Written questions

299 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

T-levels: Adult Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding will be allocated to support adult learners taking T Levels.

11 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to publish its joint review with Her Majesty’s Treasury on survivor benefits in occupational pension schemes.

11 Jun 2019 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will reintroduce maintenance grants to ensure that disadvantaged students are not discouraged from entering higher education owing to concerns about the cost of living.

11 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to reopen the Office for Product Safety and Standards review of Whirlpool tumble dryers following continued consumer concerns.

11 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle shortages of (a) Adalat, (b) Nifedipine and (c) other common medicines.

11 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of medicines after the UK leaves the EU.

11 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care homes have been closed in England as a result of (a) complaints and (b) a Care Quality Commission inspection rating of poor in each of the last five years.

11 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many reports of abuse there have been in care homes in (a) Bury, (b) the North West and (c) England in each of the last five years.

11 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Ministers have had with the Care Quality Commission on (a) the care home inspection regime and (b) the potential inadequacies of that regime.

11 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) residents of care homes and (b) the families of those residents in England are aware of mechanisms for reporting abuse.

20 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the financial sustainability of charitable hospices.

20 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to additional funding for children’s palliative care announced in the NHS Long-Term Plan, whether he plans to allocate additional funding to children’s hospices in England in 2019-2

9 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Irlen Syndrome: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) treatments and (b) support is provided by the NHS to (i) adults and (ii) children with Meares-Irlen Syndrome.

1 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the conclusions of the National Audit Office’s report of 6 March 2019, The apprenticeships programme, HC 1987 2017-19, what plans he has to address concerns that funding for that programme may

28 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) scope is of his Department's review of the Apprenticeship Levy.

28 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department collects to monitor the effectiveness of early years intervention strategies in (a) each local authority area, (b) each regional area and (c) England.

4 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received in the last six months on the (a) level of charges levied by the DVLA to private parking companies seeking data on vehicle owners and (b) level of proof required by the DVLA

4 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to reduce the number of agency staff employed by the Probation Service.

4 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

National Probation Service for England and Wales: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report entitled, An inspection of North West Division National Probation Service, published by HM Inspectorate of Probation in February 2019, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) risk

4 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

National Probation Service for England and Wales: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report entitled, An inspection of North West Division National Probation Service, published by HM Inspectorate of Probation in February 2019, what steps is he taking to ensure that probation

4 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

National Probation Service for England and Wales: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report entitled, An inspection of North West Division National Probation Service, published by HM Inspectorate of Probation in February 2019, what steps is he taking to ensure that the premi

4 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

National Probation Service for England and Wales: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report entitled, An inspection of North West Division National Probation Service, published by HM Inspectorate of Probation in February 2019, what steps he is taking to ensure that probation

4 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Recruitment and Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on recruiting probation officers in (a) England and (b) North West; and how many vacancies there are in each of those areas.

30 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Government's timescale is for (a) acknowledging the concluding observations from the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and (b) responding to that convention's recommendat

29 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Free Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's obligations under Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the free school programme; and how man

29 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, what recent steps the Government has taken to support the (a) inclusive education of disabled children a

7 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of treatments for patients with rare diseases since the introduction of the Orphan Medical Product Regulation 2000.

7 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures he is taking to utilise UK genomic medical research to improve outcomes for patients living with rare diseases.

7 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Orphan Drugs: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish its consultation on the regulation of orphan drugs after the UK leaves the EU.

7 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of funding the outstanding retrospective claims under the continuing care programme; what interest rate is being applied to such claims; an

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