Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential financial impact of hospital parking charges on NHS staff.
24 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential financial impact of hospital parking charges on patients who frequently attend hospital appointments.
23 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Inflation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of inflation on the capacity of fire and rescue services to deliver minimum service levels.
23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Epidermolysis Bullosa: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has he made of the current average waiting time between a patient reporting symptoms and a diagnosis of endometriosis.
23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Epidermolysis Bullosa: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for the diagnosis of endometriosis.
23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Epidermolysis Bullosa: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with epidermolysis bullosa have access to adequate support through the NHS.
23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Epidermolysis Bullosa: Medical Treatments and Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide funding for research into treatments for epidermolysis bullosa in 2023.
23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Epidermolysis Bullosa: Medical Treatments and Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to provide funding for research into drug repurposing for the treatment of epidermolysis bullosa.
23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of the level of support that has been provided to hospices for utility costs.
23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Cost of Living
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the financial impact of the cost of living crisis on hospices.
23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Energy Bills Discount Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Energy Bills Discount Scheme for hospices.
23 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Business Premises: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that (a) shops and (b) other high street businesses are accessible for disabled people.
23 Feb 2023 · Women and Equalities
Business Premises: Disability
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the process for reporting violations of disabled access legislation in commercial properties.
23 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Business Premises: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of building regulations that ensure commercial properties are accessible for those with disabilities.
23 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Police Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions has he had with the Home Secretary to ensure adequate mental health support is provided to people in police detention where required.
23 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport
Driving: Eyesight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of Specsavers performance in their role as the sole partner for DVLA drivers’ medical visual field and visual acuity testing.
23 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport
Driving: Eyesight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has any plans with the DVLA to change or increase the number of partners that provide drivers’ medical visual field and visual acuity testing for the DVLA.
23 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport
Driving: Eyesight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether eye tests performed by NHS eye specialists are considered by the DVLA when there is a discrepancy between their results and the results of Specsavers tests.
17 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department provides for teachers who worked for the British Council and are eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme who have not been evacuated
17 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many teachers who worked for the British Council and are eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme have been evacuated to the UK since August 2021.
17 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of teachers who worked for the British Council and are eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme who have not b
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria are used to determine a child’s eligibility for semi-independent living through the social care system.
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 61298 on Schools: Slough, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the time taken to publish details of the Condition Data Collect
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 61298 on Schools: Slough, whether her Department plans to publish the details of the Condition Data Collection survey.
17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Hearing Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve access to NHS hearing aids and (b) reduce waiting times for repairs by NHS qualified hearing care providers.
17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Emergency Calls: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the average wait time between making a 999 call for medical emergencies and an ambulance arriving at the scene in (a) January 2022, (b) June 2022 and (c) December
9 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Airspace: Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the UK's ability to (a) promptly detect, (b) continually track and (c) destroy high altitude spy balloons or similar which enter UK or UK overseas territories.
9 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Forensic Science: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that forensic scientists are able to maintain their skill level over time.
9 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Police: Forensic Science
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure an adequate levels of qualified forensic scientists are available to police forces.
9 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Batteries: Vanadium
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he or his officials have had discussions with (a) National Grid or (b) industry stakeholders relating to vanadium redox flow batteries.
Source: official written-questions record.