Written questions

519 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on those NHS breast cancer drugs that pharmaceutical companies will have six weeks' supply of by 29 March 2019.

13 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to (a) (i) monitor and (ii) identify gaps in the medicines being stockpiled by pharmaceutical companies and (b) protect the supply of medicines not being stockpiled by ph

13 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many weeks’ worth of medicines the Government has asked pharmaceutical companies to stockpile as part of preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how his Department decided on

11 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that every person who has finished hospital-based treatment has access to specific and tailored follow-up support.

23 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Education England: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional funding is planned to allocated to Health Education England for training, education and continuing professional development to help ensure the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan.

23 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to invest in recruiting and training additional secondary breast cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists to ensure people have access to expertise and support.

17 Jan 2019 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in alcohol consumption as a result of alcohol duty freezes and reductions since 2013.

4 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of funding required to update the NHS Breast Screening IT systems; and what steps his Department is taking to allocate more funding to that programme.

4 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Commercial Framework outlined in the 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access.

4 Dec 2018 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with Ofsted on the delivery of local authority-run children’s services.

27 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nutrition: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department of Education to improve healthy eating education.

27 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fast Food: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government on restricting the number of fast food restaurants near schools.

27 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the £2.30 awarded for free school meals is spent on (a) food and (b) labour.

27 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department last conducted a review of the cost of universal infant free school meals and; and what the timeframe is for his Department to conduct another review of that policy.

27 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to extend the provision of support for NHS staff who have unpaid caring responsibilities outside work; and whether that provision will be a core part of the NHS Long Term Plan.

27 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the NHS Long Term Plan on the health outcomes for unpaid carers.

27 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the NHS Long Term Plan is planned to include to ensure unpaid carers are (a) identified and (b) offered support.

27 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his department has had with NHS England on improving the support available to unpaid carers in the NHS Long Term Plan.

9 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the public health budget has been allocated to support measures that seek to protect the public from air pollution in each year for which information is available.

9 Nov 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to support public health campaigns on air pollution in each of the last three years.

9 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Paediatrics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of Monday 22 October 2018 to Question 180843 on a national tariff for paediatric audiology services, if he will provide a web link to the national tariffs referred to in that

9 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Opinion: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the ability of sponsors to meet the costs of legal advice on completing refugee family reunion applications.

5 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Genetics: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Clinical Commissioning Groups fund family history clinics.

5 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in England have been referred for BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing in each year since 2013-14.

5 Nov 2018 · Department for International Development

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to attend the Gavi mid-term review meeting in Abu Dhabi in December 2018.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Human Trafficking

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing providing legal aid support to potentially trafficked people to ensure that they are able to make an informed decision on whether to enter the Nat

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful applications for exceptional case funding were made in relation to an application for refugee family reunion in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate the Government has made of the cost to the Ministry of Justice budget of the increased number of litigants in person as a result of the means test threshold not being uprated in line with inflation

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether members of the legal profession and the judiciary were (a) consulted as part of the review of the (i) civil legal aid means test threshold in 2008 and (ii) criminal legal aid means test threshold in 2009

29 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alprazolam: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2018 to Question 181292 on Mental Illness: Children and Young People, what assessment he has made of the level of incidences of the misuse of Xanax on the

Source: official written-questions record.