Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her timetable is for the rollout of Endo Barriers on the NHS.

24 Apr 2024 · Treasury

Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Bank of England on bank rates.

24 Apr 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Cars: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the export of British luxury cars to Russia via third countries; and whether she has had discussions with industry representatives o

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Protection: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support businesses secure their digital infrastructure against the provision of technological services from companies deemed a potential threat to

23 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Evan Gershkovich

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what discussions he has had with international partners on the (a) release of Evan Gershkovich and (b) use of imprisonment as a bargaining tactic.

23 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the backlog in the Crown Court.

22 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Christianity

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in India on the treatment of Christian churches and foreign missionaries in India.

22 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nicaragua: Human Rights and Religious Freedom

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in Nicaragua on protecting (a) human rights and (b) religious freedoms (i) since the conviction of Bishop Rolando A´lvarez and (ii) in the context of the treatment

22 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Azerbaijan: Christianity

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had recent discussions with his Azerbaijani counterpart on (a) the preservation of Christian religious sites in Nagorno-Karabakh, (b) regulations on religious practice and (c) other protections for Chris

22 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Insomnia: Exercise

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to increase public awareness of the potential merits of regular exercise in reducing the effects of insomnia.

22 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) trial and (b) roll-out early cancer screening.

22 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce excess deaths as a result of patients waiting longer than 12 hours for emergency care.

22 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the devolved administrations on ensuring (a) a consistent approach and (b) the applicability of the NHS National Review to ADHD services.

22 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase public awareness of links between heart disease in women and alcohol consumption.

22 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for an ADHD diagnosis on the NHS for children.

22 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Depressive Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take steps to (a) monitor the incidence of depression among stroke survivors and (b) improve interventions to enhance (i) aftercare and (ii) qu

22 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the border between the UK and Republic of Ireland is secure against the passage malign foreign actors.

22 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas: Hostage Taking

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on securing the release of hostages from Gaza.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of secondary school trainee teachers of (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) foreign languages, (d) religious education, (e) mathematics and (f) computing have been recruited to begin tr

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Postgraduate initial teacher training targets for the 2024/25 academic year, for what reason the target number of secondary trainees teachers of Religious Education has been r

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the proportion of time spent by secondary school teachers spending teaching subjects they are not trained in.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport

Renewable Fuels: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to support the use of renewable liquid fuels following the removal of renewable liquid fuel import tariffs from the US in February 2023.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Fuels: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the (a) scope and (b) terms of reference of the consultation on the renewable liquid heating fuel obligation will be.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Fuels: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to launch a consultation on the renewable liquid heating fuel obligation before 23 July 2024.

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with NHS England on the effectiveness of its Commercial Framework in tackling challenges presented by the appraisal and reimbursement system when applied to combination

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2024 to Question 15636 on Blood Cancer: Drugs, on what date her Department first became aware of challenges presented by the appraisal of combination therapies; an

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve early intervention for mental health conditions in working-age adults.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electric Vehicles and National Grid: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is taking steps to secure the (a) electricity grid and (b) electric vehicle infrastructure from remote disruption by foreign actors.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues published by the Parliamen

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Semaglutide: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the public's awareness of the side effects that can arise from taking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic.

Source: official written-questions record.