Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the amount of money (a) spent and (b) lost on illegal gambling sites in each of the last five years.

4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mpox: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent the spread of Mpox.

4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical technologies were (a) piloted in the NHS in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024, (b) supported after successful pilots in those years and (c) adopted at scale in the last year.

4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Colonoscopy: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to reform colonoscopy services.

4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Colonoscopy: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent to (a) outsource and (b) insource additional resource to manage colonoscopy procedures in each of the last five years by trust.

4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Colonoscopy: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were on waiting lists for colonoscopies in each year between 2020 and 2024 by trust.

4 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Salmon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of salmon stocks in the last 12 months.

4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional funding for prostate cancer (a) care and (b) research.

4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his Northern Irish counterpart on funding for hospices.

4 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage international investment across the UK.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussion she had with the BBC on decriminalising non-payment of the TV license fee.

30 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many long covid clinics are active.

30 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Microplastics: Babies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the exposure of babies to microplastics.

30 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psoriasis: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged between 16 and 25 are medically treated for psoriasis in England, broken down by (a) age and (b) gender.

30 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fractures: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on providing universal access to fracture liaison services by 2030.

30 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

MMR Vaccine: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children who have been fully vaccinated for MMR in the last year.

30 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the average time from women finding breast lumps to being referred for diagnostic tests.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Springer Nature

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the market dominance of (a) Springer Nature and (b) other major academic publishers on access to publicly funded research.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Protection: Publishing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Information Commissioner plans to review the data privacy practices of major academic publishers.

29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for hospices in the last three years.

29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of stroke symptoms among young people.

29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of local authority charges for social care services on vulnerable unpaid carers.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of raising the Carer Addition in Pension Credit on low-income pensioner carers.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the earnings threshold was for (a) Carer’s Allowance and (b) Invalid Care Allowance in each of the last 30 years.

29 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to ensure that ongoing mental health support is available to victims of rape (a) before, (b) during and (c) after criminal trials relating to their case.

29 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of the reduction in fuel duty made in 2022 that was passed on to consumers by petrol stations.

29 Oct 2024 · Home Office

National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to track people working for hostile states in the UK.

29 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested due to instances of violence involving a machete in the last 12 months.

29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists for cardiac treatments.

29 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent guidance her Department has provided to the judiciary on the use of custodial sentences in the context of prison capacity.

Source: official written-questions record.