Written questions

3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Diseases: Integrated Care Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Systems implement NHS England’s Dermatology National Outpatients Transformation Programme guidance.

6 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the two-week wait cancer referral target on referral waiting times for inflammatory skin conditions.

6 Sep 2022 · Cabinet Office

National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the national security implications of foreign-owned businesses employing former Government ministers.

6 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of delays in (a) processing and (b) delivering biometric residence permit cards.

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 18980 on Pensions: Inflation, what her Department's timetable is for paying benefits in line with Consumer Prices Index inflation.

5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tixagevimab/cilgavimab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will make a decision on the availability of Evusheld covid-19 vaccine for immunocompromised people.

5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the NHS on ending repayment clauses in contracts for international healthcare workers.

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to answer of 8 July 2022 to Question 26876 on Cost of Living Payments: Housing Benefit, what assessment he has been made of (a) how many people receiving housing benefit only are not receiving

5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of amending the Non-Emergency patient transport policy on (a) people on low incomes, (b) vulnerable people and (c) disabled people.

5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polio: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including a polio vaccination for children in London aged one to nine as part of the schools vaccination programme.

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 21271 on Long Covid, what progress her Department has made on investigating whether COVID can be classified as an occupational disease.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make it its policy to collect data on what sectors Universal Credit claimants work in, including the number of claimants who are (a) gainfully self-employed and (2) in the start-u

21 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Barristers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to help improve the (a) retention and (b) recruitment of criminal junior barristers.

21 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Barristers: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Criminal Bar Association on recent strikes.

21 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid's recommendations on (a) a pay review body and (b) reforms to the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme i

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

BTEC Qualifications: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the withdrawal of funding for BTEC courses on (a) Black students and (b) racial equality.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Bereavement Counselling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing bereavement support for the families of people who died from covid-19.

19 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Inquiry

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to evidence presented to the Infected Blood Inquiry, what steps he is taking to (a) respond to and (b) implement Sir Robert Francis’ recommendations.

19 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Inquiry

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Sir Robert Francis QC's Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study, published in June 2022, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues and other stakeholders regarding funding the com

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing Associations: Building Alterations

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made funding available to housing associations for (a) loft conversions and (b) extensions in suitable housing stock to help tackle overcrowding.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had recent discussions with schools leadership on student and teacher wellbeing during extreme heat in the UK.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Working Conditions: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had recent discussions with workers' unions on the potential merits of introducing a maximum working temperature for workplaces.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Working Conditions: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will introduce a maximum working temperature in all workplaces to protect employees.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Working Conditions: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits for employee wellbeing of introducing a maximum working temperature in work places.

13 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department is providing to NHS ambulance services during extreme heat in the UK.

12 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her (a) Japanese and (b) South Korean counterparts on the implementation by those countries of sanctions in respect of the Myanmar military'

12 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her EU, US and Canadian counterparts on implementing aviation fuel sanctions on the Myanmar military.

12 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available for disabled people whilst they wait for their Personal Independence Payment application to be processed.

12 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken to process Personal Independence Payment applications on disabled people's ability to pay bills and rent.

12 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the processing times for Personal Independence Payment applications.

Source: official written-questions record.