Written questions
1,298 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 1 June 2023 from the hon. Member for South Shields.
7 Dec 2023 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Contact Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Education during the debate on Children in the Care System: Sibling Contact of 4 March 2020, Official Report, column 957, when he
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Death: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Justice during the debate on the Victims and Prisoners Bill of 4 December 2023, Official Report, column 138, when his Department plans to start
29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.
29 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Army: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many initial army training staff were (a) investigated for and (b) convicted of sexual offences against recruits under the age of 18 in the last three years.
29 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence of 28 November 2023, Official Report, column 246WH, if his Department will provide the 150 Atomic Weapons Establishment
29 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence during the debate on Nuclear Test Veterans: Medical Records of 28 November 2023, Official Report, column 245WH, wh
29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on the Healthy Start Scheme in the 2022-23 financial year.
27 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the amount of money local authorities spent on employing political assistants in the financial years (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23
23 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: South Shields
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to collaborate with (a) water companies and (b) scientific experts on future investment in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances remediation for South
23 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: South Shields
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from entering into the environment in South Shields constituency.
23 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Malnutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions there were for (a) scurvy, (b) rickets, (c) vitamin D deficiency and (d) malnutrition in age groups (i) up to four, (ii) five to nine, (iii) 10-16 and (iv) over 17 year
13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Deficiency Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions were there for (a) scurvy, (b) rickets and (c) vitamin D deficiency in England in the latest period for which data is available, broken down by age groups (i) 0-5 years
13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Malnutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions for malnutrition in England were there in the latest period for which data is available, broken down by age groups (a) 0-5 years, (b) 5-10 years, (c) 10-16 years and (d
13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of recipients of Healthy Start paper vouchers have not re-enrolled via the online registration system.
6 Sep 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian refugees are awaiting biometric residence permits; for what reasons there have been delays in processing those permits; and what the average wait time was to receiving a permit in t
4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make available audited data on the cost of operating the Healthy Start scheme in the 2022/23 financial year.
4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 188559 on Healthy Start Scheme, for what reason Departmental forecasts on numbers of beneficiaries and uptake of the Healthy Start scheme are not
13 Jul 2023 · Home Office
Visas: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188007 on Visas: Ukraine, if she will detail what the particular challenges are in obtaining a representative response.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2023 to Question 190584 on Apprentices: Taxation, how many students were studying at Level (a) 3 and (b) 4 and above in each of the last five years.
28 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance: South Tyneside
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 127773 on South Tyneside, if he can provide a breakdown of what the returned grant funding was allocated for.
21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the Apprenticeship Levy that has been spent on people studying at (a) Level 3 and (b) level 4 and above in each of the last 5 years.
21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education
Further Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the real-terms change to funding for Further Education Colleges has been in each year since 2010.
21 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) current and (b) former houses owned by his Department were unoccupied in May 2023; and what was the cost to the public purse of maintaining empty houses owned by his Department
8 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money was (a) allocated to and (b) spent on the Healthy Start Scheme in the 2021-22 financial year.
8 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185900 on Healthy Start Scheme, what the forecasted number was of (a) beneficiaries or (b) families in percentage format of the Healthy Start Schem
8 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185900 on Healthy Start Scheme, on what timescale his Department measures forecasted uptake of the Healthy Start Scheme.
8 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Heathy Start Scheme applications were rejected due to the form being filled out incorrectly in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) March 2023; and how many applications to that scheme were re
6 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185900 on Healthy Start Scheme, how much funding was provided to his Department for the Healthy Start scheme in 2021-22; and what was the forecaste
6 Jun 2023 · Home Office
Visas: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185901 on Visas: Ukraine, for what reason her Department is not planning to take steps to run a further online survey which produces higher quality an
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