Written questions

2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support the recruitment by the NHS of doctors from the EU after the UK leaves the EU.

19 Feb 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Doctors: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the EU on retaining non-UK EU doctors after the UK has left the EU.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Average Earnings: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to improve the level of average weekly earnings in Yorkshire and Humber.

8 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of services to check people for skin cancer.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment has been made of whether there has been any water contamination as a result of fracking in Yorkshire and the Humber.

8 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government is in the process of drafting asylum seeker returns and readmission arrangements for Sudan.

8 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the danger to non-Arab Dafuris sent to Khartoum after having their asylum claims rejected in the UK.

8 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Darfur

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of non-Arab Darfuri asylum seekers who had their asylum claims rejected in 2017.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to ensure that students are educated on issues of privacy and personal security on social media.

8 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of drink and drug abuse among pregnant women.

8 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce drink and drug abuse among mental health service users.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons were for the decision that the voucher scheme would give universal credit claimants £100 a time rather than the monthly paid benefit payable under the simple payment method.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons her Department removed the simple payment method in March 2018 for benefit claimants without a bank account.

8 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Deportation: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to carry out post-removal monitoring of refugees sent back to Sudan to (a) ensure their safety and (b) collect data on any adverse consequences for them of their return.

8 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been open for a period of two years or longer prior to 6 February 2018.

8 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of asylum seekers who received therapy or counselling from the NHS during 2017.

8 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what psychological support is provided by her Department to victims of torture seeking asylum in the UK.

8 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Eritrea: Ethiopia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the deployment of Egyptian troops to Eritrea on Eritrea-Ethiopia relations.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend the scope of Office for Low Emission Vehicles grants to include e-bikes and e-cargo bikes.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Universities: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to universities on the provision of mental health services.

6 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists for mental health therapies in Yorkshire and the Humber.

6 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of phasing out the minimum income practice guarantee on the financial viability of GP surgeries in Yorkshire and the Humber after 202

6 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many operations were cancelled in Yorkshire and the Humber in the most recent 12 months for which figures are available.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) rail and (b) bus links in Yorkshire and the Humber.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Arts: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase funding for arts in schools.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development

South Africa: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to provide humanitarian assistance to South Africa to help respond to the water shortage in Cape Town.

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

BBC: Equal Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has discussed with the BBC closing the gender pay gap at the BBC by 2020.

6 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on achieving the Government's commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Children and Young People: Period Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to reduce period poverty among 14 to 21 year olds.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Pupils: Sanitary Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure all school students have access to sanitary products.

Source: official written-questions record.