Written questions

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan goal that all children who need specialist mental health care can access it, what steps he has taken to ensure that the youngest children can access special

21 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve accountability for delivering mandated health visiting checks in response to evidence from the Children’s Commissioner's Best Beginnings in the Early Years report

21 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of emerging Public Health England data indicating that the likelihood of babies receiving mandated health visiting checks varies bas

21 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of funding required to deliver the two additional health visiting checks recommended in the Healthy Child Programme commissioning guidance published by Public

21 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of mandated health visiting checks missed since covid-19 lockdown began in March 2020; and what steps he is taking in response to those mandated health visit

21 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing a statutory duty on Integrated Care Systems to deliver a strategy that improves outcomes and reduces inequalities in the mental and

21 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the new Office for Health Promotion will take to (a) improve outcomes and (b) reduce inequalities in the mental and physical wellbeing of children aged under two.

21 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was allocated to the (a) women’s services lot and (b) accommodation services lot in the Dynamic Purchasing Framework for probation services.

21 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time spent in prison by women has been since March 2020.

21 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions facilities enabling women and their children to spend time together overnight at (a) HMP Drake Hall, (b) HMP Styal and (c) HMP Askham Grange operated at full capacity in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019

21 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Mother and Baby Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for women experiencing mental ill health to be admitted to a community-based mother and baby unit (a) during or (b) in the year following their pregnancy.

21 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) children can access overnight accommodation in HMP (i) Drake Hall, (ii) Styal and (iii) Askham Grange.

21 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which women’s prisons provide facilities for women and their children to spend time together overnight.

12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Paternity Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 146798 on Paternity Leave, what estimate his Department has made of the number of eligible fathers who took unpaid stat

12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parental Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 146798 on Paternity Leave, how many of the people who received statutory shared parental pay in 2019-20 were in receipt

12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parental Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, further to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 146798 on Paternity Leave, how many people received statutory shared parental pay in (a) Quarter 3 and (b) Quarter 4 of 2020-2

12 May 2021 · Women and Equalities

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to respond to the Women and Equalities Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2019-21, Unequal impact? Coronavirus and the gendered economic impact, HC 385.

11 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress her Department has made on tackling child poverty.

11 May 2021 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Staff

To ask the Attorney General, how many CPS prosecutors have been in employment in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Witnesses: Video Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the rollout of section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, how many cases have applied or used section 28 used since its rollout, by (a) court and (b) month.

23 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British nationals were murdered abroad in each year since 2017.

21 Apr 2021 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Training

To ask the Attorney General, what mandatory training on domestic abuse CPS prosecutors have received in the last 12 months; what proportion of prosecutors have completed that training; and what evaluation has been undertaken on effectiveness of that train

16 Apr 2021 · Attorney General

Attorney General: Business Interests

To ask the Attorney General, whether officials in his Department have received remuneration for paid work for organisations or companies outside of Government in the latest period for which data is available.

13 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on NHS pay.

12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of recent information released by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia that that the security forces of that country int

24 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the needs of babies, children and young people in decisions on the restructure of Public Health England.

24 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish details on the future of Public Health England’s maternity and early years functions.

24 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Adult Education: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to consult those with learning disabilities on the work that Adult Learning centres offer.

24 Mar 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Learning Disability: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with learning disabilities have access to the internet and are supported with using technology during the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent employment support her Department is providing to people with learning disabilities to find jobs they are able to apply for and secure employment.

Source: official written-questions record.