Written questions

1,285 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Childbirth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what definition of labour is used by (a) local trusts and (b) NHS bodies.

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antenatal Care: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local trusts and other NHS bodies are permitting partners to attend (a) scans and (b) other antenatal appointments.

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antenatal Care: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish guidance on allowing partners to attend antenatal appointments and scans during the covid-19 outbreak.

14 Sep 2020 · Women and Equalities

Ethnic Groups: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Public Health England’s review of the effect of covid-19 on BAME communities, whether she has written to all stakeholders who engaged with that review on continuing that work.

14 Sep 2020 · Women and Equalities

Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had discussions with the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities on organisations to exclude from its consultation.

14 Sep 2020 · Women and Equalities

Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the opportunity to give evidence to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities will be open to anyone or by invitation only.

14 Sep 2020 · Women and Equalities

Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, for how long the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities plans to consult interested parties.

14 Sep 2020 · Women and Equalities

Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which organisations the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities has called on to give evidence.

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS organisations completed and published risk assessments for high-risk staff within the four-week deadline of the NHS England and NHS Improvement letter dated 24 June 2020 requesting the

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the return on investment from medical research into eye conditions.

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources and funding he is allocating to restart ophthalmology services and provide increased ophthalmology capacity as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) health and social care, (b) informal care, (c) quality of life, (d) lost productivity and (e) welfare administration costs of eye conditions.

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on a national eye health strategy; and what assessment he has made of the effect of medical research on finding solutions to the capacity issues that NHS ophthalmology ser

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Government and its agencies have spent on medical research on eye conditions in each financial year since 2010-11.

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on medical research on eye conditions.

9 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to (a) undertake and (b) publish Equalities Impact Assessments on its covid-19 policies.

9 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Equality: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has conducted Equalities Impact Assessments on its covid-19 policies.

9 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many disadvantaged pupils in Battersea constituency have been provided with technological support by the Government during the covid-19 outbreak.

6 Jul 2020 · Women and Equalities

Racial Discrimination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the terms of reference are for the Government's cross-governmental commission to look at racism and discrimination announced on 14 June 2020.

6 Jul 2020 · Women and Equalities

Racial Discrimination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, who will comprise the membership of the Government's cross-governmental commission to look at racism and discrimination announced on 14 June 2020.

6 Jul 2020 · Women and Equalities

Racial Discrimination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to announce the chair of the Government's cross-governmental commission on racism and discrimination announced on 14 June 2020.

6 Jul 2020 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her oral contribution of 17 June 2020, Official Report, column 794, when she plans to write to the hon. Member for Battersea on the Government's response to the consultation on ethnicity pay

2 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Care Workers: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of BAME health and social care workers have had occupational risk assessments as at 30 June 2020.

2 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the use of occupational risk assessment tools for health and social workers in relation to the covid-19 outbreak.

2 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of babies born from 1 March 2020 that tested positive for covid-19 were from a BAME background.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to gender-based violence services during the covid-19 pandemic.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has had discussions with UN agencies on increasing funding for gender-based violence services as part of the Global Humanitarian Response plan.

23 Jun 2020 · Women and Equalities

Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what gaps in the PHE report Beyond the data: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups he has identified; and what the timeframe is for removing those data gaps.

18 Jun 2020 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when gender pay gap reporting will be resumed.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS test and trace system will be (a) inclusive and (b) accessible for disabled people.

Source: official written-questions record.