Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure trends in the levels of (a) physiotherapists, (b) occupational therapists, (c) dieticians and (e) speech and language therapists are increasing in order to provide

6 Jul 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 21 June 2022 to Question 13722, for what reason his Department does not collect data on the number of people living with Parkinson's; and if he will make a statement.

6 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deer

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the rising deer populations do not cause damage to farms and rural areas.

6 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce ethnicity-based bullying in schools.

6 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the factors contributing to the exclusion rates of Gypsy and Traveller pupils.

6 Jul 2022 · COP26

Hydrogen and Renewable Energy

To ask the President of COP26, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) Ministers in the devolved institutions on (i) sharing expertise and (ii) increasing investment in (A)

6 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the level of funding for the research and development of innovative food products for international consumers.

6 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding for music therapy training for carers working with dementia patients.

6 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of illegal puppy farming.

5 Jul 2022 · Northern Ireland Office

Police: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) effectiveness of the number of police officers in Northern Ireland.

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

Cars: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of hiring a car on holiday makers in the UK.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Pupils: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the prevalence of ethnicity-based bullying of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in schools.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Local Government: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a part-funded scheme that allows local authority refuse vehicles that are near end-of-life to be replaced with zero emission vehicles.

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

Tidal Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to progress the development of tidal energy generation; and if he will take steps to ensure that representatives of the fishing industry are consulted

5 Jul 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that human rights are prioritised within the UK's trade deals.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that NHS dentistry service provision returns to pre-covid-19 outbreak levels.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dairy Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional subsidies to dairy farmers for the purposes of keeping costs of milk down in the context of the rising cos

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to produce local food producers in Northern Ireland.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in the devolved institutions on a joint approach to preserving peatlands across the UK.

29 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that UK (a) aid to and (b) trade deals with Sri Lanka are dependant on the protection of freedom of religious belief in that country.

29 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to encourage the Colombian Government to provide additional support for indigenous people in that country who live in extreme poverty.

29 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for defence to increase the (a) amount of support provided to Ukraine and (b) number of sanctions imposed on Russia.

29 Jun 2022 · Church Commissioners

Christianity: Oppression

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church Commissioners have had with Christians Against Poverty on protecting Christians from persecution.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Airlines

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with airlines on mitigating (a) staff shortages and (b) flight cancellations.

29 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate additional funds through the Barnett Credentials to Northern Ireland to help local health departments in that country support women and girls with (a) endometriosis and (b) polycystic ovary syndr

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

First Time Buyers: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what financial support his Department is providing to first-time house buyers.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Transplant Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people suffering from leaking heart valves who require complete heart replacement in order to manage their condition.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate levels of pay for NHS staff.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Contraceptives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risk of ischemic strokes associated with contraceptive pills for women.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Morrisons

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 a potential decision by the owner of Morrisons' to sell its (a) fisheries, (b) warehouses and (c) food ma

Source: official written-questions record.