Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has commissioned research into cellular changes in lung tissue for those who vape to assess the risks of future cancer.

21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Genetics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the potential implications for her policies of the findings of the research article by University College London entitled Cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use induc

21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to develop tools on social media to improve health literacy for (a) men and (b) women.

21 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with social media companies on the potential effects of social media on mental health.

21 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the sanctions regime does not disadvantage those who experience mental health challenges.

21 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that obligations under the Equalities Act 2010 are taken into account when developing policies on support for people with mental health challenges.

21 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of taking a nurturing and trauma-informed approach to people with mental health challenges who are not in employment.

21 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department's (a) policy and (b) other staff have comprehensive training in mental health.

21 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training (a) he has and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had in mental health literacy.

20 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease receive an appointment with a specialist within six weeks.

20 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Warm Home Prescription

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of issuing warm home prescriptions to patients with Parkinson's disease.

20 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of plasma donation points.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the Boxall profile measurement tool to help measure the social emotional mental health and wellbeing of school pupils.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Teaching Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using nurture teaching methods in classrooms.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to help support libraries that have had a reduction in funding from local authorities.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase access to libraries.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that libraries are receiving adequate funding from local authorities.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that important items from national collections are shared with museums and galleries around the country.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cultural Heritage: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that cost is not a barrier to people accessing heritage visitor attractions in their area.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Urban Areas: Walls and Fences

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of maintaining (a) city walls and (b) city walls that people can walk around on the availability of local authority

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of shipping companies on the working conditions of seafarers.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on implementing its nine-point plan in relation to P&O ferries since July 2022.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to help ensure greater job security for seafarers in the last two years.

20 Mar 2024 · Cabinet Office

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to start compensation payments once the Infected Blood Inquiry publishes its final report.

20 Mar 2024 · Cabinet Office

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the compensation scheme for people infected and affected by contaminated blood and blood products has not started.

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Urban Areas: Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase potential opportunities for planting in National Planning Policy Framework street design.

19 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Congenital Abnormalities: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of workforce requirements for (a) babies and (b) children with neurodevelopmental conditions.

19 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Congenital Abnormalities: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure effective collaboration between early intervention services for babies with neurodevelopmental conditions.

19 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Congenital Abnormalities: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure specialist neurotherapy for babies with neurodevelopmental conditions is accessible through the NHS.

19 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the preparedness of intensive care services for a future pandemic.

Source: official written-questions record.