Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Clergy

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of Chinese Communist Party re-education classes for Catholic priests in the Inner Mongolia region.

29 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2024 to Question 12362 on Operating Theatres: Fires, how (a) her Department and (b) NHS England defines the most serious surgical fires and burns; what steps sh

29 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how her Department records instances of near misses for (a) surgical fires and (b) other patient safety incidences.

29 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how (a) her Department and (b) NHS England define the severity of (i) a surgical fire, (ii) a surgical burn and (iii) a near miss related to a surgical fire or burn.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Menopause: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support women experiencing menopause in the workplace.

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has taken recent steps with the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland on tackling domestic abuse in Northern Ireland.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for fixing road surfaces.

27 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Construction: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to help reduce the number of suicides of construction workers.

27 Feb 2024 · Cabinet Office

Construction: Suicide

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of how many construction workers killed themselves in each of the last three years for which data is available.

27 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to improve the mental health and wellbeing of people working in the construction industry.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Shamima Begum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse was for legal fees relating to the Shamima Begum case.

26 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Multiple Myeloma: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many multiple myeloma patients have been treated with isatuximab in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone under the Cancer Drugs Fund; and if she will make an assessment of the potent

26 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Multiple Myeloma: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to support (a) NICE and (b) NHS England to apply flexibility to appraisal of combination medicines; and whether flexibility will be applied in NICE appraisals for multip

26 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how long her Department has been aware of issues associated with health technology appraisal of combination medicines for blood cancers; and whether her Department is giving additional resources to

26 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to subsidise minimum rural bus services.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Communication

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of communications between Royal Air Force Quick Reaction Alert Stations in England and Royal Air Force bases in Northern Ireland.

26 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Courier Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with delivery companies on ensuring that courier services are accessible for all.

26 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young People: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will allocate additional funds to the devolved Administrations for community youth groups.

26 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Scoliosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to include scoliosis as a reportable condition under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to engage with schools to help ensure young people are aware of opportunities available to them in the armed forces.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military assistance he is offering to Ukraine to help deter attacks on civilians.

26 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help tackle potential distortions of the property market by foreign ownership of residential property in the UK.

22 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Honour Based Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of honour based violence due to forced marriage there were in the (a) UK and (b) devolved Administration in each of the last three years.

22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to impose 20mph speed limits on school roads; and if he will provide funding to devolved Administrations to purchase speed limit signs for each (a) primary and (b) high school.

22 Feb 2024 · Treasury

First Time Buyers: Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with major banks on the accessibility of mortgages for first time buyers.

22 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on NHS dental provision.

22 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antidepressants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK are prescribed anti-depressants.

22 Feb 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had discussions with Northern Ireland Community Energy on promoting government incentives to community groups.

22 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to improve investigations into benefit fraud.

21 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sepsis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of incidences of sepsis in the last five years.

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