Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug trials have taken place in the UK in each of the last three years.

10 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Skin Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of advances in the treatment of melanoma.

10 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Ulcerative Colitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of ulcerative colitis there has been in each of the last three years.

10 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Skin Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the drug pembrolizumab will be available on the NHS for treatment of skin cancer.

10 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Skin Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the cancer drug known as anti-PDL1; and when he expects that drug to be available for use in the NHS.

10 Jun 2014 · Home Office

Driving Offences: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of cases of vehicle insurance fraud in each of the last five years.

10 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts about the threat to pig health in the UK arising from (a) African swine fever and (b) porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus.

10 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marginal Land: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department gives to landowners to enable regeneration of land through the burning of heather and moorland.

10 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Areas: Festivals and Special Occasions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) rural festivals and (b) country sports events have been held in the UK in each of the last five years.

10 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hedgehogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of hedgehogs in the UK in each of the last three years.

10 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to improve the habitat and increase the number of (a) hedgehogs and (b) owls.

10 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance his Department gives to farmers and landowners in controlling the number of jays which predate smaller song birds.

10 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Leukaemia

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force armourers have died from leukaemia in each of the last five years.

10 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are employed in the arms industry in the UK.

10 Jun 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Commonwealth Games 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial assistance his Department has provided to shooting organisations to help them prepare for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

4 Jun 2014 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of traffic jams.

4 Jun 2014 · HM Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to exempt people in receipt of attendance allowance from paying vehicle excise duty.

4 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to make the treatment of mental health a priority within the NHS.

4 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people with mental health problems in each of the last five years.

4 Jun 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value of (a) exports to and (b) imports from Egypt was in each of the last three years.

4 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he or officials of his Department have had on the effects of digestion of sycamore tree seeds on horses; and what estimate he has made of the number of horses t

4 Jun 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Brazil

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Brazil on the issue of the recent increase in the number of disappeared persons in that country.

4 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

China

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Chinese government on the export of British cheeses to China.

4 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Merlins

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of merlins in the UK; and what steps his Department is taking to maintain their numbers and habitat.

4 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of song birds in the UK.

4 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock Worrying

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of dog attacks on sheep flocks in each of the last three years.

4 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects that artifical pancreases for treatment of diabetes will be available through the NHS.

4 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in the UK with a diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder in each of the last five years.

4 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Motor Neurone Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with motor neurone disease have been treated by the NHS with iGaze technology in each of the last five years.

4 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that there is no age discrimination in NHS treatment of breast, prostate and bowel cancer.

Source: official written-questions record.