Written questions

Emma Lewell

1,298 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 238363 on Food Banks, what her timescale is for publication of the final report.

1 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dyspraxia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the (a) time taken to receive and (b) quality of assessments for dyspraxia of CCGs opting not to fund dyspraxia assessments with Dysprax

28 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the interim findings of her Department's study entitled Factors driving the use of food banks.

28 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Electronic Government: Dyspraxia

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has received feedback from Dyspraxics on the accessibility of its online platforms.

28 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dyspraxia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the route to diagnosis for dyspraxia for adults.

28 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dyspraxia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were referred by their GP to (a) a private occupational therapist, (b) an occupational therapist on the NHS, (c) a private physio-therapist, and (b) a physio-therapist on the NHS fo

28 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dyspraxia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were referred by their GP for a Dyspraxia assessment in each of the last ten years; how many of those assessments resulted in a diagnosis of Dyspraxia; and the average length of tim

27 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice his Department received which led to the myth-busting document on guidance for local authorities being withdrawn on 20 March 2019.

27 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the myth-busting document on guidance for local authorities was withdrawn on 20 March 2019.

26 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what internal checks his Department made prior to publishing the myth-busting document on that document.

26 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department did not hold meetings with concerned charities when it received the letter of September 2018 on his Department's myth-busting document from experts and organisations.

26 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he took in response to the letter of September 2018 from experts and organisations on his Department's myth-busting document.

25 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of support for people suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis in (a) South Shields and (b) the North East.

21 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

UK Community Foundations

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of applications that UK Community Foundations has received for its onward grants of using Tampon Tax Fund money.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sanitary Products: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for funding were made to the Tampon Tax Fund in each year since 2015.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sanitary Products: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the minimum bid to apply for funding from the Tampon Tax Fund was increased to £1 million.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sanitary Products: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the criterion for the Tampon Tax Fund that the value of the grant requested in each financial year must not represent more than 50 per cent of the applicant organisation’s annual in

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sanitary Products: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the funding UK Community Foundation and Women’s Aid Federation of England were given from the 2017-2018 Tampon Tax Fund has been used for their own administration of those gr

19 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Insecurity Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of 4 March 2019 by the hon. Member for South Shields, Official Report, column 749, what plans the Government has to respond to the Food Insecurity Bill; and if sh

12 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education of 11 March 2019, Official Report, column 12 on Support for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities,

12 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Specialist Schools: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints he has received on the use of restraint in specialist schools in each of the last five years.

11 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport

Driving: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2019 to Question 228749 on Driving: Autism, what estimate he has made of the number of drivers with autism affected by the guidance on the DVLA website between 15 February and

11 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 228139 on Special Educational Needs: Finance, whether he plans to launch his Department's call for evidence looking into the financial incentives in the SEND syste

11 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to require local authorities to ensure that school staff who teach young people with vision impairment have appropriate training from a specialist.

7 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice