Written questions

1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement his Department has had with (a) survivors of domestic abuse, (b) the domestic abuse sector and (c) the wider violence against women and girls sector, since the publication of the Wo

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken since the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy, to ensure that all healthcare professionals undertake training on domestic abuse delivered by specialist organisations

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of direct payment pay rates in attracting care staff; and whether his Department has plans to increase the rate of pay for carers under

28 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is planning to take steps through the forthcoming food strategy white paper to work with the food industry to help improve intake of fibre.

28 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing its cooperation with the food industry to improve fibre intake.

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that Government support for healthy eating focuses on a balanced diet rather than reduction of negative nutrients.

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to level up inequalities in respiratory health across the north of England.

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with representatives from Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation Partnership to discuss their plans to deliver investment in respiratory research and development in the UK.

8 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office

Dissolution

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to update the Dissolution Principles when the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill passes into law.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Census

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that data from the 1921 census is accessible; and whether her Department has plans for platforms other than Findmypast to host 1921 cen

1 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to close the global covid-19 vaccine gap; and what steps she is taking to help ensure access to covid-19 vaccines in Tanzania.

1 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Young Carers: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the £25 million of funding announced to support unpaid carers will include young carers.

1 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Better Care Fund: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential need to clarify and raise awareness that the Better Care Fund applies to the integration of health and care services for children and young

1 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health and Care Bill: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department did not undertake a Child Impact Assessment on the Health and Care Bill.

24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to issue guidance for people who are immunocompromised or immunosuppressed, and therefore vulnerable to covid-19, to work from home.

24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for his Department to issue clear guidance on the prioritisation and coordination of covid-19 booster doses for immunocompromised people alongside booster doses for all 18 to

24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of offering antibody tests to people who are immunocompromised and suppressed, who are unsure whether or not they have generated an i

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Summit for Democracy: Non-governmental Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which non-governmental organisations and individuals were formally consulted by the Government as part of preparations for the Summit for Democracy 2021.

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Summit for Democracy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Ministers participated in the Summit for Democracy 2021 and what contribution did they make.

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Politics and Government: Public Participation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of encouraging deliberative democracy to strengthen citizens engagement with UK democracy; and if she will make a stateme

20 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to close full-time unregistered schools; and if he will give Ofsted greater powers to seize evidence, search premises, and close illegal operations in relation to unregistere

20 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will make it its policy to ensure access to the countryside as part of the Environmental Land Management regime.

20 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will make Care Workers and Home Carers eligible for the Health and Care Worker Visa, as in the Migration Advisory Committee’s 2021 Annual Report.

20 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Care Workers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will place Care Workers and Home Carers on the Shortage Occupation List, as recommended in the Migration Advisory Committee’s 2021 Annual Report.

20 Jan 2022 · COP26

Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action

To ask the President of COP26, whether the Government plans to sign up to the International Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action.

20 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Summit for Democracy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to request that the role of citizens assemblies be placed on the agenda for the 2022 Summit for Democracy.

19 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Summit for Democracy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking with civil society to prepare for the 2022 Summit for Democracy.

17 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Summit for Democracy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the outcome of the 2021 Summit for Democracy which he addressed online on 9 December 2021; and if she will make statement.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of introducing voter cards.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the report entitled Photographic ID Research - Headline Findings, published by the Cabinet Office on 31 March 2021, what steps the Government plans to take to help

Source: official written-questions record.