Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Higher Education: Males

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to increase the proportion of men going to university.

9 May 2016 · Department of Health

Schools: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of rising school rolls on the number of school nurse training places required.

9 May 2016 · Department of Health

Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of public health nursing to (a) improving the health of the population and preventing acute hospital admissions and (b) delivering the Government's commitm

9 May 2016 · Department of Health

Nurses: Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of public health nurses to delivering the prevention agenda in the NHS England Five Year Forward View.

9 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the abduction, forced conversion and forced marriage of underage Christian girls in northern Nigeria.

9 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to the Nigerian government on securing the release of non-Muslim underage girls who have been abducted, forcibly converted and forcibly married in states

4 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Boko Haram

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of a possible relationship between the activities of Boko Haram and those of armed Fulani herders in Nigeria.

4 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Boko Haram

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage Nigeria to tackle Fulani militia attacks on non-Muslim villagers in the central Nigeria states of Plateau, Kaduna, Bauchi, Taraba and Benu

4 May 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the proposed removal of Government support for solar thermal energy on the (a) UK solar thermal and (b) solar cylinder manufacturing indus

4 May 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Heating: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the potential of solar thermal hot water heating to tackle fuel poverty.

4 May 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Heating: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her policy is on the role of solar thermal technologies in meeting the UK's renewable heat targets.

28 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Assembly on increasing connectivity with Northern Ireland through expansion of Heathrow.

28 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to address neo-Nazi and extreme Islamist elements in prisons; and what steps he is taking to educate prisoners about democratic principles.

26 Apr 2016 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament's Education Service

To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness of the Education Service in engaging the attention of children during their visits to Parli

26 Apr 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with Tourism NI on increasing the level of tourism from the UK mainland to Northern Ireland.

26 Apr 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

World War I: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Education and (b) Northern Ireland Executive on increasing the involvement of children and young people of school age in commemorat

21 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Cancer: Aspirin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with clinical bodies on research into the use of aspirin to reduce incidents of cancer.

21 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to address the effect of loneliness on health.

21 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Indonesia: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the President of Indonesia on the protection of religious minorities in that country.

20 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Blood Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the post-treatment recovery package is adapted to meet the specific needs of blood cancer patients.

20 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Blood Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all blood cancer patients have access to a clinical nurse specialist or equivalent point of contact as part of their care.

20 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Skin Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on the use of nirolumab and ipilimumab to treat skin cancer.

20 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Drugs: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on connections between hayfever, sleeping and allergy tablets and memory, cognitive and concentration difficulties.

20 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

North Korea: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US and Japanese counterparts about nuclear tests by North Korea.

19 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Russia: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Russian business community and (b) other Russian citizens living in the UK on Russian attitudes towards the West.

19 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Russia: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to counter Russian disinformation against western countries and NATO.

19 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Russian Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Russian language (a) speakers, (b) interpreters and (c) translators are employed by his Department; and what steps he is taking to increase the number of such experts working in

19 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that UK defence capability can effectively respond to a threat from Russia.

19 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Military Intelligence: Russian Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Russian language (a) speakers, (b) interpreters and (c) translators are employed in the intelligence department of his Department; and what steps he is taking to increase the number of such experts in th

18 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the analysis by the Women's Budget Group, that the distributional analysis that was produced alongside the Budget fails to adequately analyse the impact on women and men, either as indi

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