Written questions

2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ahed Tamimi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has held with officials in the Israeli Government on the case of Ahed Tamimi since her court appearance on 12 March 2018; and if he will make a statement.

16 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Early Years Workforce Strategy published in March 2017, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the feasibility of and (b) the potential timescale for increasing the graduate early

16 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Gift Aid

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) assessment he has made of the potential benefits to charities and (b) estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of introducing a de minimis limit of £20 on retail Gift Aid claims made by

15 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Energy: Storage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of business rate rises for onsite battery storage on the development of the UK battery storage market.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Adoption and Surrogacy: MRKH Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to assist people with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome with the financial costs of (a) adoption and (b) surrogacy; and if he will make a statement.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Sign Language: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has held with (a) examination boards, (b) teachers, (c) students and (d) other stakeholders on the creation of a GCSE in British Sign Language; and if he will make a statement.

12 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Western Sahara: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his counterparts in the Government of Morocco on (a) the work of the UN peacekeeping mission to Western Sahara and (b) proposals for a referendum

12 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Pupils: Period Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Women of 22 February 2018, Official Report, column 328, when he plans to publish his assessment of the effect of period poverty on school absence rates; and

12 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the level of service support that children with eating disorders (a) is not reduced and (b) does not end when those children become adults.

8 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the APPG on Breast Cancer, A Mixed Picture: An Inquiry into Geographical Inequalities and Breast Cancer, what steps he is taking to reduce inequalities in breast can

6 Mar 2018 · Cabinet Office

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2018 to Question 121054, for what reasons the Government did not appoint Sir Brian Langstaff to head the public Inquiry before Christmas 2017.

5 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department provides (a) guidance and (b) financial support to help schools fulfil their responsibilities under the General Data Protection Regulation.

2 Mar 2018 · Cabinet Office

Public Inquiries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions a Government Minister has overruled the views of an Inquiry Chair received under the Government’s requirement to consult the Chair of an Inquiry under section 14(3) of the Public Inquiries

2 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people over 19 years of age were referred to non-specialist services for eating disorders in the last twelve months.

2 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7685, what progress has been made on (a) developing a pathway for adults with eating disorders, (b) issuing implementation guidance for provi

1 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Baroness Cumberlege's review of vaginal mesh implants will not include an audit of ventral mesh rectopexy surgery.

28 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the £60 million allocated in the Industrial Strategy White Paper to support apprenticeship take up by young people and poorer families from disadvantaged areas will be used.

28 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

STEM Subjects

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 42 of the Careers Strategy, whether his Department plans to widen the intention to improve the accessibility and transparency of data regarding gender disparities in STEM subject cho

27 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis rates for pancreatic cancer.

27 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

STEM Subjects

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Careers Service website includes case studies of diverse STEM role models and career pathways.

27 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

STEM Subjects

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to promote STEM careers and pathways to (a) students, (b) parents, (c) teachers and (d) governors as part of the 2018 Year of Engineering.

27 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's report of December 2017, Careers strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents, if he will provide funding for all schools to appoint a named Careers Leader to le

26 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what post-legislative scrutiny his Department has carried out on the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 as it relates to legal aid for refugee sponsors seeking family reunion.

26 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contracts for delivering non-emergency transport services have been (a) cancelled, (b) handed back to the Clinical Commissioning Groups and (c) withdrawn from the provider for poor perform

26 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many haematological cancer patients have access to a clinical nurse specialist.

26 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Accelerate, Coordination, and Evaluation programme in delivering earlier diagnosis rates for cancer; and if he will make a statement.

26 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide mental health support to people diagnosed with haematological cancer.

26 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide mental health support for people with Parkinson's disease who experience (a) anxiety and (b) depression; and if he will make a statement.

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Parkinson's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when Ministers of his Department last met with Parkinson's UK to discuss support provided to people with Parkinson's disease; and what the outcome of those discussions was.

26 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Malaysia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Government of Malaysia on the effect of palm oil production on (a) deforestation and (b) endangered wildlife species in that

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