Written questions

1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Endoscopy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Fit For Future Fund will include purchasing new equipment for endoscopy services used to diagnose bowel cancer.

10 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Journalism: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps with his international counterparts to negotiate a UN convention on the protection of journalists.

6 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the specialised (a) challenges and (b) needs of young cancer patients are met.

30 Aug 2024 · Home Office

British Nationality and Visas: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to review the cost of (a) visa and (b) citizenship application fees.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to promote stray animal (a) trap-neuter-return, (b) rescue and (c) adoption initiatives.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support local anti-littering initiatives.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Facilities: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to (a) support and (b) promote the adoption of larger (i) changing room and (ii) toilet facilities on private business premises.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Footpaths

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps is to promote (a) wider and (b) more accessible footpath access in (i) parks and (ii) other public spaces.

30 Aug 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's criteria are for implementation of an emergency visa scheme for refugees fleeing war zones.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector groups fulfilling local service needs.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure increased funding for (a) SEN schools and (b) increasing existing SEN support in mainstream schools.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Sentencing: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the need for reform of sentence progression for prisoners who remain in custody on historic Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences who have served their minimum terms.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Coronavirus: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits, (b) costs and (c) viability of establishing a financial compensation scheme for taxpayers who did not receive government financial support during the covid

19 Jul 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating an emergency family reunion visa scheme for people affected by the conflict in Israel and Palestine.

21 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing targeted support for (a) infant and (b) parental mental health while a family is experiencing homelessness.

20 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing free bus passes for homeless (a) adults and (b) children.

20 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of children unable to continue in their existing educational placements as a result of being housed out of area (a) for temporary accommodat

20 May 2024 · Department for Education

Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve educational outcomes for homeless children in temporary accommodation or experiencing rough sleeping.

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of children that have lost their place on waiting lists for health and care services as a result of relocating out of area due to housing pressures, in th

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parents: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to promote parental mental health (a) during pregnancy and (b) in the first two years of infancy.

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Babies: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a recent assessment has been made of the potential merits of creating an NHS Never Event for discharging newborns home to temporary accommodation without a cot.

15 May 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the report by Key Cities Innovation Network entitled Civic partners in Net Zero, published in April 2024, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of local civic pa

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support NHS England to facilitate negotiating a better price for the drug trastuzumab deruxtecan.

18 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish the evidential basis on which the value of the fixed and final offer for Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme claimants was set at £600,000.

18 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish the evidential basis on which the value of the fixed sum award for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme claimants was set at £75,000.

27 Feb 2024 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Government launches pay transparency pilot to break down barriers for women, published on 8 March 2022, what assessment she has made of the effectivene

26 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

AWE: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have the necessary security clearance to access the (i) Merlin database and (ii) documentation stored on the Merlin database pertaining to the nuclear te

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) costs and (b) merits of extending the statutory requirement for a Cladding External Wall System form to include all apartment block b

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of not extending the statutory requirement for a Cladding External Wall System form for properties in buildings below 11 meters on (a) prope

18 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2023 to Question 6822 on Companies: Registration, when the broader powers given to the Registrar under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 will

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