Written questions
1,285 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects NHS England to publish the updated Accessible Information Standard.
17 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pigs: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of farrowing crates; and if he will commission a consultation on such a ban.
17 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Furs: Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish the results of his Department's consultation entitled 'The Fur Market in Great Britain', which closed on 31 May 2021.
21 May 2024 · Home Office
Visas: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what visa schemes are available to Palestinians seeking to reunite with family in the UK.
14 May 2024 · Home Office
Refugees: Gaza
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to support Palestinian families seeking reunification with relatives from Gaza.
10 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of cutting the special schools eye care budget on children with special educational needs.
10 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that the budget for the Special Schools Eye Care Service is not reduced so that (a) children with Special Educational Needs can receive free eye care in schools and
10 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Special Schools Eye Care service is fully funded.
10 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the special schools eye care service budget on service delivery.
9 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking to help achieve the commitments made in the 2023 TB High-Level Meeting Political Declaration by 2028.
9 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tuberculosis: Health Services
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking with its international partners to help ensure that people living with tuberculosis have access to healthcare.
8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support (a) young disabled Londoners and (b) young black Londoners into employment.
8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of youth unemployment (a) in London and (b) per London borough in each of the last 12 months.
8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of devolving employment support services to (a) London boroughs and (b) the Mayor of London.
8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to make the local District Provision Tool available to local partners in London to help (a) tackle youth unemployment and (b) increase education and training opportunities.
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to support hospices with rising costs.
8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the funding model for hospices.
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of introducing a guaranteed permanent residence for international medical graduates quali
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help grow the GP workforce.
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the share of NHS funding for general practice.
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Systems: General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring each integrated care system to establish alert systems for general practice.
7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of PIP to cover the extra costs incurred by people with a disability.
7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure accurate understanding among (a) claimants and (b) benefits advisers of Personal Independence Payment in relation to being a benefit linked with the ex
7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is between pre-action correspondence relating to his Department being (a) received by the Treasury Solicitor and (b) responded to in the latest period for which data is available.
7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pieces of pre-action correspondence relating to his Department have been (a) received by the Treasury Solicitor and (b) responded to since 1 January 2024.
7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to communicate to benefits advisers the change of address to which to submit pre-action correspondence relating to his Department.
7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the address to which to submit pre-action correspondence to his Department changed from DWP Legal Advisers to the Treasury Solicitor in January 2024.
7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people receiving the personal independence payment are in paid employment.
7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to recommendation 90(a) of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' Report on follow-up to the inquiry concerning the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irel
7 May 2024 · Home Office
Hate Crime: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to recommendation 90(c) of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' Report on follow-up to the inquiry concerning the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ir
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