Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to avoid overuse of Operation Safeguard.

25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plan to take to help provide long term mental health support to victims of rape and sexual assault.

25 Apr 2023 · Treasury

Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of rises in the cost of living on the affordability of mortgage payments.

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific financial support for parent who was the full time carer of a child with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition for

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Prisoners: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the recommendations of the report by the Traveller Movement entitled Disrupting the school to prison pipeline, published in July

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Grouse Moors

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential benefits of grouse moor management on the (a) abundance and (b) breeding success of (i) grouse and (ii) hen harriers.

25 Apr 2023 · Treasury

National Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent trends in the level of GDP.

25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who received a flu vaccine in the last twelve months compared to the number of people over the age of 50 who received a covid-19 booster vaccinat

25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making it illegal for people under the age of 21 to buy cigarettes and vaping devices.

25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of when an artificial intelligence programme for the detection of heart disease will be widely available on the NHS.

25 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help protect Chernobyl during the war in Ukraine.

25 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK sanctions against Russia.

19 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS workforce strategy, what steps he is taking to establish how many (a) cardiologists, (b) cardiac nurses and (c) other specialists roles will be needed.

19 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetic Retinopathy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will support research on the use of sleep masks to treat diabetic retinopathy.

19 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes in the level of pay for nurses employed by the NHS on the use of nursing agencies.

19 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of cancer treatment.

19 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support A&E departments in delivering essential services.

19 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support members of the NHS workforce affected by long-term illness.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Cars: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost fuel on the level of car sales in 2022.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Tourists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of Heathrow Airport's decision to not introduce a travel cap for travellers during Christmas 2022 on the level of tourists entering the UK.

19 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Entry Clearances: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure that new visa waiver schemes do not discourage visitors to Northern Ireland.

19 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Public Statues: Parliament Square

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the police on the steps it has taken following the disruption caused around the Sir Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square in November 2022.

19 Apr 2023 · Treasury

First Time Buyers: Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support first time buyers with attaining mortgages.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Older People and Vulnerable Adults

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with energy providers on treating elderly and vulnerable customers with care.

19 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Department of Health NI on doctors in that country returning to full-time face-to-face appointments.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to support people with gambling addictions; and whether the review of the Gambling Act 2007 has taken place.

18 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to promote the importance of WASH in healthcare facilities as a critical element of tackling antimicrobial resistance international at the G7.

18 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infectious Diseases: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of (a) drug-resistant infections generally and (b) imported drug-resistant infections resulting from overseas travel.

18 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider the potential merits of introducing a sliding scale for eligibility for legal aid.

18 Apr 2023 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to provide fiscal support for (a) takeaways and (b) other small and micro businesses.

Source: official written-questions record.