Written questions
587 written questions tabled, most recent first.
5 Feb 2015 · Department of Health
Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral contribution of 28 January 2015, Official Report, column 872, on NHS major incidents, whether any Ministers or officials of his Department knew about changes to local guidance.
3 Feb 2015 · Home Office
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to schools, colleges and universities on their obligations to tackle extremism.
29 Jan 2015 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training her Department plans to provide to (a) teachers and (b) headteachers to assist them to carry out the obligations placed on them by the provisions of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bi
29 Jan 2015 · Home Office
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister in her Department has lead responsibility for overseeing the changes to the Prevent programme announced in November 2014.
29 Jan 2015 · Home Office
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proactive programmes her Department has put in place to make contact with potential extremists since 26 November 2014.
29 Jan 2015 · Home Office
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to give financial support, as part of the Prevent programme, to organisations which work with school-aged young people who have been identified as at risk of extremism
27 Jan 2015 · Department of Health
NHS Trusts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which parliamentary constituencies are (a) completely and (b) partly within the (i) Foundation Trust and (ii) NHS Trust coverage area.
27 Jan 2015 · Department of Health
NHS Trusts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which parliamentary constituencies are (a) completely and (b) partly within the (i) Community Health Trust and (ii) Mental Health Trust coverage area.
20 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's social security sanctions policy.
14 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Kashmir
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.
5 Jan 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to address problems relating to retention monies and small businesses in the construction industry.
18 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
NHS: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 218445, how much the NHS spent on commissioning private providers in each of the last five years.
16 Dec 2014 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the Government has allocated to the Prevent strategy for (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
16 Dec 2014 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Prevent strategy funding will be used in (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) universities in the next financial year.
16 Dec 2014 · Department for Education
Teachers: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school teachers in each parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester have a science degree.
16 Dec 2014 · Department for Education
Teachers: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers in each parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester have a chemistry degree.
15 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Health: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the median wait from test request to test result was for (a) abdominal ultrasound, (b) flexi-sigmoidoscopy, (c) colonoscopy and (d) brain MRI in (i) all tests requested and (ii) GP-requested tests in the last
15 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fully functional linear accelerators were used for radiotherapy treatment in the NHS in England in each of the last 10 years; and how many fractions of such treatment NHS England delivered in that period.
15 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients requiring proton beam therapy were treated overseas in each of the last five years; and how many such patients were on the high priority list of cancers.
15 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
NHS: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of clinical commissioning groups have signed up to the five NHS Sign up to Safety pledges.
11 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Dementia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2014 to Question 212899, whether it is his Department's policy to encourage NHS staff to become dementia friends.
11 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Health Services: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the NHS budget was spent on commissioning private providers in each of the last five years.
10 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Air Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on business class flights since May 2010.
10 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
World Health Assembly
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff from his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies attended the World Health Assembly in Geneva in each year since 2010.
10 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what building refurbishments have been carried out by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 2010; what the cost was of each such refurbishment by category of expenditure; what b
10 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contract staff work for his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies; and what is the longest length of time any contractor has been working for each.
10 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Official Hospitality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on events for departing staff since May 2010.
5 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to issue an oral or written statement on the Government's progress on implementing proposals set out in Hard Truths: the journey to putting patients first.
5 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Kashmir
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to raise human rights issues in Kashmir with his international counterparts upon the occasion of the UN International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2014.
10 Nov 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) its Iranian counterparts and (b) others on the case of Ghoncheh Ghavami.
Source: official written-questions record.