Written questions
9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 May 2018 · Home Office
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor and regulate dating sites to prevent the exploitation of under-age people.
2 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to include proposals on improving social care and support for people with learning difficulties in its forthcoming Green Paper on care and support for older people.
1 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that small local social care providers who are unable to fund historic back-pay liabilities for sleep-in shifts will not be forced into closure.
1 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on providers of local authority-commissioned care for people with learning disabilities of historical back-pay liability.
1 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a sleep-in care workers fund to pay the historical back pay directly to care workers.
1 May 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
China: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Chinese Government on the UK's commercial participation in that country's economic strategy for aviation.
1 May 2018 · Department for International Development
Middle East: Churches
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to Christians in Northern Iraq and Syria to help with relocation and rebuilding of church property.
1 May 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Travel Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department is having with insurance companies on steps to ensure that holiday insurance covers staying in private hospitals as well as state hospitals overseas.
1 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to meet new international climate change targets of net zero emissions.
1 May 2018 · Treasury
Equity Release: Older People
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will support over-55s planning to take out equity release on their properties.
30 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Postnatal Depression
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of general practitioners in (a) identifying and (b) treating perinatal mental health problems experienced by mothers.
30 Apr 2018 · Cabinet Office
Lung Cancer
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) age and (b) gender of people diagnosed with lung cancer in each of the last five years.
30 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
China: Elephants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on increasing the elephant population.
30 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Taiwan: Military Alliances
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Taiwanese authorities on improving military links between the UK and Taiwan.
30 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Taiwan: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Taiwanese authorities on improving diplomatic and commercial links with that country.
30 Apr 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the National Farmers' Union and (b) other stakeholders on the use of drones for crop (i) control and (ii) spraying.
30 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Transplant Surgery: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many UK citizens travelled to China for organ transplants in the last 12 months.
30 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Burmese Government on the return of Rohingya to that country.
30 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lyme Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make turmeric available on the NHS to treat Lyme disease.
24 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Analgesics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have died or been admitted to hospital as a result of taking pain-killers in the last 12 months.
24 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport
Roads: repairs and maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of insurance claims for pot-hole damage has been to the public purse in the last 12 months.
24 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to make up its shortfall in personnel.
24 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Migraines: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the NHS has to make available a monthly injection for the treatment of migraine.
24 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
HIV/AIDS: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for a new HIV vaccine to be available on the NHS.
24 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular System
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with clinical bodies on the effect of drinking coffee on heart health.
24 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with clinical bodies on establishing a genetic cure for prostate cancer.
24 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asperger's Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome; and what the proportion of such people is in each age group and gender.
24 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cot Deaths: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with clinical bodies on a possible causal link between cot death and air pollution.
24 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Homeopathy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to control and monitor the use of homeopathy.
24 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Organs: Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have undergone an organ transplant in each of the last five years.
Source: official written-questions record.