Written questions
9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Northern Ireland Protocol
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill contributes to peace in Northern Ireland.
27 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Capital Punishment and Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterparts in Iran to (a) press for an end to the death penalty for charges of blasphemy and (b) support greater freedom of religion
27 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gynaecology: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with his Cabinet colleagues to press for greater resources to allow full and timely access to medical services and reviews in Northern Ireland for women and girls suffer
27 Feb 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure full and equal access to superfast broadband, particularly in rural areas.
27 Feb 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tourist Attractions: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that cultural attractions around the UK provide sufficient access for disabled people.
27 Feb 2023 · Church Commissioners
Cemeteries: Vandalism
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions he has had with representatives of the arch-diocese of Jerusalem on damage to graves at the Protestant Cemetery on Mount Zion in January 2023; and what
27 Feb 2023 · Attorney General
Courts: Standards
To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in the devolved administrations on court delays due to covid-19; and if she will take steps to support those administrations in tackling those delays.
27 Feb 2023 · Attorney General
Russia: Ukraine
To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment with her Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of allowing UK courts to be used for hearings about damage to Ukrainian infrastructure caused by Russian forces.
22 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Business: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has any plans to improve incentives for businesses to invest in skills training.
22 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abdullah al-Huwaiti
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he raised the case of Abdullah al-Howaiti with his Saudi counterpart during his visit to Riyadh last week; and whether he has called for al-Howaiti’s release followin
22 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of local and central government frameworks in achieving the Government's net zero targets.
22 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Insulation: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to accelerate home insulation measures ahead of winter 2023-24.
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Vocational Guidance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to deliver employability skills in schools.
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Further Education: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure greater (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the further education sector.
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Further Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing funding for further education colleges.
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the review of the Apprenticeship Levy.
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the funding received through the Apprenticeship Levy has been re-invested in training and apprenticeships in the past five years.
21 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Capital Punishment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Bahraini counterpart on the proposed executions of Mohamed Ramadhan and Hussain Moosa.
21 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many treatments currently in the Cancer Drugs Fund were assessed under the end-of-life modifier when establishing their managed access arrangements; and how many of those treatments will now be
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has plans to take steps to support disabled people with the cost of energy after 2024.
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport
Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of road traffic collisions that are attributable to insomnia.
20 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hassan Farhan al-Maliki and Salman al-Odah
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the consequences for his policies of the imprisonment of Hass
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase access to defibrillators.
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of defibrillator (a) access and (b) use.
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include a commitment in the Major Conditions Strategy to eliminating potential health inequalities based on social deprivation for people with asthma and COPD, in the context of potentia
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Steroid Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance from the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative, whether his Department is taking steps to minimise the use of Oral Corticosteroids as a maintenance treatment for asthm
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Treatments: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will include targets for the uptake of innovative treatments such as biologics in the context of chronic respiratory diseases.
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Steroid Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it his Department's policy to reduce the use of oral corticosteroids as a maintenance treatment for asthma in the context of the Major Conditions Strategy’s focus on chronic respiratory dis
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the updates to the NICE manual on patient access to medicines in the Cancer Drugs Fund, including medicines coming to the end of their existing m
17 Feb 2023 · Northern Ireland Office
Elections: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of voter ID measures on the levels of voter ID fraud in Northern Ireland.
Source: official written-questions record.