Written questions

2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to tackle the sale of illegal vapes on the black market.

20 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to prevent patients (a) experiencing and (b) at risk of homelessness from being discharged from hospital to no fixed abode.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11162 on Telecommunications: Infrastructure, how many notices her Department has received from Ofcom of instances of operators not

20 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS 111: Dental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2024 to Question 13013 on NHS 111: Dental Health, how many calls NHS 111 received relating to the categories of (a) Toothache without Dental Injury, (b) Dental

19 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the modelling produced by NHS England which shows that the NHS Dental Recovery Plan will deliver 2.5 million NHS dentistry appointments.

15 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the new definition of extremism.

15 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Counter-extremism Centre of Excellence

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to ensure the (a) independence, (b) impartiality and (c) academic integrity of the counter-extremism centre of excellence.

14 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much additional funding will be provided to integrated care boards through the dentistry recovery plan by area.

14 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many extra (a) appointments and (b) treatments will be delivered through each element of the dentistry recovery plan.

14 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made (a) of the number of vaping products that have been seized by trading standards and (b) of those, the number that (i) were non-compliant with UK regulations and (ii) have

13 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and Public Health England: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent staff were employed in the health improvement directorate of (a) the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and (b) Public Health England in each year since 201

13 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Internet: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the regulation of online (a) ordering and (b) delivery of (i) age-restricted products and (ii) bladed items to self-service lockers.

11 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to ensure that football clubs donate a proportion of their profits to help ex-professional football pla

11 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the football industry on (a) the scale of and (b) tackling Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy suffered by ex-professional football player

11 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.81 of the Autumn Statement 2023, published in November 2023, what his planned timetable is to open the consultation on the VAT treatment of private hire vehicles.

8 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Low Income Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications were made to the NHS low income scheme in 2023.

8 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kimberly Liu

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking in response to the Kimberley Liu: Prevention of future deaths report, published on December 29, 2023.

7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her Department's policy is on maintaining (a) supply of and (b) access to commonly prescribed medicines.

7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Atorvastatin and Omeprazole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase the availability of (a) Atorvastatin and (b) Omeprazole through the NHS.

5 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists were registered with the General Dental Council in each financial year since 2010-11; and of those registered dentists how many and what proportion provided some NHS care.

5 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medicine supply issue notifications her Department has received in each month since 2017.

5 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Heart Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the average time taken between a 999 call for help and first hospital treatment for patients suffering a severe heart attack in each financial year since 2010-11.

5 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) dental nurses, (b) dental hygienists, (c) dental technicians, (d) dental therapists, (e) orthodontic therapists and (f) clinical dental technicians were employed in each financial year

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) Birmingham City Council and (b) other Local Authorities designate an adequate number of authorised Gypsy and Traveller Sites.

4 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of dental undergraduate training places available to (a) UK and (b) international students was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2023-24.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her policies to regulate the online order and delivery of age-restricted products or bladed items to self-service lockers.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of regulations on online sales of age-restricted products.

28 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a breakdown of the number of people on waiting lists for tier 3 weight management services by (a) Integrated Care Board area and (b) NHS trust.

28 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of tier 3 weight management services for patients; and in which (a) Integrated Care Board areas and (b) NHS trusts those services a

28 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled New drugs pilot to tackle obesity and cut NHS waiting lists, published on 7 June 2023, what her Department's timetable is for launching the obesity drug

Source: official written-questions record.