Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the proportion of (a) men and (b) women under the age of 30 who suffer from long covid.

8 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Human Trafficking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help ensure that vulnerable Ukrainian women and children are not trafficked into (a) sex slavery and (b) domest

8 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the potential closure of clinical trial units for cancer treatment.

8 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is still his Department's policy to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

8 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Silicosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to include silicosis as a notifiable disease under the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010.

8 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Silicosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the number of (a) diagnoses of and (b) deaths from silicosis in the last five years.

8 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Silicosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has had recent discussions with industry representatives on (a) the impact of and (b) new technologies to reduce the number of cases of silicosis.

8 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Silicosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) diagnoses of and (b) deaths from silicosis there have been in each of the last five years.

7 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Christianity: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by Aid to the Church in Need entitled Hear Her Cries; and what progress his Department has made

7 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2022 to Question 31846, on Parkinson's Disease, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a national register of patients with a Parkinson

7 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Back Pain: Steroid Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people who have received steroid injections for back pain.

7 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Pupils: Incontinence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children in primary schools affected by encopresis; and if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing specialised care for thos

7 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many whole exome sequencing tests were carried out by the NHS in order to detect rare diseases in individuals in each of the last three years; and what recent assessment she has made of their e

7 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Life sciences vision published on 6 July 2021, what steps (a) the Government and (b) the NHS plan to take to reduce COPD mortality in the UK.

7 Sep 2022 · COP26

Forests

To ask the President of COP26, with reference to the Global Forest Finance pledge announced on 2 November 2021 at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, if he will take steps to help establish an oversight body including indigenous peoples and local

7 Sep 2022 · COP26

Forests

To ask the President of COP26, with reference to point 6 of the Glasgow Leader's Declaration on Forests and Land Use which committed signatories to facilitate the alignment of financial flows with international goals to reverse forest loss and degradation

6 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the apprenticeships levy.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) adequacy and (b) efficiency of the speed of existing electric vehicle charge points.

6 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Inflation: Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help people manage their household budgets in the context of rising inflation.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has written to the British Geological Survey to discuss the three month review of the evidence relating to fracking across the UK.

6 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Conflict Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help mitigate conflict in Israel.

6 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to meet uptake targets for the five highest health gain categories; and who is accountable for that effort.

6 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Colour Vision Deficiency

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with colour blindness in the last three years.

6 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the roll-out of the IR35 off-payroll rules on the private sector.

6 Sep 2022 · Northern Ireland Office

Empty Property: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will (a) have discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the proportion of commercial properties in Northern Ireland that are empty and (b) make that matte

5 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Repayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to pay tax refunds and the impact on individuals and businesses awaiting those refunds; and if he will make a statement.

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Cars: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the trends in new car sales over the last six months and the impact on the UK car manufacturing sector; and if he will make a statement.

5 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the volume of illegal immigration since December 2021.

5 Sep 2022 · COP26

Hydrogen and Renewable Energy

To ask the President of COP26, whether he has had discussions with representatives of the devolved Assemblies on sharing expertise on investment in (a) hydrogen and (b) renewable energy.

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Religious Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the BBC on reports of its plans to reduce the budget for Songs of Praise.

Source: official written-questions record.