Written questions

1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce diagnosis times for people (a) with polycystic ovaries and (b) with endometriosis.

17 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police: Special Constables

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to speed up the recruitment and vetting process managed by Shared Services Connected Limited for special constables to the Metropolitan Police Service.

17 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of lowering thresholds to file shareholder resolutions at annual general meetings for the purposes of encouraging stronger stew

17 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting up a national just transition commission to facilitate Levelling Up in the transition to net zero by coordinating regio

15 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of interest rate changes on student loans on graduate income.

15 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British National (Overseas): Mandatory Provident Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Hong Kong Government's announcement that it no longer recognises the British National (Overseas) passport as a valid travel

15 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward the planned increase in the level of corporation tax to the start of the next financial year.

15 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Airports: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to help ensure that airport staff are able to commute to work via bicycle.

15 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help GP surgeries meet demand for appointments.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Self-employed: Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason there is different (a) maternity and (b) adoption financial support for the self-employed; and what steps he plans to take to help ensure that the self-employed ar

9 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure the development of an expert-informed public awareness campaigns on violence against women in the forthcoming Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that all holders of a Turkish Businessperson Visa applying for a National Insurance number are granted it within 16 weeks of submitting their online application and CA

9 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Kingston upon Thames

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) knives and (b) other bladed implements were removed from witnesses and visitors on entry to Kingston Crown Court and County Court premises in the year to 30 September 2021.

9 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what protection UK victims of coercive control have under the Hague Convention when subject to proceedings of that convention.

8 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to renew the Government's commitment to help 50 million people access nutrition services over the next five years.

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has commissioned research to investigate trends in the level of health visitor numbers and childhood immunisations since 2015.

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infectious Diseases: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding to health visiting services to help prevent respiratory infections in young children.

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Early Years Healthy Development Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the timetable for announcing a Cabinet Minister to oversee implementation of the Government’s Early Years Healthy Development Review, The Best Start for Life: a vision for the 1,

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Babies: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister oversees the work of the Start for Life Unit in his Department.

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the responsibilities of each Minister in his Department.

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of health visitors in England to deliver the Healthy Child Programme.

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of health visitor contacts that fulfil the May 2021 Public Health England guidance which states that mandated reviews should be face-to-face, delivered b

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of babies born since March 2020 that have been seen face-to-face by a health visitor.

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Companies House: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing (a) judges and (b) public officials to remove or hide their home address from Companies House in the event that the

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve maternal outcomes for black women.

3 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2021 to Question 1353 on Railway Stations: Pedestrian Areas, if he will provide the latest timeframe and funding plan for the rollout of tactile paving across the rail network.

2 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Drugs: Portugal

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Portugal's illicit drug decriminalisation policy.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will carry out the review of road traffic offences.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Child Seats

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposal to increase the legal requirement to keep a child in a rear facing car seat to age 3.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hedges and Ditches

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to restore the UK’s hedgerow network.

Source: official written-questions record.