Written questions

3,693 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of hospital interventions to (a) minimise the risk of covid-19 outbreaks and (b) bring hospital acquired covid-19 outbreaks under control; and what suppo

1 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients have been confirmed as infected with covid-19 (a) admission to hospital and (b) as a result of admission to hospital in (i) total and (ii) each month since

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

High Risk Aerosol Generating Procedures Independent Panel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 August 2020 to Question 71084, whether the independent panel on aerosol generating procedures has (a) been established, and (b) held a meeting.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) women with (i) epilepsy and (ii) bipolar disorder who are prescribed Valproate and (b) their children receive the healthcare they require.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been harmed by the use of Valproate in pregnancy since 1973.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been (a) exposed to Valproate in pregnancy, (b) harmed by Valproate in pregnancy and (c) diagnosed with Fetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder, since April 2018.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women of child bearing potential receive prescriptions for Valproate in England.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Zoo Animals Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications have (a) been made and (b) accepted under the Zoo Animals Fund since its introduction.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that measures introduced under the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) Regulations are inclusive of people who are (a) deaf or (b) hard of hearing.

28 Aug 2020 · Home Office

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2020 to Question 74645 on Coronavirus: Quarantine, when she plans to publish the selected data on compliance with quarantine measures.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the long term health consequences of covid-19 on the NHS.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Emergencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many serious incidents have been reported in each of the last 10 years.

28 Aug 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Tax Collection: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of collection levels for (a) council tax and (b) business rates by local authorities for the financial year 2020-21.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of community-acquired cases of covid-19 were from (a) healthcare workers, (b) patients discharged to care facilities and (c) patients discharged home.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of how patient (a) acquisition and (b) outcome of covid-19 infection within a hospital setting differs by (i) occupation, (ii) clinical setting, (iii) ethnicity and (iv)

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of staff movement between (a) wards in the same hospital, (b) hospitals, (c) outpatient clinics and (d) care homes on the transmission of covid-19.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) transmission pathways, (b) transmission locations and (c) modes of transmission for hospital acquired infections of covid-19.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local healthcare worker covid-19 infections can be attributed to transmission at work from (i) patients and (ii) other healthcare

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 3 August 2020 to Question 59809 on Protective Clothing: Turkey, how many of the 185,000 gowns and coveralls have been used.

20 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many physical checks have been made to assess the level of compliance with the requirement under the test and trace scheme to self isolate .

16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s report entitled Elective Surgery during COVID-19, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that surgical teams throughout the UK ha

16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s report entitled Elective Surgery during COVID-19, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of that

15 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July to Question 69589 on Coronavirus: Quarantine, whether the ad hoc statistical release on Health Measures at the Border has now been published.

13 Jul 2020 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Coronavirus

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has plans to make the wearing of face coverings mandatory on the Parliamentary estate.

13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what scientific advice formed the evidential basis for the lifting of the covid-19 lockdown restrictions announced on 9 July 2020.

13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the scientific advice provided on the covid-19 lockdown relaxations announced on 9 July 2020.

8 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Emergencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many serious incidents have been reported in the last 12 months.

8 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ayanda Capital: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the unit for each item of personal protection equipment agreed in the contract with Ayanda Capital.

8 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish an independent expert group other than NERVTAG to adjudicate on whether certain procedures should be regarded as aerosol generating procedures for the purposes of pers

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Social Distancing: Fixed Penalties

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued under regulation 7 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 for gathering in a group of more

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