Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Sep 2019 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce tax relief to small businesses to encourage those businesses to pay the living wage.

4 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment she has made of the change in the level of household income with two people in employment in 2019 and 2009.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to introduce annual screening for women who have a history of breast cancer.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase the take-up of winter flu vaccine 2019.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the early detection of Alzheimer's disease.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease available on the NHS.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with Diabetes UK to raise awareness among people with diabetes of complications arising from that condition.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has commissioned research into the connection between head injuries sustained through sport and and motor neurone disease.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sepsis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis of sepsis.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to pregnant women on nutrition in pregnancy.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Infectious Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the spread of disease in hospitals.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken a public consultation on the effectiveness of the NHS prioritisation process.

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to allocate additional funding to early years education.

3 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which provider organisations NHS England is commissioning to provide specialised paediatric palliative care as defined by E03/S/H 2013/14 NHS Standard Contract For Paediatric Medicine: Palliative C

3 Sep 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Human Trafficking: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of guardianship for separated and trafficked children in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) other constituent parts of the UK to ensure the identifi

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has further its co-operation with (a) churches and (b) prison ministries to help prisoners re assimilate into communities after release from prison.

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Remand in Custody: Long Term Unemployed People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of placements for people on short-term remand that have been in long-term unemployment.

3 Sep 2019 · Treasury

Beer and Wines: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision at Budget 2018 to freeze beer and wine duty on (a) total revenue raised, (b) levels of alcohol consumption and (c) alcohol-related deaths.

3 Sep 2019 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a two per cent increase on alcohol duty on (a) the amount of additional revenue that would be raised for the public purse and (b) reducing alcohol-related harm.

2 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the budget is for products undergoing review via the NHS England prioritisation process in 2020-21.

2 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on treatments within NHS England’s Clinical Commissioning Policy programme of the closure of the Commissioning Support Programme; and if he will

2 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 236381, what steps NHS England has taken to fill the gap left by the closure of the Commissioning Support Programme for treatments that are awaiti

22 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Magnetic Resonance Imagers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average age is of MRI machines used by the NHS.

22 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the percentage change has been in the (a) NHS budget and (b) local authority public health grant in each year from 2013-14 to 2019-20.

22 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in public health funding on the health and wellbeing of the most marginalised people in the UK.

22 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in public health funding on health inequalities.

22 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Anaemia: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in Northern Ireland were (a) diagnosed and (b) treated for iron deficiency anaemia in each of the last three years.

22 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to review the UK's existing housing stock to ensure that the oldest homes are fit for purpose and do not exacerbate or cause ill health.

22 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings and Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to (a) establish a sub-committee of the Housing Taskforce to include stakeholders involved in the delivery of healthy and quality homes and (b) respond to the r

22 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Regulations: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's review of ventilation and energy-efficiency in building regulations includes indoor air quality; and whether the future homes standard will include bench

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