Written questions

Cat Smith

1,750 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has (a) made or (b) received representations from NHS England on its decision not to keep dentists and their teams within the NHS flu vaccine programme in 2022.

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase awareness of fetal valproate spectrum disorder among health care professionals.

25 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Universities: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the proposals in relation to Minimum Eligibility Requirements included in the Higher Education policy statement and reform consultation will apply to university students currently enrolled on a degree c

23 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Earwax: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of NHS provision of ear syringing in England.

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the cumulative impact on the living standards of households in receipt of universal credit of (a) not up-rating benefits in line with inflation, (b) the end to

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made on the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on levels of child poverty in Lancaster and Fleetwood.

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on the incomes of households in receipt of universal credit, in the context of the end of the £20 we

8 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many areas are funded through the £30 million programme for specialist mental health services for people sleeping rough as of 8 February 2022; what those areas are; and how many areas in total

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Donor Conceived Truth Campaign

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet representatives of the Donor Conceived Truth Campaign to discuss the legal rights of donor conceived people.

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure blood cancer patients receive priority access to covid-19 PCR tests.

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is undertaking on the long-term effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines for blood cancer patients.

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what involvement Ministers and officials from his Department have had in the upcoming SEND Review and Green Paper.

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Local Government Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the level of consistency of the availability of specialist services and support commissioned and provided by local authorities for children and young people with a vis

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Local Government Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of local authority funding reductions on the availability of specialist services and support commissioned and provided by local authorities in England for c

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Local Government Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of specialist services and support commissioned and provided by local authorities in England for children and young people with a vision impairment.

20 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100668 on Elections: Fraud, if he will publish the number of cases of (a) alleged and (b) confirmed voter fraud that were identi

17 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Lancaster and Fleetwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Lancaster and

14 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Self-assessment: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the number of court cases relating to persons filing fraudulent self-assessment tax claims without the claimant's knowledge.

13 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Self-assessment: Forms

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether SA1 registration forms for Self-Assessment are retained by HMRC after processing.

13 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Taxation: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, where fraudsters have been identified by HMRC, if they have been issued an agent code.

13 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Taxation: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to fraudsters who have been identified by HMRC, did those persons fraudulently register as authorised tax agents or advisers.

13 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Self-assessment: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases have there been identified by the HMRC team looking into cases of false self-assessment filing to date.

13 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Taxation: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the loss to the Exchequer of tax revenue through tax scams.