Written questions
1,355 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2023 to Question 3921 on Prescriptions: Fees and Charges, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of reviewing the list of conditions that e
7 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected Areas
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) on the potential merits of including the precautionary principle as part
7 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Fisheries and Krill
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the impact of climate change on (a) fishing and (b) krill stocks in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
7 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the National Homecare Medicines Committee has provided to the (a) Care Quality Commission, (b) General Pharmaceutical Council and (c) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory A
5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 June 2023 to Question 189330 on NHS: Drugs, how many and what proportion of complaints about homecare medicines services were (a) opened and (b) upheld in each o
5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 31 July to Question HL9573 in the House of Lords on NHS: Drugs, what assessment the has made of the adequacy of the (a) complaints system, (b) performance and (c) sa
5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any homecare medicines services providers have been placed in an escalation process since May 2023.
29 Nov 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seeker children have been (a) wrongly assessed to be above eighteen and (b) housed in accommodation with adults in each of the last five years.
29 Nov 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Age Assurance and Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of asylum seeker (a)age verification and (b) identity checks.
27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will review the list of conditions on the exemptions list for prescription charges.
27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her Department’s policy to include long-term conditions such as Parkinson’s on the list of exempted conditions for prescription charges in England.
27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to implement the recommendations in the report Continuing to pay the price: the impact of prescription charges on people with long-term conditions, published by the Prescription C
27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parkinson's Disease: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing each of the recommendations in the report by Parkinson’s UK entitled Every minute counts: Time critical Parkinson’s medication
27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parkinson's Disease: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that people with Parkinson’s receive their medication on time in hospitals.
27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to freeze prescription charges for 2024-25.
27 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Offshore Industry: North Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the legal framework for protecting the marine environment in the context of recent progress in decommissioning oil and gas boreholes in the No
24 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure the programme of work on accessible information is (a) adequately resourced and (b) prioritised in NHS England.
24 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services and Social Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support the implementation of accessible information in (a) NHS England and (b) social care services.
22 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Parrett: Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the construction of the River Parrett tidal barrier.
21 Nov 2023 · Treasury
Financial Services: Internet
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle misleading and fraudulent financial advice and services available on the internet.
21 Nov 2023 · Treasury
Financial Services: Internet
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of (a) misleading and (b) fraudulent financial advice and services available on the internet.
16 Nov 2023 · Department for Education
Pupils: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an appeals process for parents and carers fined for taking their child out of school during term time.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Education
Pupils: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to take steps to ensure pupils with vision impairment can access transcriptions of accessible notation in (a) braille and (b) large print.
9 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that V11 reminder forms are (a) sent on time and (b) not sent in duplicate.
8 Nov 2023 · Treasury
Development Aid
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to raise the Official Development Assistance budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income???????.
8 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Gender Based Violence and Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance has been allocated to projects related to (a) poverty reduction and (b) ending violence against women and girls in each of the last f
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Multi-billion pound investment as government unveils new long-term plan to tackle flooding, published on 14 July 2020, how muc
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's £200 million innovative resilience programme, how much of that funding (a) has been awarded to projects and (b) is available.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the £5.2 billion funding to build new flood defences announced in her Department's Flood and coastal erosion risk management policy statement, published in July 2020,
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Offshore Industry: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of new offshore oil and gas licences on the UK’s ability to meet the 3
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