiation process for access agreements under the Electronic Communications Code to allow for the insta
25 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has (a) for inclusive stakeholder engagement in advance of the Ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and (b) to include one
19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parkinson's Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Government's £1billion covid-19 backlog funding will support the physical and mental health of people affected by Parkinson's.
19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parkinson's Disease: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the £1 billion covid-19 backlog funding announced on 6 September 2021 will be allocated to Parkinson's (a) treatment and (b) care.
14 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Malta
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department is having with its counterpart in Malta in respect of British tourists' entry to Malta whose covid-19 vaccine was manufactured at Serum Institute in India.
13 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to ensure that contracted assessment providers provide high quality customer service while they process delayed personal independence payment claims.
13 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the amount of support a disabled person who first claimed personal independence payment in 2020 has foregone as a result of delays in processing those claims.
13 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people who first claimed personal independence payment in 2020 are waiting for their claim to be processed.
13 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to reduce delays in the processing of Personal Independence Payment claims.
4 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the collection of general practice data by NHS Digital and the opt-out date of 23 June 2021, what steps his Department has taken to communicate the collection of that data to the
4 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the collection of general practice data by NHS Digital and the opt-out date of 23 June 2021, what patients' data is planned to be used for; and who plans to use that data.
Source: official written-questions record.