Written questions

1,438 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Mar 2022 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Civil Service

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps have been taken to bring together all service leaver and veteran life chances schemes in the civil service under the central management of Going Forward Into Employment.

29 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Veterans: Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the fast track scheme for service leavers and veterans to become prison officers has begun; and what steps are being taken to promote that scheme, including through active outreach with veterans.

29 Mar 2022 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the advisory group of organisations employing veterans has been established; and how that group's findings will be presented or published.

29 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the commitment in the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-24 to revamp the Career Transition Partnership in 2023, what changes to the existing system that will involve.

22 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Young Carers: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of young carers from Armed Forces families.

22 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Young Carers: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether carers from the ex-Service community will be recognised in guidance accompanying the new obligation for Integrated Care Boards to involve carers when commissioning care.

22 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Adult Social Care Reform White Paper, published in December 2021, whether the support needs of unpaid carers in the Armed Forces community will be included as part of the allo

22 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Veterans: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the changes to financial assessments for social care support in England will disregard military compensation awarded for illness and injury caused by Service.

22 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Veterans: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the new social care data framework will identify veterans and their families accessing social care services.

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the application of the new Armed Forces Covenant Duty on relevant public bodies; and if he will take steps to ensure members of the Armed Forces community have a

22 Mar 2022 · Cabinet Office

Veterans

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure veteran services are consistent across the UK; and if he will make an assessment of the potential for improvements in co-ordination between veteran services del

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder have (a) had a claim for Personal Independence Payments rejected at assessment and (b) have subsequently had decisions overturned on review in the l

22 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Veterans: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with the devolved Administrations to increase veterans access to cross border medical referrals where there is (a) a clinical need or (b) long local waiting lists.

22 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Veterans: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to record how many veterans are seen by NHS commissioned services for mental health support, including (a) time to enter treatment and (b) the length of treatmen

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to enable ex-service personnel to find employment in the defence industry.

22 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Afghanistan: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals with UK visas who served (a) as interpreters and (b) in other locally employed staff roles have resettled in the UK as of 28 February 2022; and what steps her Department is t

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure there are thorough mental health assessments for those leaving the military with a physical injury, even where no symptoms have presented.

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure that individuals are not medically discharged from the Armed Forces with a mental health need without (a) receiving a formal diagnosis and information on treatment and suppo

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on the roll-out of the Cortisone programme to ensure that those medically discharged from the Armed Forces (a) receive their medical history documents within one month of lea

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that departmental staff assessing applications for veteran benefits are aware of the consequences of both mental and physical injury and illness.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that benefit assessments for veterans focus on the increased costs of living for disabled people in addition to an individual's ability to secure and m

11 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) digital and (b) physical copies his Department holds of the 1988 National Radiological Protection Report Board Report, Mortality and cancer incidence in UK participants in UK atmospheric nuclear weap

11 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Radiological Protection Board: Publications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many copies of the 1988 National Radiological Protection Report Board Report, Mortality and cancer incidence in UK participants in UK atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and experimental programme

10 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Disability Aids

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the closure of the Veterans Mobility Fund on (a) veterans and (b) veterans charities.

10 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the medical discharge process for veterans.

10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Veterans: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the commitment in the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-24 to further develop the Veterans Trauma Network, what steps his Department is taking to improve that service for vetera

10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targets his Department has for waiting time to receive an assessment with the Veterans' Mental Health (a) Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service, (b) Complex Treatment Service and (c) Hi

9 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Veterans: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the commitment in the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-24 to improve personalised treatment by clinicians who understand the military environment and specialise in the type of

9 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Veterans: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for an initial appointment with Community Therapeutic Services following a referral from the Transition, Intervention and Liaison veteran

9 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time was for an assessment conducted by (a) the Transition, Intervention and Liaison veterans' mental health service, (b) Community Therapeutic Services and (c) High Intensity

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