Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with representatives of people with (a) cystic fibrosis and (b) other people likely to be disproportionately affected by antimicrobial resistance on

7 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to help protect people who have fled from (a) Hong Kong, (b) Taiwan and (c) authoritarian regimes.

7 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office

China: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to tackle Chinese threats to UK security.

7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of China abiding to the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.

7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jimmy Lai

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure British citizen, Jimmy Lai, has received regular consular access in Hong Kong.

7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somaliland: Diplomatic Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of granting Somaliland diplomatic recognition.

7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somaliland: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the Somaliland Government following the recent fire in Hargeisa Market.

7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somaliland: Animals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department will take steps to support Somaliland with tackling animal (a) poaching and (b) trafficking in that region.

7 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vitamin D

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the consumption of daily Vitamin D supplements.

7 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle fly tipping.

7 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK suffer with Parkinson's Disease as of January 2022.

7 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of illicit substances in sport in the UK.

7 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Medical Treatments and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when National Institute for Health and Care Excellence plans to next update the Quality Standard for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to take account of recent advances in research and clinica

6 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the effects of covid-19 on children's education.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alopecia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with alopecia in each of the last 3 years.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malaria: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) will be available on the NHS.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential correlation between the capacity in the severe asthma centre network and levels of uptake of severe asthma biologics in England.

6 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Manufacturing Industries: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for female apprentices in the manufacturing sector.

6 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle homelessness.

30 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will take steps to ensure that NHS England prioritises the uptake of pneumococcal vaccinations.

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of UK100's Skills for Local Net Zero Delivery insight briefing, published 11 November 2022.

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) jobseekers and (b) people on low incomes develop the skills required for local net zero delivery.

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Training: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential contribution of local skills improvement plans to delivering net zero by 2030.

30 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) comprehensiveness and (b) adequacy of the figures he holds on the number of maternity support workers in the NHS in England.

30 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS maternity support workers there were in each region of England in the most recent period for which data is available.

30 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the age profile of maternity support workers in the NHS.

30 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many maternity support were working in the NHS, in each of the past five years.

30 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many member companies of the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access have reported profits in excess of the margin of tolerance in each of the past five years.

30 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the primary factors driving growth in measured spend covered by the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access in each of the last three years.

28 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many companies have left the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access in 2022.

Source: official written-questions record.