Written questions
1,285 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 May 2022 · Home Office
Stop and Search
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential equality impacts of the introduction of new stop and search powers, including suspicion-less stop and search powers, in the proposed Public Order Bill; an
18 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social security Benefits: Cost of Living
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to strengthen the social safety net to support households in the context of the rising cost of living.
18 May 2022 · Treasury
Cost of Living: Disability
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support disabled people who are disproportionately affected by the rising cost of living.
18 May 2022 · Treasury
Cost of Living: Brexit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK's departure from the EU on the cost of living; and if he will publish the (a) economic and (b) equality impact assessments conducted by the Government on th
18 May 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership, what assurances she has received from the Government of Rwanda that migrants from protected groups will not face discrim
18 May 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the legal advice her Department has received on its policy to process asylum applicants in Rwanda.
16 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nigeria: Blasphemy
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect freedom of religion or belief in the world following the murder of a student who was beaten and burnt to death for alleged blasphemy in Ni
16 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Shireen Abu Akleh
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on the killing of the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank; and what steps she is taking to ensure that
13 May 2022 · Home Office
Youth Custody: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) racism and (b) adultification bias in the police following the Child Q case.
13 May 2022 · Home Office
Youth Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) steps she is taking to safeguard children who are in custody and (b) procedures her Department has put in place to ensure police protect the welfare of children.
10 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 31 January 2022 to Question 111706 on Health: Disadvantaged, what plans he has to steps to help tackle potential inequalities in sickle cell care and treatment.
10 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of inequalities in health outcomes for sickle cell disease in (a) mothers and (b) ethnic minority communities; and what steps his Department is taking to imp
14 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that Blue Badge pass holders are able to use that badge when travelling in Europe.
14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Children: Wandsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school-age children in (a) Wandsworth and (b) Battersea are not in full time education.
7 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on sickle cell services.
7 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the inequalities in health outcomes for sickle cell disease in (a) mothers and (b) ethnic minority communities; and what steps his Department is taking to
7 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 19 of the NICE report entitled The NICE methods of health technology evaluation: the case for change, published in November 2020, what assessment his Department has made
7 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of innovative treatments for patients with (a) sickle cell disease and (b) cystic fibrosis.
7 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much public funding has been spent on (a) research, (b) new treatments and (c) clinical care for (i) sickle cell disease and (ii) cystic fibrosis in each of the last five years.
7 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2022 to Question 111706 on Health: Disadvantaged, what plans he has to steps to help tackle potential inequalities in sickle cell care and treatment.
18 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to review the implementation of the Accessible Information Standard, DCB1605, introduced in 2016, to ensure that the healthcare information and communication sup
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Older People's Housing Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the task force on housing for older people announced in the Levelling Up White Paper published in February 2022, what plans he has to reform the planning system to
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Older People's Housing Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the task force on older people’s housing announced in the Levelling Up White Paper will focus on expanding the provision of housing-with-care and Integrated Retirement Commun
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Older People's Housing Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has plans, through the task force on older people’s housing announced in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper, to reform the planning system to d
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Older People's Housing Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the task force on older people’s housing announced in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper plans to consider expanding the provision of housing-with-care and in
18 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Sleeping Rough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has set a target for the number of rough sleepers who will receive support in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 from the Government's £30 million programme for specialist mental health service
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Price Caps
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to introduce a price cap on communal energy systems for domestic use in the context of the Government's strategy to expand heat networks.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure that domestic residents are not classed as business users under communal heating systems.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the increase in energy prices on residents who are on a communal heating plan.
27 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she will be taking to ensure adequate consultation with disabled people and disabled peoples organisations on its National Disability Strategy following the judgment by the High Court on 25 J
Source: official written-questions record.