Written questions

912 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tixagevimab/cilgavimab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make Evusheld available to immunocompromised patients on the NHS.

4 Jul 2022 · Treasury

NHS: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that additional tax payments as a result of pension growth are not disproportionately impacting NHS staff.

29 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of including Afghan journalists previously employed by the BBC in the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and Afghan Citizens Reset

28 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 23234, under which scheme 100 Afghan journalists been relocated to the UK; and what type of visas they have been granted.

27 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cuba: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Cuban counterpart on the imprisonment of Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and Maikel Osorbo Castillo Perez following recent protests in that

27 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Gangs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her Haitian counterpart on gang-related violence in that country.

27 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government is providing assistance to Haiti in the context of reports that at least eight inmates have starved to death at an overcrowded prison.

27 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Brazil: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report entitled 2nd National Survey on Food Insecurity 2022 in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil, published by the Brazilian Research Netwo

22 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide visas to Afghan journalists who have worked for the BBC.

21 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ecuador: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Ecuadorian counterpart on the indigenous-led protests against the administration of the president of that country, Guillermo Lasso.

21 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mexico: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that the majority of the 6,141 homicides registered in the 170 most violent municipalities in Mex

15 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tourette's Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that specialist medical services for Tourettes Syndrome are accessible to people outside of London.

15 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the number of specialist practitioners researching and treating Tourette’s Syndrome and other neurological disorders.

15 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve the quality of training on Tourette’s syndrome and other neurological disorders for service providers in England.

15 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness and role of the NICE guidance for Tourette’s Syndrome and other neurological disorders.

15 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase funding into the causes of and treatments for Tourette’s syndrome and other neurological disorders.

15 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kiribati: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to assist Kiribati in collecting information on the possible impacts of past nuclear weapons testing on its territory.

15 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kiribati: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Kiribati counterpart regarding past UK nuclear weapons testing in that country.

15 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Brazil: Election Observers

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for democracy of reports that the Brazilian Armed Forces will act as election observers in the Presidential Election in Octob

14 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nicaragua: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Costa Rican counterpart on the deployment of Russian troops and equipment to Nicaragua.

14 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Dom Phillips

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Brazilian counterpart on the disappearance of Dom Phillips.

1 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Colombian counterpart on the recent (a) attacks against and (b) surveillance of members of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective.

1 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Colombian counterpart on the recent attacks against Wayúu Indigenous leaders in La Guajira.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes For Ukraine Scheme: Leeds North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications to sponsor refugees have been made via the Homes For Ukraine Scheme by households in Leeds North East constituency as of 1 June 2022.

27 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities how many people have used the Homes for Ukraine Scheme to settle in the Leeds Local Authority Area.

25 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Argentina: G7

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Argentine counterpart on Argentina's intention to participate in the Summit of G7 leaders in June 2022.

25 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Latin America

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in June 2022.

25 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Buses: Lithium-ion Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will publish the risk assessment it carried out on the use of Lithium-ion batteries in buses.

20 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Latin America and USA: Diplomatic Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterpart in the US government on the exclusion of (a) Cuba, (b) Venezuela and (c) Nicaragua from the Ninth Summit of the Americas

20 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Argentina: BRICS Summit

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Argentine Government's decision to join the BRICS group of emerging economies.

Source: official written-questions record.