Written questions

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Dec 2014 · Home Office

Mental Illness: Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to train police officers to spot signs that those in their custody may have mental health problems.

17 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

Fibromyalgia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 211202 what steps he is taking to (a) improve support for people with fibromyalgia and (b) increase public awareness of that condition.

17 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

Hereditary Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency among (a) practitioners and (b) the public.

16 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Hassockfield Secure Training Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of Hassockfield Secure Training Centre on the average journey time of relatives visiting young offenders accommodated in secure training centres.

16 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Training Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of the four secure training centres currently operating in England has received the best rating from Ofsted.

16 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Training Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the need for secure training centre places in each region of England and Wales.

15 Dec 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who waited longer than five days between their benefit application and a decision on their application in each year since May 2010.

15 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those imprisoned under an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection have been released on licence in each year since May 2010.

15 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

Breast Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) associates network about how to remove barriers to implementing NICE familial breast cancer guidance on the use of tamo

15 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will develop a strategy and workplan with targets for increasing the use of off-label medicines.

15 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

Drugs: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with clinicians about how to improve the uptake of clinically and cost-effective off-patent drugs outside their licensed indications.

11 Dec 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of unemployed people with mental health problems who are currently on the Work Programme.

11 Dec 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of eligible pensioners who have not claimed the winter fuel allowance in each year since May 2010.

11 Dec 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps =he is taking to ensure that pensioners become better aware of their right to claim winter fuel allowance.

10 Dec 2014 · Department for Transport

Transport: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial provision he has made for possible travel disruption caused by winter weather.

10 Dec 2014 · Department for Transport

Transport: Snow and Ice

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency measures he has in place for the effects on roads and railways of snowfall during winter.

10 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Middle East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help LGBT people under threat from ISIS in Northern Iraq and Syria.

10 Dec 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged under 18 who were homeless in each month of 2014.

9 Dec 2014 · Home Office

Homophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homophobic hate crimes were committed against people of Asian ethnicity in each year since May 2010.

9 Dec 2014 · Cabinet Office

Cervical Cancer

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women under the age of 25 were diagnosed with cervical cancer in the (a) borough of Barnsley and (b) UK in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.

9 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

Cervical Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request that the Advisory Committee on Cervical Cancer Screening will hold a further review of the evidence relating to risks and benefits of cervical screening in women under 25.

8 Dec 2014 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will support the proposal being considered by the EU Council on the safer HGV cab design to improve safety for cyclists.

8 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to provide military air support to the government of Afghanistan.

8 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what continuing military support he plans to provide to Afghanistan.

8 Dec 2014 · Cabinet Office

Food Banks

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much Government funding has been given to support foodbanks in the UK in each year since May 2010.

8 Dec 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small businesses have been started in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and (c) Barnsley in each year since May 2010.

5 Dec 2014 · Department for Education

Priority School Building Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead to Question 213345, at how many schools on the Priority School Building Programme construction work has (a) started and (b)

4 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average number of hours per week offenders in (a) youth custody institutions and (b) adult prisons were physically active in each year since 2010.

4 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left the Armed Forces in each month from September 2013 to July 2014.

3 Dec 2014 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what checks are in place to ensure that MOTs are conducted properly; and what action is taken if they are not.

Source: official written-questions record.