Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 May 2024 · Cabinet Office
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to consult the infected and affected survivors of infected blood to ensure that their concerns are addressed by his Department.
21 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry, published on 20 May 2024.
13 May 2024 · Home Office
Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential role of gender discrimination in (a) violence and (b) sexual violence against women and girls.
13 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of incorporating elements of shared parental leave models used in (a) Sweden and (b) other countries into her policies on shared parental leave.
13 May 2024 · Department for Education
Electronic Cigarettes: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to educate young people on the potential health impacts of (a) vaping and (b) nicotine pouches.
13 May 2024 · Department for Education
Alcoholic Drinks: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of providers of alcohol education in (a) schools and (b) higher education institutions in the last five years that received funding (i) directl
13 May 2024 · Department for Education
Alcoholic Drinks: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many providers have contracts with her Department to provide education on alcohol in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) colleges and (d) universities; what information her Department holds on t
13 May 2024 · Home Office
Crimes of Violence: Men
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will implement a public health approach to preventing (a) violence and (b) sexual violence for (i) boys and (ii) men.
13 May 2024 · Women and Equalities
Mental Health: Men
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it his policy to promote healthy role models in masculinity.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending the use of vapes for smoking cessation.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nicotine Replacement Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of nicotine gum usage (a) across the whole population and (b) by young adults below the age of 18.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people who start smoking tobacco as a result of using vapes.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nicotine: Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ban the advertising of nicotine products in (a) Formula One and (b) other sports; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of nicotine advertising on pub
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nicotine: Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the prevalence of the use of child labour in the production of nicotine products.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nicotine: Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish guidance on the safe use of nicotine pouches.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Nicotine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential relationship between nicotine and type II diabetes.
9 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Army: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department issues to parents of potential army recruits under the age of 18 on their child’s discharge rights.
9 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 56 of the Concluding Observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of the UK to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, published on 22 June 2023, wh
9 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 56 of the Concluding Observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of the UK to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, published on 22 June 2023, wh
9 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with the (a) Medical Schools Council and (b) British Medical Association on the effectiveness of preference-informed allocation for foundation placements for medical gr
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether waiting times to see (a) asthma specialists and (b) respiratory consultants have increased in the last 12 months; and whether there has been an increase in the number of asthma (i) deaths
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help patients with the technological management of asthma.
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to promote asthma research through the use of (a) data and (b) AI.
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to end deaths from asthma.
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of access to (a) specialist care provision and (b) review for asthma patients.
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of asthma (a) acute admissions and (b) deaths in the last 12 months.
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce regional variations in the length of NHS elective care waiting lists.
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on ensuring all NHS trusts have electronic patient records by March 2026.
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Joint Replacements: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people received treatment for (a) knee and (b) hip replacements in surgical hubs in each of the last 12 months.
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of surgical hubs on trends in waiting times for elective care.
Source: official written-questions record.