Written questions

1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Elections: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many cases of (a) alleged and (b) confirmed voter fraud were identified in 2020.

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

Elections: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the potential number of cases of voter fraud which proposed changes to voter identification procedures will prevent each year.

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 policy paper entitled Protecting the integrity of our elections: Voter identification at polling stations and the new Voter Card, published by the Cabinet Offi

13 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Poland

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure migrants on the Poland-Belarus border are able to access humanitarian assistance.

13 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malnutrition: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of NHS statistics showing that the number of people treated for malnutrition increased from 4,657 in 2010-11 to 10,109 in 2020-21.

13 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dietary Supplements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources he has allocated to reviewing the responses to the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances consultation on standard adult ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplements.

13 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dietary Supplements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances consultation on standard adult ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplements will report and publish interim conclusions.

13 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Allied Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure Allied Health Professions workforce reconfiguration within primary care settings is sustainable.

13 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support podiatrists within primary care to respond to increasing trends foot ulceration and amputation and to maintain peoples’ walking, working, and wellbeing.

8 Dec 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including leisure facilities run in-house by local authorities in the National Leisure Recovery Fund.

1 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what percentage of stroke patients have been provided with mechanical thrombectomy services by region in England in the last year; and what steps his Department has taken to help ensur

24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances to facilitate product innovation and patient choice.

24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malnutrition: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will increase (a) its policy focus on and (b) the funding allocated to tackling malnutrition in Integrated Care Systems.

24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malnutrition: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will produce guidance on how Integrated Care Partnerships can improve services for people at risk of malnutrition through improved partnerships, joint working, and improved planni

16 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the frequency of public land being used for illegal fox hunting under the guise of trail hunting; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure the e

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to grant GPs formal approval to administer the third dose of the covid-19 vaccine to severely immunosuppressed people.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling holders of licences for passenger carrying vehicles to drive large goods vehicles of a similar size, including after completing an additional modu

9 Nov 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Public Inquiries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to progress a public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the covid-19 outbreak; and when the commencement date will be announced.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the part-payment of winter fuel payment being available to those who have narrowly missed the age cut-off.

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support clinically extremely vulnerable people will receive in the event that covid-19 restrictions are reintroduced.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment: Immunosuppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that employment protections are retained for immunocompromised people who are less protected by covid-19 vaccines.

9 Nov 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Public Inquiries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on holding a public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the covid-19 outbreak; and when will that inquiry's commencemen

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass: Clinical trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Novavax trial volunteers who remain unable to access a covid-19 pass.

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that private health corporations and their subsidiaries do not move personal health data outside of the UK.

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hepatitis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 38398 on 6 September 2021 on Hepatitis: Disease Control, if he will make it his policy to support NHS England and Improvement’s goal to eliminate Hepatitis C by 2

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to primary care providers on ensuring that patients’ views are taken into account when kidney cancer services are (a) designed and (b) delivered.

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health England: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) the budget was for Public Health England in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and (b) assessment his Department has made of the effect of those budgets on the funding of women's health se

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the King's Fund report Tackling obesity: the role of the NHS in a whole-system approach, published on 4 July 2021, what (a) assessment his Department has made of the implications

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to invest in alternative covid-19 treatments for immunocompromised people.

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to publicise the ongoing risk of covid-19 to immunocompromised groups to (a) patients with those conditions and (b) the wider public.

Source: official written-questions record.