Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the mandatory covid-19 vaccination programme in the context of NHS and social care staff shortages.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage and (b) make it simpler for people to return to practice in the NHS.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Flexible Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing flexible working conditions to improve NHS staff retention.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Systems: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the integration of funding from the NHS, local government and other strategic partners through Integrated Care Systems.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Systems: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support Integrated Care Systems (ICS) to engage with health-based apprenticeships; and how he plans to roll out the ICS programme.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing leadership training for advanced practitioners.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether local integrated care systems can determine whether they carry out thrombectomy for stroke patients.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in the level of dental patients having (a) dental treatment and (b) dental treatment in hospital in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2019.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of York having a dentistry school.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling Integrated Care Systems to develop their own workforce plans.

19 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the main reason is for the delay in implementing the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme; and whether a lack of available capacity in bridging hotels and resettlement homes is a factor in the del

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS and (b) other staff covered by the regulations on mandatory covid-19 vaccination have taken up their first vaccine since those regulations came into force.

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Counselling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all NHS staff have access to trauma counselling.

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Platinum Jubilee 2022: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ensure that public sector workers who have to work over the extended Jubilee Bank Holiday will be in receipt of Bank Holiday pay.

19 Jan 2022 · Home Office

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the safe and well programme ran by the North Yorkshire Fire Service.

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to protect vulnerable people, who are not confident in coming out of their homes, once covid-19 public health restrictions lifted.

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of covid-19 on residents in care homes.

19 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that all fire fighters are equipped with the latest breathing apparatus and location devices.

19 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department will take with the Home Office to expediate the operation of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme for people who are at risk in Afghanistan.

19 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Emigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the viability of safe routes out of Afghanistan for people fleeing that country.

19 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the risks faced by LGBT+ people in Afghanistan.

19 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment has she made of the potential risks faced by religious minorities in Afghanistan.

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recommendations he has received from SAGE on the matter of reducing public health measures at 19 January 2022.

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish recent advice provided to him by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the next stage of the covid-19 protection strategy in the context of the efficacy depletio

19 Jan 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 maintain the covid-19 testing regime in place on 19 January 2022 until infection rates are significantly reduced.

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans for NHS and social care staff to be vaccinated again after 10 weeks of receiving their booster vaccine to enable continued protection against covid-19.

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of risk of covid-19 transmission and infection in the context of a reduction of efficacy of the booster vaccine to between 40 and 50 per cent 10 weeks post-

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of high covid-19 infection rates, what the evidential basis is for removing covid-19 public health measures from 19 January 2022.

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will urgently review the requirement for NHS and social care staff to require a covid-19 vaccine as a condition of employment.

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of elective surgical cases that will be delayed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

Source: official written-questions record.