Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cervical Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to roll-out self-sampling cervical cancer tests.

22 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Processed Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with the food industry to help reduce the calorie content of processed foods.

22 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing clean energy generation on energy efficiency.

22 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the proportion of defence spending that is allocated to Northern Ireland.

22 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Northern Ireland Health Minister on the provision of NHS dental care in Northern Ireland.

22 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Defibrillators: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from the sale of defibrillators; and if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the potential impa

22 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with the devolved Administrations on ensuring value for money in legal aid provision.

19 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that people who are eligible for IVF treatment receive three cycles of NHS-funded treatment.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Meat Products: Salt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the volume of salt in processed meat.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the sustainability of job centres in rural areas.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle unemployment for people aged between 18 and 24.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of instances of fly tipping in the last six months.

17 Jul 2024 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a new modern slavery strategy.

17 Jul 2024 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to tackle the number of small boat crossings.

17 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Deep Sea Mining

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent deep sea mining.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 21 were convicted of sexual abuse in the last 12 months.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nervous System: Pain

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people were medically treated for severe nerve pain in the last 12 months.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) enhanced diagnostics and (b) treatment for people under the age of 16 who have allergies.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Self-employed: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to encourage self-employed tradesmen to take on apprentices.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of AI on public sector productivity.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fractures: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to roll out Fracture Liaison Services.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the (a) role and (b) remit of the proposed new Armed Forces Commissioner.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government has plans to review the higher education funding model; and if she will take steps to ensure the sustainability of university funding through a model that balances the (a) needs of studen

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will undertake a review of the BBC licence fee in the context of changing viewing habits of the public.

17 Jul 2024 · Home Office

Travel: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle fraud in online travel bookings.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps with the European Commission to allow the Northern Ireland Executive to allocate state aid to fisheries projects in the same manner as other UK nations.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Airbus: Spirit AeroSystems

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of the aerospace industry on guaranteeing jobs during the completion of the sale of Spirit AeroSystems’ operations to Airbu

21 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of women born in the 1950s who have been impacted by State Pension age changes.

21 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bladder Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that have been (a) diagnosed with and (b) treated for bladder cancer in the last 12 months.

21 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Communities Minister on the sustainability of social housing in Northern Ireland.

Source: official written-questions record.