Written questions

658 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to improve the uptake of vaccinations in (a) Black African and (b) Black Caribbean adults.

25 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Police Custody: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Independent Custody Visiting Association on ensuring the rights of children in police custody are upheld.

25 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Independent Custody Visiting Association: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided via grants to the Independent Custody Visiting Association in each financial year since 2019-20 inclusive; and how much her Department plans to provide in

24 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Police Custody: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) police forces and (b) local authorities to sign up to the Concordat on Children in Police Custody.

24 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Police Custody: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to encourage police forces who have not published data on the number of children detained in police custody ahead of the Police Powers and Procedures statistical data on 17 November

24 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Police Custody: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to introduce a requirement for police forces to collect data on the number of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children detained in police custody.

24 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Police Custody: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure Custody Officers receive sufficient training on the detention of children in police custody.

24 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

School Choice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the changes to the publication of secondary school and college results data on parents ability to choose a school place for their children.

20 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of complaints received by NHS England in each reporting year since 2017 have been related to racism.

20 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the (a) findings and (b) recommendations of the Birmingham and Lewisham African Caribbean Health Inequalities Review, publishe

19 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities have the necessary resources to accommodate children post-charge who are unable to be bailed.

19 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Body Searches: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to publish data on the strip and intimate search of children by police disaggregated by age, ethnicity and gender.

19 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Police Custody: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of children taken into police custody were detained overnight in each reporting year since 2017.

19 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Police Custody: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were detained in police custody in (a) Lewisham East constituency, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham, (c) Greater London and (d) England in each reporting year since 2017.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sickle Cell Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to develop automated systems to alert Haematology staff to the presentation of Sickle Cell patients in A&E.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to create a Sickle Cell passport which can be presented to healthcare professionals when a Sickle Cell patient attends hospital.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the number of staff involved in the care of patients with Sickle Cell.

13 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Lewisham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Lewisham East constituency.

13 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Lewisham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Lewisham East constituency.

13 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Lewisham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to mental health services in Lewisham East constituency.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Childcare: Lewisham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the affordability of childcare provision in Lewisham East constituency.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Childcare: Lewisham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the sufficiency of childcare provision in Lewisham East constituency.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Further Education: Lewisham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to address repairs backlogs in further education colleges in Lewisham East constituency.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sickle Cell Diseases: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to help tackle (a) racial and (b) other stereotypes which are experienced by (i) black and (ii) other people with sickle cell disease.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ring fence (a) funding and (b) resources for staff who treat Sickle Cell patients.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure sexual health clinics can continue to deliver a full range of services alongside delivering the monkeypox vaccination programme.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP surgeries have closed in (a) Lewisham East constituency, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham and (c) Greater London since 2017.

10 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of GP surgeries registered as skilled worker visa sponsors.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sickle Cell Diseases: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that medical trainees receive specialist practical training to treat people with sickle cell disease in (a) London and (b) the South East.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sickle Cell Diseases: Analgesics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence entitled Sickle cell disease: managing acute painful episodes in hospital, published on 27 June 2012, what re

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