Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Licensing: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to provide local government licensing committees with the power to turn down new licensing applications if police evidence demonstrates the potential risk to (a) policing
8 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Licensing Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the restrictions on licensing hours for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
8 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will (a) make an assessment of the potential impact of the provisions in the Licensing Act 2003 on levels of alcohol harm and (b) take steps to accordingly amend provisions in that Act to reduce
8 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the level of awareness among (a) men and (b) women of Government guidance on the advised weekly consumption of units of alcohol.
8 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on ensuring a cross-departmental approach to tackling alcohol harm in (a) domestic and (b) community settings.
8 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the potential impact of (a) licensing hours and (b) concentration of licensed premises on le
8 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will commission a report into alcohol use and alcohol harm in England.
8 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has set targets relating to the reduction of alcohol (a) use and (b) harm.
8 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to target support to people with adverse childhood experiences to prevent alcohol harm.
8 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of residential placements available for individuals who have experienced alcohol harm.
8 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) reducing alcohol harm among children and (b) providing effective education for young people on that subject.
8 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of including information on the health impact of gambling harms in the personal, social, hea
8 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the potential merits of adopting a public health approach to tackling gambling harms.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for alcohol treatment programmes for pregnant women.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help ensure that all pregnant women are (a) asked about their alcohol intake and (b) supported in reducing and stopping this during pregnancy.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the display of alcohol on shelves in shops and supermarkets.
6 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Alcoholic Drinks: Licensing Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of licensing provisions on the use of alcohol.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of raising alcohol duty.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the provision of alcohol to children under 18 years in (a) the home and (b) other settings.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help reduce the alcohol intake of people who drink more than the government guidelines.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholism: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of alcohol-related deaths each year.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to (a) consult experts on and (b) develop a strategy to help prevent foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with representatives of the alcohol industry on the role of product labelling in informing women about the risks of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help raise awareness of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder among (a) young women and (b) girls.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's approach to preventing foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to assist students with SEND to access higher education as (a) school leavers and (b) mature students.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will have discussions with The Pensions Regulator on ensuring that death in service benefits are paid expediently to beneficiaries.
5 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Pensions: Death
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that beneficiaries of death in service pensions do not pay additional tax when there is a delay in the receipt of funds.
1 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Household Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the potential financial impact on public services of the discontinuation of the Household Support Fund.
1 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Household Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with local authorities on continuation of the Household Support Fund in 2024-25.
Source: official written-questions record.