Written questions
1,750 written questions tabled, most recent first.
5 May 2016 · Department of Health
Congenital Abnormalities: Sodium Valproate
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will conduct an investigation into historical cases of birth defects caused by sodium valproate and the support now required by the families affected.
5 May 2016 · Department of Health
Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) clinical commissioning groups and (b) pharmacists are made aware of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency toolkit on the risks of valproate medicines in
5 May 2016 · Department of Health
Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency toolkit on the risks of valproate medicines in female patients in ensuring that female patients are b
4 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Post Offices: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many public consultations the Post Office conducted on proposals to franchise Crown post offices in 2014 and 2015; and how many of those post offices so consulted on proceeded to be fr
4 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Post Offices: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many franchise Post Office branches have (a) closed and (b) relocated since January 2010.
4 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Post Offices: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Post Office has spent on refurbishing the premises of (a) the 39 Crown post offices it is proposing to franchise and (b) the three Crown post offices the Post Office is propos
4 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Post Offices: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent jobs there were in January 2016 in (a) the 39 Crown post offices the Post Office is proposing to franchise and (b) the three Crown post offices the Post Offic
4 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Post Offices: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Post Office has spent on refurbishing or converting premises of franchise partners for Crown post offices that were franchised in 2014 and 2015 since January 2014.
27 Apr 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work and Health Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the specification for the Work and Health Programme to provide specialist support for long-term unemployed and claimants with health conditions and disabilities will require (a) autism and (b) o
27 Apr 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work and Health Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the tender document for the Work and Health Programme to provide specialist support for long-term unemployed and claimants with health conditions and disabilities will be published; and when that p
26 Apr 2016 · Home Office
Emergency Services: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 34987 and the Answer of 25 April 2016 to Question 34792, how much of the £10 million LIBOR fines funding has been allocated to mental health in tota
26 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Disability Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 34277, on disability aids, if he will estimate the cost to the NHS of those delayed days in hospital due to patients waiting for community equipment and adaption
26 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Tonsils: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many tonsillectomy operations were carried out in England in the last five years.
25 Apr 2016 · Home Office
Emergency Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2016 to Question 34792, how much of the £10 million allocated to the emergency services from the LIBOR fines will be available to retired emergency service workers.
25 Apr 2016 · Home Office
Emergency Services: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2016 to Question 34792, when she expects the confidential advice line to become available.
25 Apr 2016 · Home Office
Emergency Services: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2016 to Question 34792, how the £4 million allocation from LIBOR fines that have been allocated for mental health support is being divided between emergency services
21 Apr 2016 · Home Office
Police: Suicide
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the level of suicide among police officers in each of the last five years.
21 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
USA: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his US counterpart on LGBT rights in North Carolina and Mississippi.
21 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Academies: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers local authorities have to ensure that academy schools accept children with special educational needs.
21 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Academies: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Government plans to give parents confidence that their child will be accepted by academies that determine their own admissions and ensure that the child's needs will be met.
20 Apr 2016 · Women and Equalities
Voluntary Organisations: Females
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which women's organisations the Minister for Women has met since May 2015.
20 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to include duties on wheelchair accessibility from the platform to the train in the next franchise for the West Coast Mainline at (a) Lancaster and (b) Wigan North Western.
20 Apr 2016 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of mental health issues among firefighters; and if she will make a statement.
20 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to make autism awareness a compulsory part of initial teacher training.
20 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Listed Buildings: Building Alterations
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many owners of listed properties used for residential purposes sought approval for alterations to those properties in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.
20 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Higher Education: Equal Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what action he is taking to address the gender pay gap in the higher education sector.
18 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Disability Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days patients in (a) England, (b) Morecambe Bay and (c) Blackpool spent in hospital waiting for equipment or support aids to be made available to them to allow their discharge in the last year for which f
15 Apr 2016 · Home Office
Hospitals: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the use of buffer zones outside NHS hospitals where abortions are carried out.
13 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS staff in England are not harassed by protestors outside hospitals.
13 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure patients accessing NHS abortions in England are not harassed by protestors outside NHS hospitals.
Source: official written-questions record.