Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the supply of Creon on the NHS.

29 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Violence

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the reported violence in Ayodhya, India.

29 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to provide military assistance to help support Ukraine's naval forces in winter 2023-24.

29 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Poverty

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the report by the UN entitled The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022, published on 9 May 2022, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle poverty

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Business: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will review the eligibility criteria for businesses to install wind turbines.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress she has made on (a) meeting net zero targets and (b) reducing energy costs.

29 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Police Service of Northern Ireland: Data Protection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on lessons learned from data breaches.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on encouraging young women to play football in school.

26 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Adani Group

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Indian counterpart on implementing the Indian Supreme Court's decision of 3 January 2024.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Silicosis

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

25 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloufar Hamedi

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the release from prison on bail of (a) Niloufar Hamedi and (b) Elaheh Mohammadi in Iran.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Silicosis: Composite Materials

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to help identify the silicosis risks associated with engineered stone working.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Silica: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of workers that are regularly exposed to silica dust in the workplace.

24 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to update the National Standards for Safety in Invasive Procedures to improve the information held on surgical fires.

24 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many operating theatre related fires have been reported in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022 and (d) 2023.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of claims for (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment and support allowance being allowed for (i) mental and (ii) physical health conditi

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Silica

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will have discussions with industry representatives on potential steps to detect respirable silica dust during the production of silica-containing products.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Composite Materials: Silicosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission research on potential links between engineered stone production and silicosis in workers.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Composite Materials: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will have discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the safety of engineered stone production; and if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of bannin

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Silica: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will have discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the adequacy of the (a) use of equipment and (b) other steps taken by silica-related industries to detect silica dust.

24 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Veterans UK on veteran homelessness.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Windsor

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of flood defences at Windsor Park; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating funding to strengthen thos

24 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecology: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in referral numbers to secondary care for gynaecological services in Northern Ireland.

24 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on national security.

24 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Nuclear Power

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the sanctions mechanisms provided for under UN Security Council Resolution 2231.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support women who are physically unable to work to state pension age.

24 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Aspirin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will bring forward legislation to regulate the sale of aspirin.

24 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

North Korea: South Korea

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his South Korean counterpart on relations with North Korea.

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beekeeping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made on the number of beekeepers.

23 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Abdullah al-Derazi and Jalal Labbad

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on the (a) adequacy of the trial and (b) use of the death penalty in the case of (i) Abdullah al-Derazi and

Source: official written-questions record.