Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she takes steps to monitor the effectiveness of Ofsted's response to concerns relating to schools raised by (a) parents and (b) students.

7 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on when to intervene if a school's disciplinary policy is reported to be causing harm to the mental health of students.

6 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Loneliness and Social Prescribing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make tackling loneliness and social isolation a public health priority.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide guidance to schools on (a) ensuring that their pupils have opportunities to raise challenges relating to (i) social isolation and (ii) loneliness and (b) strategies for supporting

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support children experiencing (a) loneliness and (b) social isolation (i) within and (ii) outside school.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Students: Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on the steps (a) schools and (b) colleges are taking to assess the potential risks of (i) loneliness and (ii) social isolation among their students.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to require his frontline officials to (a) assess the potential (i) loneliness and (ii) social isolation when interacting with people who may be vulnerable to those challenges and (

6 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Loneliness and Social Prescribing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to require healthcare professionals to (a) assess the potential (i) loneliness and (ii) social isolation when interacting with patients who may be vulnerable to those challen

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department records information on the number of children placed in isolation at school who (a) are (i) neurodivergent and (ii) experiencing other mental health challenges and (b) do not have those d

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the reasons that children are not in school; and to what extent those reasons vary for children with (a) autism, (b) ADHD and (c) other mental health challenges.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that all (a) teaching staff and (b) school leaders undertake annual mandatory training on supporting children with (i) autism, (ii) ADHD and (i

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

BioYorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of BioYorkshire's work on cutting emissions; and whether she has had discussions with BioYorkshire on funding opportuni

4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Hamas

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he (a) has and (b) plans to have discussions with the government of Qatar on steps it is taking to help secure a further humanitarian pause between Israel and Hamas.

4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Children

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make representations to the Israeli Government on protecting children in Gaza.

4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has taken steps to support a ceasefire south of the Wadi in Gaza.

4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Disease Control and Health Services

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he has taken to work with the World Health Organisation to address (a) the rise in disease and (b) other aspects of the health crisis in Gaza.

4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the potential merits of a ceasefire.

4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with the Palestinian authorities on negotiations for an end to the crisis.

4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Malnutrition

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to provide aid agencies with emergency provision to protect civilians in Gaza from malnutrition.

4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure that humanitarian organisations in Gaza are able to reach people in need in the Gaza Strip.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding screenings for lung cancer to also include screening for dementia.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve early diagnosis of dementia.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure the adult social care sector has sufficient (a) capacity and (b) skills to prepare for potential increases in the number of patients with dementia over the n

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on the dementia moonshot project.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase research on the (a) prevention and (b) treatment of dementia.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support research into dementia care.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure sufficient capacity within palliative care and end of life services in the context of an ageing population.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to review the funding model for hospices for (i) children and young people and (ii) adults.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to provide palliative care interventions that help ensure people die in a (a) comfortable and (b) dignified manner.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government has spent on research into improving palliative care in the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.