Written questions
9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Heart Diseases: Retirement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been medically retired due to heart attacks in the last 5 years.
7 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bees
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the bumble bee population in the UK.
7 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people on long-term sick leave as of 7 February 2024.
7 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Ceramics: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she has taken to support the ceramic industry financially since the covid-19 pandemic.
7 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hay Fever: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the number of people who are on prescription medication for hayfever.
6 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iraq: Religious Freedom
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the most significant factors affecting freedom of religion or belief under the (a) federal Government of Iraq and (b) Kurdistan Regional Gover
6 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: Religious Freedom
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Article 23 legislation in Hong Kong on religious freedom; and whether he plans to make representations to his co
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help tackle underage vaping.
6 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Bank Services: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the authorities in Northern Ireland on rural banking services.
6 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many UK nationals have remained in Afghanistan since August 2021.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Veterans: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support her Department provides to female veterans suffering PTSD and poor mental health due to sexual (a) assault and (b) trauma.
6 Feb 2024 · Church Commissioners
Churches: Security
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what funds the Commissioners allocate to churches for (a) cameras, (b) alarms and (c) other security equipment.
5 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to encourage newly released prisoners into employment.
5 Feb 2024 · Northern Ireland Office
Barristers: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on trends in the number of barristers working in Northern Ireland since 2019.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support families that are not eligible for universal credit support with their heating bills.
5 Feb 2024 · Northern Ireland Office
Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department has taken to encourage international companies to (a) invest and (b) base themselves in Northern Ireland in the last six months.
31 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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 Housing Executive on the availability of housing in Northern Ireland.
31 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of introducing funding to help small businesses implement infrastructure changes to help them cut their emission
31 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether they can publish the (a) members list and (b) terms of reference for the nine regional statutory joint committees responsible for commissioning specialised services that cover (i) North Eas
31 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking with NHS England to support Integrated Care Boards to (a) prepare for full delegation of specialised services for interstitial lung disease from April 2024 and (
31 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to (a) increase the capacity of interstitial lung disease services and (b) reduce the time between diagnosis and access to treatment for that disease.
31 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce incidences of surgical (a) fires and (b) burns.
31 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Operating Theatres: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of theatre-related fires that were reported in NHS hospitals in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022 and (d) 2023.
30 Jan 2024 · Department for Education
Pupils: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help promote healthy eating in schools.
30 Jan 2024 · Department for Education
STEM Subjects: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the uptake of STEM subjects studied at universities.
30 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many agency staff were employed in NHS hospitals on 30 January 2024.
30 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children: Convictions and Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of child cruelty offences in the latest period for which data is available.
30 Jan 2024 · Attorney General
Offences against Children: Convictions
To ask the Attorney General, how many convictions for paedophilia were referred to her Department under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in 2023.
30 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Supply: Inflation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on food security of trends in the level of inflation.
30 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fisheries: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of increasing the minimum earnings thresholds for skilled foreign wor
Source: official written-questions record.