Written questions

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2024 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Kinship Care Strategy published on 15 December 2023, what criteria is used to allocate children's social care services; and what steps her Department is taking to support kins

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of recent trends in the number of people with eating disorders.

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support she is providing for people with eating disorders.

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to tackle staffing shortages in the hospice sector.

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of hospice services on trends in the level of hospital admissions in (a) Lewisham and (b) England.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to issue guidance to children’s hospices on changes in the distribution of the Children’s Hospice Grant for the 2024-25 financial year.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the shortage of children’s nurses in hospices across the UK.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that NHS integrated care boards commission (a) end-of-life and (b) other palliative care for people in all age groups.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Menopause: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to assess the healthcare needs of women with autism and ADHD during menopause.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Childbirth: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to ensure that effective support is provided to autistic women (a) during and (b) after childbirth.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Lewisham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women and girls are waiting for (a) autism and (b) ADHD assessments in the London Borough of Lewisham; and what the average waiting time is for such assessments.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with paediatricians on trends in the number of women diagnosed with (a) autism and (b) ADHD.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will commission research into the reasons for which autistic women are more likely to suffer from premenstrual dysphoric disorder throughout their lives.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will commission research into the impact of hormonal changes on neurodiverse women throughout their lives.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will commission research into the impact of (a) autism and (b) ADHD on women.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Lewisham West and Penge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the average time taken to diagnose pancreatic cancer in Lewisham West and Penge constituency.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis waiting times for ADHD.

12 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support the (i) recruitment, (ii) retention and (iii) professional development of (A) teachers and (B) educational staff in crisis-affec

12 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Schools

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to endorse the revised Comprehensive School Safety Framework.

12 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help international education systems prepare for natural disasters.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust: Maternity Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Any Hours and Any Speciality schemes used by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust on (a) maternity staff retention rates and (b) career

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Flexible Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential benefits of introducing more flexible working arrangements for maternity staff in NHS services.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to improve retention rates of NHS maternity staff.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of maternity staff leaving NHS employment on services.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason additional funding to cover increases in employers’ pension contributions will not be provided to existing non-local authority Music Education Hubs beyond the current academic year.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Government’s Music Hub Investment Programme will support independent Music Education Hubs to provide free music education to all children.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support schools to offer high quality music provision for all children (a) in the curriculum and (b) through (i) local authority-run and (ii) independent Music Education Hubs.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the decision to create 43 Hub Lead Organisations by Arts Council England on the future of (a) Music Education Hubs and (b) the wider music provision at sc

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to independent music education hubs on the removal of additional top-up funding for pension contributions from September 2024.

22 Mar 2024 · Cabinet Office

Unemployment: Long Covid

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were out of work as a result of having long covid in the latest period for which figures are available.

Source: official written-questions record.