Written questions
1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 free cancer hubs have been established; what (a) procedures and (b) services those hubs provide; and how many of those hubs provide (i) chemotherapy and (ii) systemic therapies.
23 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Employment: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to promote awareness by employers of the potential for prolonged covid-19 symptoms.
23 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating additional funding to support to patients experiencing prolonged covid-19 symptoms.
23 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of patients experiencing prolonged covid-19 symptoms on decisions to ease the covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
23 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment of the prevalence of patients experiencing covid-19 symptoms for longer than three weeks.
22 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients with (a) blood cancer and (b) multiple myeloma have had their treatment switched from intravenous to oral treatment during the covid-19 outbreak; and what assessment he has made o
22 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure blood cancer patients can access chemotherapy and systemic anti-cancer therapies (a) safely and (b) in a timely manner during the covid-19 outbreak.
22 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NICE will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the cost-effectiveness thresholds for new combination therapies as part of the NICE methods review; and if he can provide an
22 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many oncology combination therapies have been assessed by NICE via the Single Technology Appraisal process; how many of those received a positive recommendation for routine NHS commissioning; a
22 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Obesity: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Childhood Obesity Plan, when the calorie reduction programme will be implemented; and whether that programme will be mandatory.
16 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, until what date the recommendations in the NICE COVID-19 rapid guideline: severe asthma will remain in place.
16 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the methodology used by NICE to appraise combination therapies in the ongoing NICE Methods Review.
16 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the preparation undertaken by businesses to support people that are vulnerable to covid-19.
16 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the vulnerability of people with diabetes to covid-19.
16 Jun 2020 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Abuse and Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she plans to publish the call for evidence on violence and abuse toward shop staff.
15 Jun 2020 · Home Office
Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what point of a Recovery Needs Assessment would an individual who is receiving support via the National Referral Mechanism have their subsistence payments ended.
15 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccination: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the need for multiple suppliers of routine vaccinations.
15 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccination: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many suppliers there are for each vaccine on the routine immunisation schedule.
15 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) people with severe asthma can access specialist centres for investigations and diagnosis and (b) severe asthma patients who are shielding duri
15 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the training programme undertaken by NHS Test and Trace contact tracers includes information on (a) identifying child abuse and neglect and b) the steps to take in the event that they suspe
11 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients began biologic therapies for severe asthma in each month in 2020; and how many patients in total were prescribed biologic therapies for severe asthma in each of those months.
11 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the access of severe asthma patients to (a) specialist care in severe asthma centres and (b) biologic therapies.
11 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with severe asthma are on the shielded patients list.
11 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Steroid Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the number of high dose steroids a severe asthma patient would be prescribed for including that category of condition in the shielded patient list during the covid-19 outbreak is in line wi
10 Jun 2020 · Home Office
Human Trafficking: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of referrals to the National Referral Mechanism were made without the relevant first responder having met and interviewed the potential victim in person in (a) 2018 and (b
10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contraceptives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to long-acting reversible contraception.
10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Family Planning: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the response to the covid-19 outbreak on access to (a) contraception services and (b) abortion services; and what progress has been made on the developm
10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contraceptives: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to ensure that women are able to access their contraception of choice during the covid-19 outbreak.
10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contraceptives: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of funding for contraception since 2015.
10 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Charities: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of charities working with BAME communities to access the Government's £350 million support for charities.
Source: official written-questions record.