Written questions
9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Apr 2022 · Department for International Trade
Trade Barriers: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has plans to amend or remove any trade regulations imposed since the UK's departure from the EU for the purposes of facilitating the shipping of aid and donations to Ukraine.
20 Apr 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions: Inflation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on the value of people's pensions.
20 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dogs: Animal Breeding
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the prevalence of illegal puppy farming across the UK.
20 Apr 2022 · Department for Education
Pupils: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage healthy eating in primary schools.
20 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs: Allergies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of people under the age of 18 who are on prescribed anti-histamines.
20 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people who have experienced a decline in brain function since being diagnosed with covid-19.
20 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hereditary Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of new tests available to diagnose genetic diseases.
20 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prosthetics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who have bionic limbs, by age.
20 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Skin Diseases: Steroid Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle withdrawal symptoms of people using steroid creams.
20 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) other trade unions on the relationship between hearing loss, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.
20 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
E. coli: Rivers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to studies by the University of Suffolk and Woodbridge Town Council along the River Deben, if he will take steps to tackle the presence E. coli in rivers across the UK.
20 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Polish Government on the UK's position on supplying aircrafts to Ukraine.
20 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog of women who are waiting to see a breast cancer specialist as a result of delays caused by the covid-19 outbreak.
14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of LOGEX’s International Comparison Medicines Uptake 2021 report to NHS England & NHS Improvement, published in December 2021, what assessment his Department has made
14 Apr 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, with reference to the Government's 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, what progress the Government is making on attaining its objective of reaching the upper quartile o
14 Apr 2022 · Department for International Trade
Trade: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps with her international counterparts to discourage trade with Russia that may aid or assist that state's invasion of Ukraine.
14 Apr 2022 · Treasury
Soft Drinks: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy on the finances of affected companies.
14 Apr 2022 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Government's planned timetable is for (a) responding to and (b) implementing recommendations of the Children's social care market study final report by the Competition and Markets Authority.
31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the (a) Government and (b) NHS is taking to reduce COPD mortality in the UK through the Life Sciences Vision strategy.
31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NICE plans to update the Quality Standard for COPD to take account of recent advances in research and clinical practice.
31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Core20PLUS5 programme will increase the number of disease management reviews for at-risk COPD patients.
31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, what progress the Government has made in respect of severe asthma in attaining its objective of re
31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an assessment of trends in the levels of waiting times to access biologic therapies has been made under the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative's rapid uptake programme for asthma biologic
31 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report commissioned by the NHS from Logex and IVM, entitled International Comparison Medicines Uptake, on severe asthma biolo
30 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage sports students to continue with their sporting passions after they leave education.
30 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has held discussions with schools on the potential merits of including in the curriculum learning on veganism, fast fashion and climate change.
30 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Computer Networks: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with representatives of telecommunication firms on preventing potential Russian interference in telecommunications networks.
30 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of increasing the role that pharmacies have in treating patients with minor ailments to reduce pressure on GPs.
30 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Walking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing and other trade unions on the potential preventative effect on dementia of walking.
29 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to reduce delays in hearings concerning historical allegations of sexual abuse.
Source: official written-questions record.