Written questions

1,333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Feb 2020 · Treasury

National Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children born in the UK have not been issued with a National Insurance number since 2013.

5 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients presenting at A&E with a mental health emergency are treated with equal priority as patients with a physical health emergency.

22 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the environmental effect of the Government’s decision to reduce airline duty across the aviation industry.

22 Jan 2020 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Proof of Identity

What estimate he has made of the number of voters at risk of becoming disenfranchised as a result of the proposals for voter ID requirements contained in the Queen’s Speech.

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing secondary legislation to include people aged under 25 in the shared accommodation rate exemption for homeless people.

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that all railway staff have access to travel facilities; and if he will make a statement.

10 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horse Racing: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of banning the use of the whip in horse racing.

19 Dec 2019 · Cabinet Office

Proxy Voting

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review the criteria for transferring a proxy vote from one person to another in the case of an emergency.

28 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Refugees: EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of replacing EU funding for refugee services through the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund with Government funding in the event that the UK le

24 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure local NHS Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP) include emotional and psychological support as a core

23 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on ensuring that medical cannabis containing THC is available on the NHS for patients for whom clinicians have deemed it clinically appropriate.

22 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle perinatal mental illness.

22 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on achieving parity of esteem for mental and physical health.

22 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications of his Department’s policy of outsourcing healthcare for patients in need of intense 24 hour care.

16 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kosovo: Recognition of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the recognition of Kosovo as a sovereign state in (a) the EU and (b) other major international bodies.

16 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kosovo: Recognition of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the recognition of Kosovo as a sovereign state.

5 Sep 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Temporary Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what proportion of his Department's staff are on short-term contracts.

5 Sep 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the average length of service was for staff that have left his Department since its formation.

2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of automatically providing legal aid funding for (a) coroner's inquests and (b) other legal proceedings for British citizens who are victims of terr

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the export of live animals from the UK for slaughter and fattening abroad.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of banning the caging of farmed animals.

24 Jul 2019 · Treasury

Community Energy: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of reinstating tax relief for investors in community energy schemes.

22 Jul 2019 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the equity of the civil service recruitment process for people with ADHD.

22 Jul 2019 · Cabinet Office

Vetting: ADHD

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many individuals with ADHD have been given security clearance and then had that clearance withdrawn in each of the last five years.

15 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Networks: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the public consultation on proposals for the regulation of district heating networks.

15 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual Assault Referral Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 259358 on Medical Examinations: Sexual Offences, how many Sexual Assault Referral Centres there are in England; and whether those centres offer a

12 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welfare Assistance Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of supplementing the Local Welfare Assistance Scheme with a centrally allocated fund.

4 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of uprating local housing allowance rates from April 2020; and if she plans to bring forward proposals to extend the current exemption from the share

2 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of uprating Local Housing Allowance rates from April 2020; and if she will bring forward proposals to extend the exemption from the shared accommodation rate for peop

1 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the value of eligible Healthy Start vouchers that have not been used in (i) England, (ii) London and (ii) Ealing; and (b) the cost to the public purse on pro

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