Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what lessons the Government has learnt from its covid-19 homeless strategy having enabled people to (a) live in single-person accommodation and (b) gain confidence in independent
8 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing First
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Housing First pilot programme; and whether his Department has plans to support wider roll out of that pilot.
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Elective Recovery Fund being distributed according to a needs-based analysis.
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Trusts are meeting the 85 per cent activity threshold for the Elective Recovery Fund.
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to waive all fines and charges for hospital trusts as those trusts deal with patient backlogs in the NHS.
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Care Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2021 to Question 34525, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the risk of covid-19 transmission to care home residents from care home staff w
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of providing supported conversations to care home staff to increase covid-19 vaccine take up, before vaccination was made mandatory for those s
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help mitigate pressure on GP services.
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 July 2021 to Question 33266, for what reasons the Government is not collating data on GP appointments which relate to hospital waiting lists for (a) appointments, (b) t
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccination: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that under-18s have the opportunity to receive vaccines as part of under-18 vaccination programmes that were disrupted as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Children: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children and young people under 18 year old have received vaccines as part of routine vaccination programmes, including MMR in each of the last five years.
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Children: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of take-up of (a) MMR and (b) other vaccines among under 18 year old that would normally form part of the routine vaccination programmes since the start of
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons his Department is not collecting data at local authority level on infection rates (a) among black and minority ethnic residents and (b) according to socioeconomic data on vaccine t
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department made of the reasons for vaccine hesitancy in advance of mandating the covid-19 vaccine in care homes.
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will pilot a programme of supported conversations for people working in social care to determine how a greater take up of the Covid19 vaccine could be achieved.
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the (a) human organs that are being affected in the short- and long- term by covid-19 and (b) extent of those impacts.
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2021 to Question 34543 on Organs: Coronavirus, for what reason the Government is not collecting data on the short- and long-term effect of covid-19 on human organs
8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2021 to Question 35761 on Coronavirus: York, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local contact tracing compared to the NHS Test and Trace service i
7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: York
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure the accessibility of NHS dental services in York.
7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2021 to Question 24254 on Dental Services, what discussions he has had with Health Education England on the provision of NHS dentists and dental training places in
7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to engage with (a) primary care networks and (b) other local practitioners on the effect of NHS reorganisation on the ability of those practitioners to deliver services.
7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy to recommend that each integrated care system adopts a long covid lead clinician.
7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of long covid on workforce planning within the NHS; and what steps he is taking in response to that matter.
7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2021 to Question 31469 on Long Covid, what additional funding has been provided to NHS Primary and Secondary Care services to manage Long Covid.
7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ladders: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2021 to Question 23249 on Ladders: Injuries, what data is collected on injuries presented at emergency departments and minor injury units; and how is any connection
7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2021 to Question 19625 on NHS Trusts: Finance, what recent assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the Elective Recovery Fund access thresholds.
7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2021 to Question 21282 on Dementia: Diagnosis, what additional steps he plans to take to (a) improve dementia diagnosis rates and (b) provide support to people who
7 Sep 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people who have a problematic relationship with gambling that receive support to tackle that matter.
7 Sep 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department is taking steps to prevent people from developing a problematic relationship with gambling by adopting a public health approach to that matter.
7 Sep 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking a public health approach towards problematic gambling and the way in which relevant support is accessed.
Source: official written-questions record.