Written questions
988 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy that clinical commissioning groups follow the emergency discharge guidance for funding people who have a new or enhanced care package; and whether under the emergency disch
16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of active concerted indiscipline have been reported at each prison establishment in each of the last 12 months.
16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many illicit (a) mobile phones, and (b) SIM cards have been discovered and reported at each prison establishment in each of the last 12 months.
16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, , how many drug finds have been reported at each prison establishment in each of the last 12 months.
16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of levels of (a) assaults, (b) assaults on staff and (c) staffing in public and private prisons.
16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 29 June 2020 on Prisons Update, HCWS320, whether the public sector will be allowed to bid to operate the four new prisons.
16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020 entitled G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, when the new prison will receive its first prisoners.
16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020, G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, whether the successful contractor will be required to follow Prison Service Instruction 07/2017, Regime Management
16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020, G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, what estimate he has made of the savings to be accrued to the public purse of the decision to appoint a private con
16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020 entitled G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, whether minimum staffing levels at the new prison will be contractually mandated; and if he will make a sta
16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care: Clinical Commissioning Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place in the Library the recovery plan guidance for NHS Continuing Healthcare which is being provided to clinical commissioning groups.
16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hepatitis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Public Health England’s 2019 report Shooting Up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the UK, what steps he is taking to implement its recommendation on reducing the number
16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hepatitis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support meeting the target in line with the World Health Organization’s Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis of distributing 200 sterile syringe and needle
15 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consultation has taken place with (a) patients and (b) patient organisations on GP surgeries ceasing to take repeat prescription orders over the telephone from 1 September 2020; and what impa
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) neuropsychologists and (b) neuropsychiatrists that will be required to meet the demand for mental health services from people with neurological condit
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to expand the size of the mental health workforce to meet the demand for mental health services after the covid-19 outbreak.
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the document entitled, Stepping forward to 2020/21: The mental health workforce plan for England, published by the NHS in July 2017, how many of the additional 19,000 mental healt
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the additional funding allocated by his Department to emergency discharge during the covid-19 outbreak has been spent by NHS trusts.
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to that virtual NHS continuing healthcare assessments are compliant with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to reasonable adjustments for people that need them.
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to issue guidance on the (a) monitoring and (b) evaluation of the quality of virtual NHS continuing healthcare assessments (i) during and (ii) after the covid-19 outbreak.
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that virtual NHS continuing healthcare (a) assessments and (b) services undertaken during the covid-19 outbreak were (i) effective and (ii) complied with National
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people paid for a prescription between (a) January 2019 and June 2019 and (2) January 2020 and June 2020.
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of taking over-the-counter medicines off prescription in England on (a) prescription charge revenue and (b) health outcomes.
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of the system for prescription (a) charges and (b) exemptions as a result of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak.
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Low Income Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people received financial support from the NHS low income scheme, HC2 certificate in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people paid for a prescription in each year since 2015.
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have had to pay for an additional prescription as a result of their medication being recalled as a result of safety concerns in each year since 2015.
13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the saving to the public purse has been since over the counter medicines were taken off the prescription list in 2018.
9 Jul 2020 · Department for International Trade
Import Duties: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effect on the Union of the UK applying EU tariffs by default on all goods entering Northern Ireland from 1 January 2021.
9 Jul 2020 · Department for International Trade
Import Duties: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the Government's ability to deliver a dual UK and EU tariff system in Northern Ireland from 1 January 2021.
Source: official written-questions record.