Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

European Social Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to end match-funding in the successor policy to the European Social Fund programme.

1 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

European Social Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure adequate continuity between the end of the European Social Fund programme and the commencement of its successor policy.

1 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

European Social Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that any successor policy to the European Social Fund programme takes into account the interdependency between community education and further/higher education.

1 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

European Social Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to embed the importance of community education in the successor policy to the European Social Fund programme.

1 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of people of hospital being treated for (a) covid-19 and (b) other reasons in each region of the UK in each of the last 12 months.

1 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Financial Services: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on future regulatory cooperation with the EU on financial services.

1 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of NHS provision of home bowel testing kits to people who are over 50 during the covid-19 outbreak.

26 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the University of London's recent study finding that eating at least two portions of fish a week was associated

26 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has held discussions with Cabinet colleagues on how the UK will allow international travel when the global covid-19 infection rate decreases.

26 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the total gross gambling yield that licensed remote (online) operators receive from customers based in Northern Ireland for the period November 2014 to September 2019.

26 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

European Social Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the opportunities within the community and voluntary sector in Northern Ireland to help shape the successor programme to the European Social Fund.

26 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recent MS register survey data indicating that three quarters of people said they would benefit from more advice that the covid-19 vaccine is safe, whether he has had discussions

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Females: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support women to access education to help their return to the labour market.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support the Health and Care Service in Northern Ireland during the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have had IVF treatment in each of the last three years; and in how many of those cases was the treatment successful.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

European Social Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has for a successor programme to the European Social Fund Programme in Northern Ireland.

11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timescale is for continuing to commission healthcare services from the private sector to increase capacity during the covid-19 outbreak.

11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men who have died by suicide since March 2020; and what the breakdown is by age group of those people.

11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Niraparib

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make niraparib available through the NHS for treatment of ovarian cancer.

11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many young people were diagnosed with an eating disorder between March and December 2020.

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of guidance to people in receipt of a pension on avoiding poverty in retirement.

10 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Females: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that successor funding to the European Social Fund enables women to access formal education.

10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has commissioned research on the effect of consuming nuts on protecting against dementia.

10 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Customs: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the customs exemption period beyond the deadline of 31 March 2021 for goods entering into Northern Ireland via Great Britain.

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with the BBC on the reason for the increase in the TV licence fee; and whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that pensioners ar

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have undergone gastric bypass surgery to treat type 2 diabetes.

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Back Pain: Antidepressants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received recent representations on the effectiveness of the prolonged use of anti-depressants prescribed for long-term back pain.

9 Feb 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Prescriptions: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many GP practices have adopted electronic repeat dispensing; and what steps he is taking to increase uptake of electronic repeat dispensing.

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there have been customs declaration problems with the flow of medical devices imported into Northern Ireland via Great Britain since 1 January 2021.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to introduce vaccine passports for people who have been vaccinated against covid-19.

Source: official written-questions record.