Written questions
499 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Domestic Waste: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of uncollected rubbish in Birmingham on (a) public health and (b) levels of Weil’s disease.
7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Leptospirosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the number of cases of leptospirosis and (b) the epidemiology of those cases.
7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Leptospirosis: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve public awareness of the (a) risk factors (b) transmission and (c) symptoms of leptospirosis.
4 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Convictions: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were convicted of (a) murder and (b) manslaughter by (i) age, (ii) biological sex, (iii) ethnicity, (iv) country of birth, (v) care experience, (vi) history of previous criminal offences, (vii)
31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS England: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) severance payments and (b) redundancy packages for NHS England staff following the abolition of NHS England.
31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of restructuring administrative functions following NHS England’s abolition.
31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on long term public sector borrowing relating to health administration.
26 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the £100k cut off for free childcare provision on (a) overall workforce productivity, (b) willingness of impacted employees to take on additional hours and responsi
26 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of schools whose grant offered to cover the rise in employers National Insurance contributions is not enough meet the actual cost incurred.
26 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of whether the additional funding provided to schools for the increased cost of employer National insurance contributions is adequate to meet those costs.
26 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Databases: Sex
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what meetings (a) he has and (b) his Ministers have had with (i) the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and (ii) other Ministers in the Department for Health and Social Care
25 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Passports: Gender Recognition
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an individual without a Gender Recognition Certificate can change the sex displayed on their passport to be different from their sex recorded at birth.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming benefits under special rules with a form SR1 have been claiming for (a) more than 12 months and (b) less than 12 months.
11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many bilateral mastectomies for gender dysphoria funded by the NHS were performed on patients (a) over 18 years old, (b) under 18 years old and (c) in total in each of the last five years.
5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) her and (c) her Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive resp
5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) his Department, (b) him and (c) his Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive resp
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) his Department, (b) him and (c) his Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet receiv
5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) her and (c) her Ministers in each month since August 2024 have n
5 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Treasury: Correspondence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) her and (c) her Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive respons
4 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) herself and (c) her ministerial team have not received a substantive response in each month sinc
4 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) herself and (c) her ministerial team have not received a substantive response in each mo
4 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Home Office: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) herself and (c) her ministerial team have not received a substantive response in each
4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) herself and (c) her ministerial team have not received a substantive response in each month sinc
4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) his Department, (b) himself and (c) his ministerial team have not received a substantive response in ea
3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension credit claims received since 1 August 2024 have (a) not been paid to the claimant and (b) refused on grounds the claimant is ineligible.
3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit were (a) received, (b) processed and granted and (c) processed and not granted in each month between July and December 2024.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, how many times his Department has taken enforcement action in relation to vape (a) distributors, (b) importers,
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, what information his Department holds on the number of vape (a) distributors, (b) importers, (c) manufacturers
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013, how many times the Office for Product Safety and Standards has taken enforcement action in relation to
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of vape (a) distributors, (b) importers, (c) manufacturers and (d) producers that are registered with (i) the Environment Agency and
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