Written questions
1,285 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has plans to work with professional eye care bodies and organisations to ensure that the principles identified in Royal National Institute of Blind People's report entitled The Eye Care
22 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps she has taken to improve digital connectivity across the whole eye care pathway.
21 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with integrated care boards on increasing the number of Eye Care Liaison Officers.
21 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will ask (a) NHS England and (b) Integrated Care Boards to issue guidance on embedding non-clinical support into existing eye care pathways.
21 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure NHS England's commitment to the Eye Care Support Pathway as one of the key future priorities for eye care transformation.
21 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have informed her Department that they have not received information in an adequately accessible format in the last 12 months.
20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to increase funding for accessible health information.
20 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 her Department is taking to ensure that health and care information is provided in an accessible format.
20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to revise the NHS Accessible Information Standard.
20 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 help ensure that providers of health and care services are producing information in adequately accessible format.
14 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Cost of Living Payments: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Disability Cost of Living Payment.
14 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Blue Belt Programme: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve the Blue Belt Programme in the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
14 Nov 2023 · Treasury
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has met representatives of (a) SME and (b) independent wine businesses since the changes to alcohol duty introduced in August 2023.
14 Nov 2023 · Treasury
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of further measures to support (a) SME, (b) independent and (c) other wine and spirits businesses with high-street presence in the context of (i) th
8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to reduce the presence of guards on trains.
8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has determined the level of increase in rail fares for 2024.
8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to reallocate funds from HS2 to (a) improve accessibility across the rail network and (b) increase levels of Access for All funding.
19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the explosion at the Al-Ahli Hospital on the capacity of health services in Gaza.
19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to to help ensure the safety of humanitarian workers in Gaza.
19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Situation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the humanitarian impact of the Israeli Government's evacuation order issued on 12 October 2023 to civilians in the
19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of Israeli military operations in Gaza on the ability of aid agencies to deliver essential humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza.
19 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Caius House: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to provide funding to registered charity Caius House in Battersea for the costs it incurred for a waking watch in a high rise building with fire saf
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Charities: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department provides financial support for registered charities to cover (a) a waking watch and (b) other fire remediation costs.
17 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with which UK-based humanitarian organisations he has held discussions on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
17 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on humanitarian access to Gaza.
17 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on helping to ensure that the Israeli Defence Force’s actions in Gaza adhere to the Geneva Conventions.
17 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Israel on the compatibility of restrictions in the provision of (a) water, (b) food and (c) electricity to Gaza with in
17 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received legal advice on the Israeli Government's recent military operations in Gaza.
16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Sewage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commission a statutory inquiry into alleged dumping of raw sewage by the water industry.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education
Faith Schools: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings of the research paper entitled Serving their communities? The under-admission of children with disabilities and ‘special educa
Source: official written-questions record.