Written questions

1,206 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff were employed by each mental health trust in (a) 2010 and (b) 2019.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that self-employed people who have recently taken (a) maternity leave and (b) extended sick leave and make a claim for support through the Self-employment Income Support Scheme do n

17 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's package of measures to tackle county lines drugs gangs, announced on 1 October 2019.

10 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Calais: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has made to his European counterparts on finding suitable homes for displaced refugee (a) children and (b) families living in Calais; and what steps she is taking to support e

4 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on patient-centred care for patients with (a) Alzheimer's disease and (b) dementia to (i) NHS trusts and (ii) providers of care; and what steps his Departmen

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on banning the live trade of wild and endangered animals; and what steps the Chinese Government is taking to (a) reduce and (b)

28 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question 3859 on Cycling and Walking: Finance, what funding has been allocated to the £350 million cycling infrastructure fund; and whether and that fund has (

5 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Music Therapy: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of vacancies for music therapists in the NHS in each year from 2015 to 2020; and what recent steps his Department has taken to support the recrui

30 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government's review of pre-charge bail law will assess the potential merits of reforming Release Under Investigation (RUI), including (a) the introduction of time limits, (b) a requirement

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

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the World Health Organisation's air pollution limits on particulate matter; and what plans her Department has to ad

15 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Amnesties

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister on 25 July 2019, Official Report, column 1491, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of an introducing an amnest

15 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291096 on Cycling and Walking: Finance, what additional funding will be allocated for (a) walking and (b) cycling to meet Government targets for levels

8 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to add asthma to the list of long-term medical conditions that are exempt from prescription charges; and if he will make a statement.

6 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what national public awareness campaigns have been run to increase awareness of ovarian cancer in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking to improve public awareness of ovarian

24 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Curriculum: Renewable Energy and Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the national curriculum includes the knowledge and skills needed for work in (a) the renewable energy sector and (b) green technology.

23 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Genocide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with this Gambian counterpart on a potential case of genocide against Burma being brought to the International Court of Justice.

2 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Anaesthetics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals use Sevoflurane anaesthetic gas; and what assessment the Government has made of the potential environmental benefits of hospitals using Sevoflurane gas rather than Desflurane gas

2 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to add asthma to the list of long-term medical conditions that are exempt from prescription charges.

27 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the length of time for nursing applications to reach pre-2015 levels in the event of the reintroduction of financial incentives for people entering the nursing profe

27 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of healthcare providers on nursing vacancies in NHS trusts.

27 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of NHS England on the reintroduction of financial incentives to attract people into nursing careers.

27 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) nursing homes and (b) other social care providers have complied with his advice on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU; and what discussions officials

27 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Audit Office's report, Exiting the EU: supplying the health and social care sectors, published on 27 October 2019, what discussions he has had with healthcare provide

25 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question 285402 and the 2019 Spending Review, what additional funding will be allocated for (a) walking and (b) cycling to meet Government targets for levels of act

25 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) assessment he has made of the effect of reports of arbitrary indefinite detention in Kashmir and (b) representations the Government has made to the Government of (a) India and (b

25 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

Climate Change: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that environmentalism is in the National Curriculum; and what guidance his Department provides on teaching about climate change.

25 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Adrenaline Auto-injectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of adrenaline auto-injectors.

2 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) assessment he has made of the effect of reports of arbitrary indefinite detention in Kashmir and (b) representations the Government has made to the Government of (a) India and (b

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to increase the level of funding allocated to (a) walking and (b) cycling to meet Government targets for levels of activity in those areas.

2 Sep 2019 · Treasury

Brexit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative forecast the Government has made of (a) GDP, (b) inflation, (c) foreign direct investment and (d) the UK's balance of trade for the next five years in scenarios in which (i) the UK does not leave th

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