Written questions

1,057 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Menopause

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle the number of working days lost due to (a) menopause and (b) perimenopause.

1 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department’s long-term transformation plan for the Breast Screening Programme.

1 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy between areas where it is highest and lowest by 2030.

31 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish to publish the White Paper on health disparities by the end of 2022; and whether that White Paper will include a cross-government strategy.

31 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Making Smoking Obsolete Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Government’s response to Javed Khan’s Making Smoking Obsolete review.

31 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the progress in meeting the Government’s smokefree targets; and whether he plans to retain those targets.

31 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Nicotine vaping in England: 2022 evidence update, published on 29 September 2022 by the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, whether he has held discussions with that Off

31 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to equip clinicians with accurate information about the benefits of smokers switching to vaping as recommended by Dr Javed Khan’s recent independent review into tobacco cont

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Bootle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) exclusions of SEN pupils and (b) total exclusions of students there were in schools in Bootle constituency in each of the last three years.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Sefton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the amount of time it takes for a young person to be accepted for an education, health and care plan in the Sefton Council area.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Bootle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests for Education Health and Care Plan were (a) requested by parents or (b) signed off by Sefton Council for students in the Bootle constituency.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Bootle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Bootle constituency.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Bootle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Bootle constituency.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Bootle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Bootle constituency.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Bootle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to mental health services in Bootle constituency.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry: Bootle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made (a) podiatry vacancy rates in the NHS in Bootle constituency and (b) the impact these vacancies will have on patient treatment for diabetic foot complications.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department will consult with stakeholders to inform the development of the 2023 Rare Disease Action Plan.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2022, what estimate she has made of when NHS England and NHS Digital will publish the annual report on uptake of drugs for patients with rare

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department will allocate funding to support the establishment and operation of Rare Disease Collaborative Networks in the 2023 Rare Disease Action Plan.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications have been made to form Rare Disease Collaborative Networks in the last 12 months.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the independent review report entitled the Khan review: making smoking obsolete, published on 9 June 2022, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposal in

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what threshold of evidence has been set for the procurement of potential future prophylactic covid-19 treatments.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department plans to provide to help tackle the sale of illicit vaping products in the upcoming Tobacco Control Plan.

21 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her timescale is for publication of the White Paper on Health Disparities in England.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Pupils: Sanitary Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to make the free period products scheme permanent.

2 Sep 2022 · Women and Equalities

Period Poverty

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether it remains her Department's policy to end period poverty by 2025.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Sanitary Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will issue guidance to schools and colleges on consulting with students on period products in the context of the period product scheme.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Pupils: Sanitary Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the free period products scheme.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Pupils: Sanitary Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to evaluate the impact of the free period products scheme in schools and colleges on the availability of those products in those settings.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to encourage Integrated Care Systems to improve care pathways for patients with inflammatory skin conditions.

Source: official written-questions record.