Written questions

2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Dec 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

5G

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations for spectrum licensing made in the report, High Performance Wireless Broadband: An Opportunit

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Papua: Measles

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Indonesia Government on vaccinations for measles in West Papua after an outbreak in that province killed at least 100 children in 2018.

19 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2018 to Question 172553 on Railways: Bicycles,(a) what constitutes a specific need for cycle storage space on trains and (b) how may passengers communicate their need for

19 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the proportion was of pregnant asylum seekers who paid in full their invoices for maternity care in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.

19 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse of invoicing pregnant asylum seekers with no leave to remain for maternity care in 2017-2018 was.

19 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pregnant failed asylum seekers have been charged for maternity care between January and November 2018; and what the average amount of that charge was.

19 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether pregnant asylum seekers with no leave to remain are charged different amounts for maternity services in different parts of the UK.

19 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Adrenaline Auto-injectors: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on the health of children under 16 of the national shortage of EpiPen 0.3mg Auto-Injectors; and what plans he has in place to reduce that shortage.

19 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Adrenaline Auto-injectors: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the shortage of EpiPen 0.3mg Auto-Injectors in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) England; and what steps he is taking to address that shortage.

19 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postnatal Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that a maternal six-week postnatal check is included in the General Medical Services contract; and what funding he plans to allocate for the provision of those che

19 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postnatal Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has put forward the inclusion of a maternal six-week postnatal check in negotiations on the General Medical Services contract; and what recent progress has been made in those ne

9 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fireworks: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) people and (b) animals injured in incidents involving fireworks at private, non-organised events during November in eac

9 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer to improve early detection.

9 Nov 2018 · Home Office

UK Membership of EU: Referendums

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police plan to pursue an investigation into the alleged fraud committed by Vote Leave during the EU referendum 2016.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

National Probation Service for England and Wales: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the allocation of funds to the probation service since the probation service was combined with the prison service.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the average amount of time taken for (a) probation officers and (b) other public sector employees to reach the top of the pay scale.

1 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Indonesia: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Indonesian Government on increasing child immunisation rates for diseases such as measles in West Papua.

1 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made on the effect of the standard three security equipment on the financial viability of regional airports.

31 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) rheumatology healthcare professionals in the NHS and (b) the provision of treatment for people with rheumatology of the UK leaving the EU.

30 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas

What recent progress has been made in securing support for a marine protected area in the Weddell Sea.

25 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Violent and Sex Offender Register: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of unemployed people with convictions are registered sex offenders.

25 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Violent and Sex Offender Register: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of registered sex offenders have reoffended as a result of a breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order in the last 12 months.

25 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Violent and Sex Offender Register: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders are in full time employment.

16 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes are in place to ensure that (a) service users and (b) advocates of service users are able to challenge refusals to relocate them to a different property under the new (i) Asylum Accommo

16 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the criteria used by (a) UK Visas and Immigration and (b) providers of asylum accommodation to assess the vulnerability of tenants.

16 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that end of life patients are able to die at home.

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to waive the fee for a replacement driving licence in cases where the applicant has been a victim of crime.

8 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage (a) men aged 16-30 and (b) people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds to register as stem cell donors.

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to undertake a review of the enforcement powers of the Child Maintenance Service.

8 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether in setting the requirements for asylum accommodation and support contracts he has complied with section 1 of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 and considered (a) how (i) those contra

Source: official written-questions record.