Written questions
2,147 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by the Justice Committee, The Coroner Service, HC 68, published on 27 May 2021, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the reforms to the coronial system proposed in the 2
28 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to consult on the proposed reforms to the coronial system as set out in the 2021 Queen's Speech.
24 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Teachers: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure it meets the additional covid-19-related needs of disabled teachers during the covid-19 outbreak.
23 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the additional discretion available to schools by academisation, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that school funds are directed at teaching staff and the pupils in their care.
23 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Teachers: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will commission research on employers’ behaviour with regards to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled teachers.
23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Women’s Health Strategy will include a focus on the increased prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis among women; and whether that strategy will increase the tailored support available to w
23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Arthritis: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that operational challenges do not delay the timely NICE assessment of new medicines for (a) rheumatoid arthritis, (b) axial spondylarthritis and (c) p
23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NICE technology appraisals have been delayed as a result of operational challenges in 2021; and if he will place in the Library a list of the affected appraisals.
23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rheumatoid Arthritis : Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of access to multiple innovative advanced therapies on supporting people with moderate rheumatoid arthritis to achieve disease remission.
23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the priorities will be of the newly established Best MSK Health programme; and whether that programme will include a focus on supporting people with rheumatoid arthritis to achieve disease rem
23 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the final National Strategy for Disabled People will include a focus on the potential effect of backlogs in care and treatment caused by the covid-19 outbreak on the number of years people with
23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of immunosuppressive medication on the effectiveness of covid-19 vaccinations; and whether those living with inflammatory immune-mediated cond
22 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2021 to Question 155228 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, whether the first test site in the Departmental Transformation Area went ahead in A
22 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Disability: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the Office for National Statistics, Coronavirus and the social impacts on disabled people in Great Britain: February 2021, published 9 April 2021, what steps his Dep
22 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Disability: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the report Coronavirus and the social impacts on disabled people in Great Britain: February 2021 published 09 April 2021 by the Office of National Statistics that
21 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of EU citizens in receipt of benefits and who have yet to apply for Settled Status live in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency and (b) London.
21 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the EU Settlement Scheme from residents in (a) Lewisham Deptford constituency, (b) London and (c) the UK are awaiting a decision from her Department.
21 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Metropolitan Police: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the mechanism is for applicants to the Metropolitan Police Service to request sight of confidential disclosures made about them as part of the vetting process.
21 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Baby Care Units
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of neonatal services are unable to allow parents to be present together for (a) any length of time, (b) four hours or less, (c) 8 hours or less and (d) 12 hours or less.
21 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Baby Care Units
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of neonatal services are providing (a) unrestricted 24 hour access for both parents, (b) 24 hour access for both parents but with restrictions on how long parents can be present tog
18 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department is planning to monitor the quality of local authority rehabilitation services for blind and partially sighted people across England.
18 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence to develop guidance and quality statements for local authority tertiary preventative services, including for spec
18 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how local authority rehabilitation services, such as specialist vision rehabilitation will be included in the proposed new Health and Care Bill duty for the Care Quality Commission to assess how lo
15 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2021 to Question 11597 on Disability: Public Consultation, whether the full details of the independent research commissioned by her Department to understand the needs o
15 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Arthritis: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote physical activity programmes that can help people with arthritis stay active and prepare for surgery.
8 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 11 January 2021 from the hon. Member for Lewisham Deptford on rheumatoid arthritis.
8 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to expire the Care Act easements under the Coronavirus Act 2020 as recommended in its One Year Report on the status of the non-devolved provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2
7 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee’s Occasional Paper 25 of December 2020 entitled How DWP involves disabled people when developing or evaluating programmes that affect them, if sh
7 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the (a) Answer of 26 March 2021 on Disability: Public Consultation and (b) Social Security Advisory Committee’s Occasional Paper 25 of December 2020 entitled How DWP involves disabled
7 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her predecessor's Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Health and Disability Announcement, HCWS1376, if she will publish the independent research commissioned by her Department to unders
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