Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve police responses to sexual assaults and rapes at universities.

6 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Sexual Offences: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many sexual assaults and rapes have taken place at UK universities in each of the last three years.

6 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Fertility: Males

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has assessed or commissioned on potential links between male infertility and diabetes or heart disease.

6 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Alzheimer's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has assessed or commissioned on potential links between prevention of Alzheimer's disease and maintaining positive thinking into later life.

6 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Alzheimer's Disease: Prostate Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has assessed or commissioned on potential links between prostate cancer treatment and Alzheimer's disease.

6 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

North Korea: South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what involvement the UK has had in discussions relating to talks between North and South Korea.

5 Jan 2016 · Women and Equalities

Females: Rural Areas

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to promote opportunities for women in rural areas to participate in public life.

5 Jan 2016 · Northern Ireland Office

Females: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on (a) tackling isolation of women living in rural areas and (b) providing more opportunities for women to participate in political and pu

5 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Handguns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and the Countryside Alliance on the banning of hand-guns and pistols.

5 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Criminal Records: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent people in other EU countries who have been convicted for murder, violent assault or rape from travelling to the UK.

5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Crohn's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each (a) gender and (b) age group were diagnosed with Crohn's disease in each of the last five years.

5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Arthritis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential application in the NHS of a treatment for arthritis proposed by researchers at Queen Mary University involving injection of microvesicles.

5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all people in vulnerable categories receive the flu vaccination.

5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Great Ormond Street Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of operations carried out at Great Ormond Street Hospital in each of the last five years.

5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce fat levels in food to address levels of diabetes.

5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of when new IVF treatments that enable donor fertilisation to occur outside the woman's body will be available through the NHS.

5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Dental Health: Pancreatic Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned or assessed on potential links between pancreatic cancer and gum disease.

5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Antibiotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that antibiotics are prescribed in proportion to the severity of the illness.

5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Kidney Diseases: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of when Tolvaptan will be available through the NHS to treat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

5 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Travel Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department takes to promote take-up of travel insurance by UK citizens travelling abroad.

5 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds of Prey

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will issue clear guidance that buzzard control licences should be granted to gamekeepers or organisations whenever the criteria for applications for such licences are met.

5 Jan 2016 · Department for Education

Religion: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on religious education as a compulsory part of the school curriculum.

5 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

World War I: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what process was used for administering the ballot for tickets to the Thiepval Memorial event on 1 July 2016; whether observers were appointed to scrutinise that process; and if he will make a st

5 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

World War I: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tickets to the Thiepval Memorial event on 1 July 2016 have been allocated to applicants from (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statemen

5 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

World War I: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of tickets for the Thiepval Memorial event on 1 July 2016 have been allocated to applicants from (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and if he will make

5 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Self-assessment

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with organisations representing self-employed people on the potential effect on such people of implementing quarterly tax returns from 2020.

5 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that sufficient tradesmen are trained to support an increase in housing construction.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential economic benefit to the north of England of faster rail links between north and south and better connectivity within the north of England.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Economic Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential economic benefit of High Speed 2 plans and the proposals by Transport for the North.

15 Dec 2015 · Northern Ireland Office

Cross Border Cooperation: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Irish Government since the attacks in Paris in November 2015 on ensuring that the two governments share intelligence effectively on all potential terrorist threats.

Source: official written-questions record.