Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Mar 2024 · Department for Education
Literacy and Numeracy: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve adult (a) numeracy and (b) literacy skills.
26 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of her policies on social care on (a) staff recruitment and retention and (b) service user outcomes.
26 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she is having with professional bodies on ensuring that the public have a clear understanding of (a) professional titles and (b) the services they can expect from the holders of su
26 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the General Medical Council on (a) regulating (i) physician and (ii) anaesthesia associates and (b) ensuring that increased use of these roles in hospitals
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Leadership
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is to respond to the report entitled Leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future, published on 8 June 2022.
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will bring forward legislation to protect whistleblowers in the NHS complaints process.
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: NHS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make representations to Cabinet colleagues on enabling the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to initiate investigations into the NHS.
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Leadership
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the accountability of NHS leaders.
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the uptake of screening for (a) breast, (b) cervical, (c) bowel and (d) prostate cancer.
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the timeline for meeting cancer screening uptake targets for (a) breast, (b) cervical, (c) bowel and (d) prostate cancer.
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: York
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with York District Hospital on the potential merits of building a new hospital in York in the next 15 years.
25 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help increase business investment (a) outside London and (b) in (i) York and (ii) north Yorkshire.
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Horses: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many equines with passports issued by Weatherbys passport issuing agencies were registered as being in training when they were slaughtered in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Horses: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a breakdown by passport issuing agency and age of horses slaughtered in abattoirs in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Horses: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a breakdown by passport issuing agency of horses slaughtered in abattoirs in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
25 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Horses: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many horses were slaughtered in abattoirs in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
22 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Spiking
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to police officers on the impact of the spiking of drinks on victims of that crime.
22 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Spiking
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue guidance to the police on ensuring that people providing statements are asked whether they have had their drink spiked.
22 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Police Custody: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that women who are held in police cells are supported by at least one officer who is a woman.
22 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether dentists working in dental treatment vans will be offered one-off payments of up to £20,000.
22 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists were recruited from overseas by the NHS in the last 12 months; and if she will make an estimate of the number of dentists that will be recruited from overseas by the NHS in the ne
22 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of dental practices that have announced that they plan to withdraw from NHS contracts since 7 February 2024.
22 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of dental activity her Department (a) had estimated would be and (b) have been undertaken between 7 February and 22 March 2024.
22 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental contracts have been changed following a request from dental practices since 7 February 2024.
22 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental contracts have been handed back 7 February 2024.
21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the food and drink sector on taking steps to provide healthy alternatives to products that are high in (a) fat, (b) sugar and (c) salt.
21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of obesity; and what steps her Department is taking to help tackle obesity.
21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward further policies to help reduce the (a) sugar, (b) fat and (c) salt content in diets.
21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of taking steps to create a vape-free generation.
21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the research article by University College London entitled Cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use induce shared DNA methylation changes linked to carcinogenesis, published on 19 Ma
Source: official written-questions record.