Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating additional funding for military support for Ukraine.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote healthy eating in schools.

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in each of the last five years.

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been waiting for (a) gastric band, (b) gastric bypass, (c) sleeve gastrectomy and (d) duodenal switch surgery for over (i) 52 and (ii) 65 weeks.

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many procedures for (a) gastric band, (b) gastric bypass, (c) sleeve gastrectomy, (d) duodenal switch and (e) other bariatric surgeries were carried out in 2023.

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) gastric band, (b) gastric bypass, (c) sleeve gastrectomy, (d) duodenal switch and (e) other bariatric surgeries.

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5026 on Obesity: Surgery, how many people are on a waiting list for gastric band surgery; and how many were on a waiting list in January 2021.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of traditional short-term lets on the local economies of (a) rural and (b) coastal communities.

8 Jan 2024 · Attorney General

Offences against Children

To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the impact of the unduly lenient sentencing scheme on levels of paedophile crime.

5 Jan 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Firearms: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the PSNI on the time taken to issue firearms licenses in Northern Ireland.

13 Dec 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Menopause and Periods

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of his Department adopting the British Standard on Menstruation, menstrual health, and menopause in the workplace (BS 30416:2023), published in J

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to encourage SMEs to cut greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains.

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure food is affordable in winter 2023-24.

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the level of fly-tipping in (a) England and (b) the rest of the UK.

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Administration on SEN teaching provision in Northern Ireland.

12 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for knife crime in England since January 2020.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment she has made of the levels of flu vaccine uptake between 2022 and 2023.

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the levels of donations to foodbanks between 2022 and 2023.

11 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Religious Freedom

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) his policies on Hong Kong and (b) freedom of religion or belief of the campaign of sinicisation of religion.

11 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Civil Liberties

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help tackle threats to freedom of (a) expression, (b) assembly, (c) association and (d) religion or belief in Hong Kong.

11 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Civil Liberties

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the National Security Law on (a) freedom of expression, (b) academic freedom, (c) press freedom and (d) freedom of religion

11 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Religious Freedom

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the impact of trends in the level of freedom of expression on levels of freedom of religion and belief in Hong Kong.

11 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Religious Freedom

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of levels of freedom of religion and belief in Hong Kong.

6 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Armed Conflict

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking (a) bilaterally and (b) with its UN partners to help tackle conflict in Myanmar.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Obesity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the occurrence of cancers in women linked to obesity.

5 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that it stays connected with people seeking asylum subsequent to those people being provided accommodation.

5 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Supermarkets: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of (a) supermarkets and (b) other retail outlets on steps being taken to mitigate the impact of increased costs on the prices of goods fo

5 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Public Sector Debt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking reduce the national debt in the (a) short- and (b) medium-term.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support hospital trusts to adopt AI technologies to assist with (a) interventions for and (b) treatment of (i) cancers, (ii) strokes and (iii) heart condition

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Adult social care system reform: next steps to put People at the Heart of Care, published on 4 April 2023, if she will take steps to make fun

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