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.