Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that the partially sighted are not adversely affected by potential electoral identification legislative reform.

25 Oct 2021 · Women and Equalities

Females: STEM Subjects

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent estimate the Government has made of the proportion of women in work who are employed in the STEM sector.

25 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide guidance on his Department's policy on public transport workers removing face coverings for communication purposes.

21 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Heating: Housing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide funding to help support customers to switch to green domestic heating providers in the upcoming spending review.

21 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mali: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to assist Mali in their relations with Russia.

21 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that people attend their appointments for the covid-19 booster vaccine.

21 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hereditary Angioedema: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) NICE and (b) NHS England are taking to help ensure that the treatment and care of people living in the UK with hereditary angioedema adhere to international best practice guidelines.

21 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hereditary Angioedema

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of hereditary angioedema on affected people's time away from (a) work and (b) education.

21 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions officials in his Department have had with Blood Cancer UK on the number of cases of blood cancer that are being missed as result of the symptoms of that disease being similar to th

21 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Onasemnogene Abeparvovec

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate additional funding to ensure that the muscle disease drug, Zolgensma, is available for babies.

21 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the impact of covid-19 on pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on pregnancy and the covid-19 vaccine.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Counselling: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that counselling services are in place for young people in order to stop the rise in the prescription of antidepressants.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cardiovascular Diseases: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) Polypill on the three-in-one pill to lower blood pressure to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

19 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing firearm licence procedures following the shooting in Plymouth on 12 August 2021.

19 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Offshore Funds: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle the recent leak of offshore data which exposed financial dealings of some of the most affluent in society.

19 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions has she had with large cosmetic firms in the UK on cosmetic testing on (a) mice, (b) rats and (c) other small animals.

19 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Drugs: Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing longer prison sentences for those who deal class A drugs.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Dioxide: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the UK.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of when new radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer will become available on the NHS.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with local councils on electric charging points for electric cars.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage young people in the motor industry to apply and train for HGV licenses.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that GP's return to face-to-face appointments with patients.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shoulder Replacements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have had shoulder repair surgery by NHS appointments in the last three years.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for allocating additional funding to the devolved nations in order to have greener petrol across the UK.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Trees: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) plant more trees and (b) preserve existing tree species in the UK.

19 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reasons for which 22,000 fraud cases were dropped by police last year; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that instances of fraud are investigated in an equit

19 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans for business rate reform in the next calendar year.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hereditary Angioedema: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for people living with hereditary angioedema.

19 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the killing of 3,240 Christians in Nigeria since January 2021 by Islamist groups; and what assistance she

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tonsils: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce tonsillectomy waiting lists in England.

Source: official written-questions record.