Written questions
181 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS England: Dementia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England is making on the steps it is taking to engage with people living with dementia who draw on healthcare.
16 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS England: Dementia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England is making on the steps it is taking to engage with representatives of dementia organisations.
20 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Price Caps
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who are currently outside the energy price cap due to the use of a 100 per cent renewables energy provider can switch to a provider t
31 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mubarak Bala
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to send observers to the trial of Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, following his most recent court appearance on 1
31 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mubarak Bala
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the continued detention of Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, after his cour
8 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Maira Shahbaz
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) case of Maira Shahbaz and (b) potential for safe resettlement for her in the UK.
8 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to her counterpart in Pakistan on ending abductions, forced conversions and forced marriages of women and girls in that country.
8 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help end abductions, forced conversions and forced marriages of women and girls in Pakistan.
17 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parkinson's Disease: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that the caretech innovation mentioned in his Department’s White Paper on social care reform will include solutions to provide timely medication doses to people with Par
5 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to collaborate with countries neighbouring Afghanistan to (a) keep those countries' borders open and (b) resettle refugees who flee from Afghanistan
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Covid Pass: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the 15,000 volunteers who participated in Novavax covid-19 vaccination trials can travel overseas in the same way as those who have received a UK-license
15 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to offer a place of sanctuary to people fleeing the violence in Afghanistan by expanding the Afghan Interpreters Scheme to include people engage
15 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nepal: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2021 to Question 7204 on Nepal: Christianity, what steps the British Embassy takes to engage with members of faith and belief groups and civi
25 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nepal: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support freedom of religion or belief in Nepal.
25 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nepal: Christianity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent of persecution of Christians in Nepal.
12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the all-party Parliamentary group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief’s 2018 report on the treatment of diffe
12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has prepared a written strategy for tackling freedom of religion or belief violations in Pakistan.
12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nepal: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of freedom of religion or belief in Nepal.
15 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Covenant
What recent steps he has taken to improve the Armed Forces Covenant; and if he will make a statement.
8 Mar 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Green Homes Grant Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to expand the eligibility criteria of the Green Homes Grant Scheme to include people who have double glazed windows with a gap smaller than the recomm
14 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he and his Department plans to take to (a) secure details and an explanation for the arrest of Meihong Wang in Heilongjiang Province and (b) help secure the relea
1 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is she taking to speed up the approval process for (a) St Helens Chamber, which is already an approved provider for her Department and (b) other kickstarter gateways.
23 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Willowbrook Hospice: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure funding announced for hospices as part of the £750 million funding package for the voluntary and charitable sector announced on 8 April 2020 is di
15 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Veterans: Suicide
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of veterans who have died from suicide in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
6 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide additional bespoke support to the leisure coach industry in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
12 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Derelict Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to allocate additional (a) powers and (b) resources to councils for the purchase of brownfield sites to help those councils meet housing targets.
12 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Drugs: Organised Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the exploitation by county lines drug gangs of looked-after children placed out-of-borough.
12 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support looked after children who are placed out of borough in homes not registered with Ofsted.
12 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the re-opening of so-called Beeching lines is implemented equitably throughout the regions according to need and (b) local authorities are (i) fully engaged with and (
21 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development
Pakistan: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will allocate additional funding for programmes in Pakistan to (a) educate school children from minority backgrounds, (b) institute a scheme of specialist educational scholarships for mino
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