Written questions

2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government announces new long-term plan to back drivers, published on 29 September 2023, if his Department will publish its assessment of the impact of

19 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support large local authorities to introduce food waste collections by 2026.

19 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many properties were sold through Right to Buy in each of the core cities in each of the last 10 years.

19 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Midland Metro

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to provide funding for the Birmingham Eastside metro extension through the Network North plan.

15 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to implement (a) a 9.00pm watershed ban on TV junk food advertising and (b) a ban on paid-for advertising of less healthy foods on online media.

13 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Electronic Cigarettes: Imports

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a track and trace system for imported vaping products.

13 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential barriers to the integration of physician associates into primary care teams.

13 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department issues to GP surgeries on (a) the scope of practice and (b) supervision protocols for employed physician associates; and whether she has made an assessment of the quali

13 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to integrate (a) physician associates and (b) anaesthesia associates into the NHS workforce.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Nicotine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the accuracy of information supplied with vapes about the level of nicotine they contain.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Medical Treatments Abroad and Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of patients and (b) the cost to the NHS of (i) follow-up and (ii) corrective treatment for patients that have received (A) cosmetic surgery, (B) knee an

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of the eligible population received the NHS flu vaccine by 12 December in each of the last 10 years.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of hospital admissions there were for (a) rickets, (b) tuberculosis, (c) renal tubular acidosis type 1 and (d) malnutrition in age groups (i) 0-4, (ii) 5-9, (iii) 10-16

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients have been treated per community diagnostic centre as of 12 December 2023.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a list of every community diagnostic centre in England split into (a) permanent and (b) temporary locations.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that healthcare professionals undertake training on domestic abuse delivered by specialist organisations.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Abuse: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure specialist support is available to children with mental health needs who are victims of domestic abuse.

28 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Seized Articles

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) e-cigarette and vaping and (b) tobacco products were seized at UK borders in each of the last 10 years.

28 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of e-cigarette use on the risk of developing an eating disorder.

28 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of how many (a) e-cigarette and (b) tobacco products were sold (i) online and (ii) online to people underage in each of the last five years.

28 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many fines have been issued by Trading Standards to retail outlets for the sale of (a) tobacco and (b) e-cigarette products in each of the last 10 years.

27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of building social prescribing into long term condition pathways.

27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many social prescribing link workers are working within local communities as of 27 November 2023.

27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to maintain the requirement for every primary care network to provide a social prescribing service in the next GP contract and Primary Care Network Direct Enhanced Se

22 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of renaming the Physician Associate job title; and what steps she is taking to provide information on the role of Physician Associates to patien

22 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of hospital admissions there have been as a result of lung injuries related to e-cigarette or vaping product usage in each of the last 10 years.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many (a) site visits by (i) an inspector or (ii) an inspector's representative and (b) paper exercises were undertaken in response to appeals to the Planning Inspectorate in each

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Pedestrian Areas: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of planning regulations on the accessibility of pavements for public use.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many (a) site visits by (i) an inspector and (ii) an inspector's representative and (b) written exercises were conducted following appeals to the Planning Inspectorate on plannin

13 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of coordination of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccination programme for infants and older adults with seasonal influenza and covid-19 vacci

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