Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government remain committed to extending free childcare support for three and four-year-olds to 50 hours per week.
1 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Companies: Codes of Practice
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with the Financial Reporting Council over the level of compliance with the corporate governance code among FTSE 350 firms.
1 Feb 2023 · Treasury
Economic Growth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has held recent discussions with the IMF on the UK's projected rate of economic growth.
1 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to improve patient's ability to digitally access their medical records securely.
1 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safe and legal routes are available for individuals to claim asylum in the UK for people who are not from (a) Ukraine, (b) Afghanistan and (c) Hong Kong.
1 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many fully-qualified GPs were working in General Practice in England in (a) 2019 and (b) the most recent period for which data is available.
1 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department has not published a recent update to the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline.
1 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 119098 on Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy, whether appropriate data has been collected to reduce uncertainties in the evidence base for recommended
1 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 119098, on Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy, when NICE will publish its decision on whether the guidance on tumour profiling tests to guide adjuvant
1 Feb 2023 · Treasury
Yevgeny Prigozhin
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his Department decided to grant special licences to the law firm undertaking work on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin; and to what extent were Ministers (a) aware of and (b) involved in the decision.
1 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cervical Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the cervical cancer screening coverage in Slough.
1 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport
TransPennine Express: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with TransPennine Express on the (a) punctuality and (b) frequency of services between Dewsbury and Huddersfield.
1 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office
Mortality Rates
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of ONS data on excess deaths.
31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of time is for a Child Maintenance Service case to be concluded once it has been referred to the Financial Investigation Unit.
31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of response times to complaints about the Child Maintenance Service.
31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding provided to the Child Maintenance Service's Financial Investigation Unit.
31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to minimise the financial impact of a failure to pay child maintenance on the receiving parent in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.
31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the covid-19 outbreak on the ability of the Child Maintenance Service to carry out enforcement activity with non-compliant parents.
31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement powers of the Child Maintenance Service for ensuring that parents receive the money they are owed.
31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has provided additional support to emergency control rooms to respond to changes in ambulance call volumes.
31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure there is adequate mental health support available to (a) emergency medical dispatchers and (b) all other staff who work in ambulance control rooms.
31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the average time in England between NHS patient referral for breast cancer radiotherapy treatment and the first radiotherapy appointment.
31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of trained radiologists in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the south-east of England as of December 2022.
31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure there are sufficient numbers of trained radiologists to deliver interventional oncology therapies.
31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government funding provided to community pharmacies.
31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of funding cuts to NHS pharmacies.
31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact of pharmacy closures on the (a) access to and (b) availability of prescription medicine.
31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the public have access to NHS prescription medicines in a timely manner.
31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support community pharmacies with (a) growing patient demand and (b) rising operational costs.
30 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of whether the HS2 Euston terminus will be delivered (a) within budget and (b) on time.
Source: official written-questions record.