Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that swimming pools and leisure facilities have adequate disabled access.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Film: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with Northern Ireland Screen and other producers on support for the film industry in the devolved Administrations.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote staycations to support the tourism sector.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Geothermal Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of geothermal energy plants to meeting COP26 commitments by 2030.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Capture and Storage: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the two-carbon capture/storage sites that will be situated in the North of England to meeting the UK's COP26 commitments by 2030

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the strategic priority of electric vehicles in meeting the UK's clean air goals.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the UK is not highly vulnerable in relation to climate change.

21 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken with the Secretary of State for Education to increase the numbers of medicine course places which exempt students from student loan repayment and fees if they stay with the

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Education to increase the number of places for medical students that allow for no repayment of student loans or fees in the event that tho

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to recruit midwives back into full NHS service who continue to work full time hours within the bank system.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide free covid-19 tests to unpaid carers beyond 1 April 2022 in order that they can continue to provide care safely to those who may be vulnerable.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak and associated lockdowns on the prevalence of eating disorders and body dysmorphia among young people, what discussions he has had with relevan

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to enable farms to carry out improvements required to be more (a) efficient, (b) productive and (c) environmentally sustainable.

15 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

Agriculture: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to tackle labour shortages in farming; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of those shortages on trade deals.

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of research conducted by Sense that 52 per cent of local authorities do not employ multi-sensory impairment (MSI) teachers, what plans his Department has to support children with M

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of research conducted by Sense that 52 per cent of local authorities do not employ multi-sensory impairment (MSI) teachers, if his Department will create a MSI education fund for l

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that there are sufficient numbers of specialist teachers to support children with special educational needs and disabilities.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Amikacin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a planned timetable for Arikayce liposomal becoming available to patients on the NHS.

14 Mar 2022 · COP26

Climate Change: China

To ask the President of COP26, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on tackling climate change.

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group will next meet to discuss which treatments should be considered for prioritisation.

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria: Amikacin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group will consider Arikayce liposomal as a treatment for patients with non-tuberculosis mycobacteria.

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce Shingrix into the National Immunisation Programme, in line with JCVI recommendations.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Biocidal Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Government department or agency is responsible for overseeing the correct use of biocides in (a) all settings and (b) hospital settings.

14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Zhang Chunlei

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in the (a) United Nations, (b) US Administration or (c) EU about the detention of Pastor Zhang Chunlei.

14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policy of China’s use of the charge of inciting subversion of state power to justify arrests and the deten

14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Zhang Chunlei

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of reports of the detention of Pastor Zhang Chunlei; and what steps her Department has taken to raise this matter with

14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to commend President Zelenskyy for his response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholism: Ketamine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of ketamine in the treatment of alcoholism.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of placing councils under a duty to provide early help.

11 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce Shingrix into the national immunisation programme.

Source: official written-questions record.