Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Musicians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of specialised visa renewals for touring groups to streamline the (a) time and (b) cost of visa applications for working musicians.

1 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the findings of the Financial Ombudsman Service that complaints about authorised scams increased by 30 per cent in the second quarter of the 2021-22 financial year, what steps he is taking to tackl

1 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Private Life

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of incidents of teachers having relations with students in each of the last three years.

1 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance the Government has provided to Ukraine to respond to recent Russian aggression.

1 Dec 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to tackle depression in sports.

1 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will offer patients on waiting lists help to travel to other parts of the UK for treatment.

1 Dec 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Pornography: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to prevent access to porn websites by school-age boys.

1 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with rare diseases during the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Miscarriage: Hormone Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make new hormone treatment using progesterone available through the NHS to help prevent miscarriages.

1 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to use the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project and the 2018 Excellence in Continence Care guidance to inform the development of clinical standards and pathways.

1 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what requirements are in place for Integrated Care Systems to assess local continence needs; and if he will put a strategy in place to meet such needs from April 2022.

1 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of levels of adherence to NHS England’s guidance Excellence in Continence Care 2018.

1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Non-governmental Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether payment of taxes or payments for permits by UK Non-Government Organisations to the Afghan Government would be a breach of international sanctions or counter-terrorism

1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department's planned humanitarian aid or development programmes supported by her Department in Afghanistan make provision for the payments of taxes and permits to

1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nagorno Karabakh: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department has taken to help ensure access of humanitarian aid to the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

30 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken or commissioned research on the potential correlation between infant deaths and race and poverty.

30 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the long-term role of single-use technology as a means to (a) increase infection prevention and control measures, and (b) reduce the risk of hospita

30 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with NICE to ensure that NICE committees (a) are accountable and (b) adequately consider patient testimony.

30 Nov 2021 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Education

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to support teachers and education.

30 Nov 2021 · Church Commissioners

Religious Freedom

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church has made of where persecution of religion and belief is most concerning.

29 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the use of GHB drugs in the UK.

29 Nov 2021 · Department for International Trade

Agricultural Products: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK farmers' produce is protected in trade deals negotiated with other countries around the world.

29 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Premier League: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage premier league football players to be vaccinated against covid-19.

29 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Online Dating: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to regulate online dating services to prevent fraud and abuse.

24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help increase take up of the covid-19 booster vaccination.

24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Atrial Fibrillation: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of treating arterial fibrillation with an electric balloon.

24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Xenotransplantation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether operations have taken place in the UK using animal organs for transplants.

24 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce food waste throughout the country.

24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in the last three years.

24 Nov 2021 · Department for International Trade

India: Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart on increasing bilateral trade and strengthening economic ties.

Source: official written-questions record.