Written questions
2,147 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
DNACPR Decisions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2021 to Question 6381 on DNACPR Decisions, what decisions were made at the first meeting of the Ministerial Oversight Group on 8 June 2021 on the publication of the
6 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Occupational Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 11 May 2021 to Question 368 on Occupational Health, what further progress her Department has made towards publishing (a) in full the survey entitled, Sickness absence and
5 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independent payment cases have been suspended by her Department in the last 12 months as a result of claimants being in hospital for more than 28 days.
5 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to make extra support available to (a) local authorities and (b) disabled people who hire social care support directly following the UK's departure from the EU.
5 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reviewing the effect of EU withdrawal and the end of free movement on social care staffing levels.
2 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2021 to Question 11595 on private rented housing: housing benefit, whether the Government plans to bring forward proposals to amend legislation
2 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Windrush Compensation Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 3065 on Windrush Generation: compensation, for what reasons the number of claimants to the Windrush Compensation Scheme that have demonstrated no i
1 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Seventh Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of Session 2017–19 entitled PIP and ESA assessments published on 14 February 2018, what steps her Department is taking to ensure t
1 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the recommendation of the Seventh Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of Session 2017–19 entitled PIP and ESA assessments published on 14 February 2018, whether her Department ha
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Seventh Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, PIP and ESA assessments, Session 2017–19, HC 829, published on 14 February 2018, whether her Department implemented the recommend
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is to send a copy of the assessor's report and initial decision to claimants following an assessment for (a) employment support allowance, (b) universal credit and (c) person
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has taken steps to make the general public aware that furniture may contain the flame retardant DecaBDE which was banned under UK REACH in March 2019.
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the number of sofas and mattresses in UK homes that contain the flame retardant chemical DecaBDE, which was banned under UK REAC
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Furniture: Fire Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merit
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government has taken to reduce flame retardants in UK furniture; and what reductions have been achieved since 2014.
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Furniture: Fire Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to recommendation 8 of the Environmental Audit Committee's Twentieth Report of Session 2017-19 on Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Life published on 16 July 2019, for wh
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Furniture: Fire Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the presentation by the Office for Product Safety and Standards on The New Approach to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations at the Chemical
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Furniture: Fire Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the presentation by the Office for Product Safety and Standards on The New Approach to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations at the Chemical
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Furniture: Fire Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the the Independent Experts Committee on Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 and its meeting of September 2020, for what reasons that Com
30 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Furniture: Fire Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Independent Experts Committee on the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988, established in September 2020, whether that committee has pu
30 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Universal Credit: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many universal credit appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21 challenged a decision not to place a claimant in the the limited capability for work and work-related activity group; an
30 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many personal independence payment appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 that were cleared without a hearing were (i) withdrawn by the appellant, (ii) struck out, (iii
30 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Universal Credit: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many universal credit appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 that were cleared without a hearing were (i) withdrawn by the appellant, (ii) struck out, (iii) superseded
30 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Employment Support Allowance: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment support allowance appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 that were cleared without a hearing were (i) withdrawn by the appellant, (ii) struck out, (iii)
30 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 24 July to Questions 18543 and 18545 on Vision Impairment: Rehabilitation, whether specific reference to local authority tertiary rehabilitation services, as set out in C
29 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of assessments for (a) personal independence payment, (b) universal credit and (c) employment support allowance were carried out by video call in each of the last three months.
29 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments for (a) personal independence payment, (b) universal credit and (c) employment support allowance her Department has carried out by video call since March 2020.
28 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the costs her Department has incurred as a result of the judicial review proceedings on its decision not to extend the £20 uplift to legacy benefit claimants.
28 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Press Conferences: Sign Language
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of challenging the Katherine Rowley vs the Cabinet Office judicial review, Claim No: CO/_4740/2020.
28 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recommendation by the Justice Committee in its report entitled The Coroner Service, HC 68, published on 27 May 2021, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that by 1 October 20
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