Written questions

2,147 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Wheelchairs: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the equipment offerings for young wheelchair users aged five and under in the NHS England wheelchair services equipment framework.

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Consent Order agreed by his Department on 13 July 2021 following its decision not to contest the legal challenge brought against it by “K” and its subsequent revisions to the Best

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Consent Order agreed by his Department on 13 July 2021 following its decision not to contest the legal challenge brought against it by “K” and its subsequent revisions to the Best

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to progress the implementation of the recommendations of the Social Security Advisory Committee in its Occasional Paper 25: how DWP involves disabled people when developin

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a summary and analysis of responses to his Department’s consultation on the Health and Disability Green Paper: Shaping Future Support, which closed on 11 October 2021.

2 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Visual Impairment: Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take further fiscal steps to reduce the impact of the rising cost of living on people who have sight loss.

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many blind and partially sighted people have received a Disability Cost of Living Payment to date.

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Power Failures: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Minister in in his Department is responsible for ensuring the safety of people with long-term health conditions who use lifesaving equipment, including ventilators and dialy

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Medical Equipment: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which Minister in in his Department is responsible for ensuring the safety of people with long-term health conditions who use lifesaving equipment, including ventilators and dialysis

2 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister in in his Department is responsible for ensuring the safety of people with long-term health conditions who use lifesaving equipment, including ventilators and dialysis machines, in t

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Medical Equipment: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of Local Resilience Forums on the safety of people with long-term health conditions who use at home equipment such as venti

2 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to local NHS services on supporting patients using lifesaving healthcare equipment in their own homes in the event of winter blackouts.

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of fracking on meeting global climate targets.

1 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to support the mental health needs of kidney patients, who are highly vulnerable to covid-19.

1 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to Integrated Care Systems to implement the recommendations of the 2021 Getting It Right First Time Programme National Specialty Report on rheumatology.

1 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of regional variation in access to advanced therapies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

1 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of consultant rheumatologists in (a) Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (b) London and (c) England.

1 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to address the need for rheumatology services in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency, (b) London and (c) England.

31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with her counterparts and legislators in (a) Malta, (b) France, (c) Canada, (d) New Zealand, (e) Greece and the relevant regional or state governments of the (i) US, (ii) Spain and

31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what work has been undertaken by her Department on transgender conversion practices since the Government set out its plans on this topic in its background briefing to the Queen’s Speech in May 2022.

28 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 69711 on Personal Independence Payment, how much his Department estimates it would cost to provide the information requested.

28 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 67097, on what date her Department publish its new Hate Crime Strategy.

28 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cystic Fibrosis: Social Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust entitled UK Cystic Fibrosis Service Resourcing 2019 to 2021, published in June 2022, what steps his Department is taking to to reduce the n

25 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Care Quality Commission’s finding that disabled people were less likely than non-disabled people to describe the ca

25 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will increase the amount allocated to Adult Social Care in line with inflation.

25 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that no one with complex disabilities goes without the care they need because of staff shortages.

25 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Care Quality Commission's State of Care report, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen workforce planning for the social care sector.

24 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid and ME/CFS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 59159 on Long Covid: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, for what reason her Department decided not to collect this information.

24 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who received a reduced personal independence payment award after being reassessed have had their original award reinstated after submitting a Mandatory Reconsideration or going

24 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities

Guide Dogs

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of current legislation with respect to people with assistance dogs being able to access businesses and services.

Source: official written-questions record.