Written questions
587 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pest Control: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the laying of illegal poison baits.
1 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Peatlands: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to (a) ban burning of peatland and (b) tackle accidental peat fires.
1 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Peatlands: Controlled Burning
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the burning of peatland in protected areas.
1 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether care workers who are carrying out essential work for disabled people, either working directly as a personal assistant or being introduced through a CQC-registered care agency, are exempt fr
1 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what equality impact assessment he has made of the disparity in rules for quarantine upon arrival in the UK for (a) carers of people with disabilities who are either directly employed as a personal
1 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on exempting carers of people with disabilities who are (a) directly employed as a personal assistant and (b) employed through a care agency regi
22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of educational support for disabled children during the covid-19 outbreak.
16 Jun 2020 · Treasury
Employment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were estimated to be paid employees according to HMRC's PAYE and RTI data in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Oldham local authority and (d) Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency in each month
16 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of the limited capability for work component of universal credit died (a) from March to May 2020 and (b) from March to May 2019.
15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of universal credit died between (a) March to May 2020, and (b) March to May 2019.
15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobseeker's Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of jobseeker's allowance died between (a) March and May 2020 and (b) March and May 2019.
15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Income Support
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of income support died between (a) March and May 2020 and (b) March and May 2019.
15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of employment support allowance died between (a) March and May 2020 and (b) March and May 2019.
15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of total claimants in receipt of personal independence payment died between (a) March and May 2020, and (b) March and May 2019.
6 May 2020 · Women and Equalities
Disability: Coronavirus
What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on disabled people who are in receipt of social security.
10 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2020 to Question 10385 on Dementia: Health Services, when the Government plans to publish the Implementation Plan for the review of the Challenge on Dementia to
30 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made in response to the review of the Challenge on Dementia.
28 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sites of Special Scientific Interest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by Natural England’s SSSI monitoring programme in each calendar year from 2009.
28 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sites of Special Scientific Interest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of SSSI units were monitored (a) by number of units and (b) by area, in hectares as part of Natural England’s SSSI monitoring programme in each calendar ye
28 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sites of Special Scientific Interest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of Natural England’s programme of monitoring of SSSIs in each calendar year since 2009.
28 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the public purse was allocated by local authorities for adult social care in each year since 2009-10, by local authority.
14 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 2020 cross-government addiction strategy will include proposals on treatment for people who have become dependent on drugs prescribed by their doctor.
14 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tranquillisers: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking on the prescription of benzodiazepines and z drugs by doctors beyond the two to four week guidelines issued by the Committee on Safety in Medicines in 1988.
14 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tranquillisers: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions were issued for tranquillisers in each year from 2015 to date, which exceeded the Committee on Safety of Medicines two to four week guidelines issued in 1988.
14 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tranquillisers: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure specialist withdrawal services are available to support patients dependent on prescribed benzodiazepine and z drug tranquillisers.
3 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with Oldham Council on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement on the availability of medicines.
3 Sep 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Fuels: Emergency Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with Oldham Council on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement on the availability of fuel for emergen
3 Sep 2019 · Department for Education
Schools: Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will hold discussions with Oldham Council on the effect on food supplies in schools in that Council of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
2 Sep 2019 · Department for Education
Schools: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with Oldham Council on the potential effect on EU nationals teaching in Oldham schools of UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
2 Sep 2019 · Department for Education
Pupils: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with Oldham Council on the potential effect on EU students enrolled in Oldham schools of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
Source: official written-questions record.