Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing local authorities with guidance as to how to place people with complex challenges in communities.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) take steps to set targets for water companies to end sewage releases and (b) ensure that water companies invest in infrastructure.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how river water quality is tested for sewage releases.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the polluter pays principle is upheld on sewage releases.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what compensation do water companies who have released sewage into the river pay to (a) residents and (b) businesses when they flood with contaminated water.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Foss and River Ouse: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on sewage releases into York on (a) the River Foss and (b) River Ouse and their tributories in each of the last 5 years for which data is available.

27 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department collates data on patients that die while under the care of a mental health provider.

27 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department issues guidance to mental health providers on steps to be taken to secure an independent inquiry in the event that a patient dies while under their care.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to provide additional funding for SEND placements in alternative provision.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on allocating school places to children with SEND based on the level of support available.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Boarding Schools: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of placements at (a) specialist colleges and (b) residential specialist colleges for children with SEND (i) nationally and (ii) in North Y

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with relevant stakeholders on assessing the adequacy of the national curriculum for supporting children with SEND to achieve good qualifications.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Alternative Education and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support local authorities that have an increasing number of children requiring (a) education, health and care plans, (b) specialist services and (c) alternative provision.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance for schools on supporting children with care experience with (a) trauma and (b) behavioural issues.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance for schools on identifying foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in pupils; and if she will take steps to increase awareness of FASD among teachers.

27 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with pediatricians on trends in the number of young children diagnosed with (a) autism and (b) ADHD.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Alternative Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help provide alternative learning opportunities for cases of school refusal among children.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Alternative Education and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the availability of (a) SEND and (b) alternative provision placements.

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure an adequate provision of SEND services for children in the future.

26 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made towards the target coverage for non-specific symptom pathways by March 2024.

26 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve pancreatic cancer outcomes in York Central constituency.

26 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to help ensure NHS services record ethnicity data in line with the 2021 Census categories.

26 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether ethnicity codes used in the NHS are in line with the (a) 2001 and (b) 2011 Census codes.

26 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which ethnicity codes are collected by NHS services.

26 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welding: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that businesses provide adequate respiratory protective equipment to people at risk of residual welding fume.

26 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welding: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that businesses undertaking welding provide effective controls on the fumes arising from welding.

26 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welding: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) provide information to welders on and (b) help protect welders from the potential health risks associated with mild steel welding fume.

26 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carcinogens: Welding

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional training to GPs on (a) identifying and (b) diagnosing to cancers caused by welding fumes in the period since the categorisation of welding fume as a h

26 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welding: Carcinogens

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people that have been exposed (a) directly and (b) indirectly to welding fume since the categorisation of welding fume as a human carcinogen by the

20 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing, Access and Growth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing, access and growth represents value for money.

Source: official written-questions record.