Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 33842 on Autism and Hyperactivity: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients, further to WPQ 33842, if he will make an assessment of the potentia

5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Locums and Temporary Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 August 2022 to Question 11754 on NHS: Locums and Temporary Employment, what is the most recent validated data his Department holds on the number of agency staff working

5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Locums and Temporary Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 August 2022 to Question 11754 on NHS: Locums and Temporary Employment, for what reason his Department does not collate information on agency staff in the NHS.

5 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Alcoholic Drinks: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure age checks are being conducted on the sale of alcohol by (a) alcohol home delivery services and (b) other online retailers.

5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the way in which alcohol consumption habits have changed during the last two years.

5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of alcohol-related harm, and what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS resulting from alcohol-related harm in each of the last three years fo

5 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Alcoholic Drinks: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure age checks are being conducted on the sale of alcohol by (a) alcohol home delivery services and (b) other online retailers.

5 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the new system of alcohol duties announced in October 2021, what discussions he had had with Cabinet colleagues about the objectives of that new system, and what recent assessment he has made of it

2 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support residential and nursing homes with the rise in energy costs.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the new Integrated care systems will be expected to produce drug and alcohol and substance misuse strategies.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Systems: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that public health has a prominent role in the new Integrated Care Systems and in the strategies they produce.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding for substance misuse services.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting a renewed public health approach to all forms of substance misuse.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a new alcohol strategy.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the number of young people who have not received their standard vaccinations and provide opportunity for them to receive their vaccines.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Notifiable Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who are infected with Measles, Mumps and Rubella.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

MMR Vaccine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to deal with the rise in the number of people who are not vaccinated against MMR.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to use vaccination centres for covid-19 booster injections and flu vaccinations.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to roll out the (a) covid-19 booster and (b) flu vaccines; and if he will recommend that they are administered at the same time.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he taking to help the health and care workforce tackle covid-19 infections in the workforce.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help NHS to manage covid-19 over the autumn and winter period following the rise in hospitalisations in covid-19 during the summer.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of continuing the covid-19 testing for health and care settings beyond autumn 2022.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to re-introduce free covid-19 testing.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the covid-19 testing regime in the context of existing levels of infection.

21 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff she plans to recruit in 2022 to clear the backlog of passport applications.

21 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to find residential accommodation for Afghan refugees who are living in bridging hotels.

20 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Local Resilience Forums: Temperature

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) instruct all resilience forums to establish a plan for tackling extreme heat, including checks on vulnerable residents and cool rest facilities, and (b) publish guidance his Department has issued

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Systems: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS integrated care systems are sufficiently staffed.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Social Workers: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on introducing an Early Careers Framework for social workers.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Family Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on improving accessibility for vulnerable (a) families and (b) children to family courts.

Source: official written-questions record.