Written questions
325 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Health: Blaydon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the relationship between the availability of NHS dental care and (a) adult and (b) children dental health in Blaydon constituency.
22 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
HM Land Registry
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what proportion of applications for register updates to the HM Land Registry held on file as of 22 January 2024 were requested more than (a) six and (b) 12 months ago.
19 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tea: Production
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2024 to the Question 8096 on Tea: Production, how the mandate for the representatives the UK has selected to attend the UN FAO intergovernment
19 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Food and Agriculture Organization
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2024 to Question 7384 on Food and Agriculture Organisation, what steps his Department is taking to avoid conflicts of interest in the UK deleg
5 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tea: Production
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the UK's commitment to Sustainable Development Goals 8, 8.7 and 15, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the (a) working conditions
19 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people accessing perinatal mental health services by NHS inclusion groups since 2017.
18 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Food and Agriculture Organization
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, who will represent the UK at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Inter Governmental Group meeting on Tea taking place between 31 January and 2 February 2024 in India; and w
11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help support disabled employees in his Department.
11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Remote Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees work on a fully remote basis.
7 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport
Buses: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for zero and low emission buses.
27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Babies: Blood Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the capacity of the UK National Screening Committee to review new rare conditions for inclusion in a national newborn heel prick screening programm
27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Genomics: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the system readiness to introduce whole genome sequencing for newborns as part of the NHS.
27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Genomics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on the NHS Generation Study.
20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating the use of carbon monoxide alarms in all health settings.
24 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating the use of carbon monoxide alarms in all health settings.
19 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of franchising more local bus services.
19 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carbon Monoxide: Poisoning
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help (a) prevent and (b) diagnose carbon monoxide poisoning in (i) healthcare settings and (ii) the homes of vulnerable people.
19 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Carbon Monoxide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to findings in the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group's report entitled Prepare, Practice, Protect: Improving Carbon Monoxide Safety in Health and Care Services, published
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport
Buses: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on ending the sale of new non-zero emission buses, coaches and minibuses.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 50 of the National Bus Strategy for England, when his Department plans to commence the review of the rights of local authorities to set up new municipal bus companies.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish guidance on socially and economically necessary bus services.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199184 on Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Internet, which postcodes are eligible for the online application service
19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare: Blaydon
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2023 to Question 198639 on Childcare, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the adequacy of (a) trained staff, (b) safe premises and (c) registered places in
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Parking: Blue Badge Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the proportion of car parking spaces allocated to blue badge holders in local authority car parks by local authority.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport
Parking: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue guidance to local authorities recommending a minimum proportion of accessible parking spaces (a) in local authority car parks and (b) on high streets.
18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the needs of people affected by rare conditions will be considered in the development of the Major Conditions Strategy; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the overlappin
18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2023 to Question 183537 on Rare Diseases, whether he plans to include the proposal to provide alert cards to patients with rare diseases in the England Rare Disease
18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered the potential merits of taking steps to help prevent the withdrawal of medical (a) products and (b) treatments for rare conditions from the UK market where that withdrawal
18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2023 to Question 183537 on Rare Diseases, for what reason the proposal to provide patients with alert cards was not included in the England Rare Diseases Action Pla
18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Adrenoleukodystrophy and Thalassaemia: Gene Therapies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the withdrawal of Bluebird Bio from the (a) UK and (b) European market on access to gene therapy treatment for people with (i) beta thalassemi
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