Written questions

Jim Shannon

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Depressive Illnesses: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to assist young people experiencing anxiety and depression.

18 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Hypertension: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more regular blood pressure checks as a means of reducing costs to the NHS of conditions that otherwise remain undetected.

18 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Colombia: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Colombia on steps to integrate child soldiers back into that country's society.

18 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Food Poisoning: Poultry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of food poisoning in chickens.

18 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Hilary Meredith Solicitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd.

18 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the incidence of cyber-fraud and to advise the public of the level of care they should take in transferring money online.

18 Oct 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Nuisance Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) reduce nuisance calls and (b) give advice to companies on how to contact the public appropriately on inheritance tax issues.

17 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the time taken for people with (a) rare and ultra-rare conditions, (b) Morquio A Syndrome and (c) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to access treatment.

17 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Medical Treatments: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of slow medicine reimbursement decisions on the level of commercial investment in UK clinical research by companies specialising in rare and ultra-ra

17 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Orphan Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an estimate of the average time taken by NICE to evaluate new orphan and ultra-orphan therapies in the last three years; and what the average time taken from approval is to access t

17 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of high drug prices on the budget of the NHS.

12 Oct 2016 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of accessible taxis in the UK.

12 Oct 2016 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve access to public transport for disabled people.

11 Oct 2016 · Cabinet Office

Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the net change in the number of jobs in the UK since 23 June 2016.

11 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Pregnancy: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to address levels of discrimination in the work-place for women who are pregnant.

11 Oct 2016 · Department for International Development

Ethiopia: Famine

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to assist Ethiopia with famine relief and support in dealing with draught.