Written questions

1,355 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jul 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Self-employed: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help support self-employed people with the cost of work-related training.

20 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

World Health Organization

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government be represented at Joint Plenary Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body and the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations in July 2023.

20 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

World Health Organization

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in which meetings the Government will be represented at the fourth meeting of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations 2005.

20 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, at which meetings the Government was represented at the Sixth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body for a WHO Instrument on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response which took pla

20 Jul 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Platinum Jubilee 2022: Medals

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee medal is available to people who had served a combined total of five years in the Armed Forces and frontline NHS services on 6 February 2022.

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) train tickets, (b) season tickets and (c) railcards were sold through ticket offices from 2015-2022.

5 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lloyds Pharmacy: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made assessment of the implication for its policies of Lloyds Pharmacy plan to sell pharmacy branches and contracts they hold across the UK.

30 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps he has taken to help decarbonise the Humber industrial region.

29 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of (a) carbon capture and storage and (b) hydrogen power on decarbonisation of the Humber industrial region.

29 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of when the carbon dioxide pipeline from the Endurance carbon dioxide store will reach the Humber industrial region.

29 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the Humber industrial region's contribution to the total UK greenhouse gas output.

29 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Education: Publications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the publishers of educational resources on the matter of commercial content licensing.

29 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Oak National Academy: Publications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has been involved in Oak National Academy's commercial content licensing discussions with publishers.

28 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS sexual healthcare provision (a) nationally and (b) in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency.

28 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Sanitary Products: VAT Exemptions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of applying a VAT exemption to (a) period pants and (b) bed mats.

20 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS 111

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed Three-Vodafone merger on NHS 111 helpline contracts.

20 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Three: Vodafone Group

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed merger between Vodafone-Three on national security.

20 Jun 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Three: Vodafone Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the proposed Three-Vodafone merger.

14 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications made to the Access to Work Scheme are outstanding as of 14 June 2023.

14 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Yellow Card Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 188102 on Yellow Card Scheme, how the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency recorded medical device incidents before 2015.

14 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music Venues: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring large music venues to charge a ticket levy to fund investment in (a) musicians and (b) grassroot music venues.

14 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music Venues: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing the same level of funding to grassroots music venues that host contemporary music as provided for opera and classical music.

13 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraphs 2.7 and 2.8: Service Performance, of the National Homecare Medicines Committee Good Practice Principles: Provision of Manufacturer Funded Homecare Medicines Services, p

12 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many clinical trials were initiated in 2022; and if he will provide a breakdown of those figures by phase.

12 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 8 June 2023 to Question 187791 on Clinical Trials, which phases of clinical trials will GPs to be able to enrol their patients on.

12 Jun 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to her Answer of 8 June to question 187868 on Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences: Research, what proportion of UK Research and Innovation funds does research involving (

8 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential benefits of waiving exam fees for home-educated children.

8 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of access to curricular resources for home-educated children.

6 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Yellow Card Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2023 to Question 186946, on Yellow Card Scheme, when data collection began on medical devices which will be made available in a format similar to that of the Innova

6 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Yellow Card Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 5 June 2023 to Question 186944 on Yellow Card Scheme, which international mandatory reporting systems have a (a) better reporting rate and (b) more successful system for d

Source: official written-questions record.