Written questions

1,673 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Feb 2020 · Cabinet Office

Homicide

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men and (b) women were killed by their partner or ex-partner in each of the last three years.

26 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timescale is for reviewing and updating the guidance on the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme; and whether she plans to introduce a (a) monitoring process to ensure that applicants are corr

26 Feb 2020 · Cabinet Office

Domestic Abuse: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many disclosures made under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme were made within the 35 day time limit in each year since the introduction of the scheme in (a) Lancashire and (b) in each police force in

26 Feb 2020 · Cabinet Office

Domestic Abuse: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) applications were made under the right to ask element of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS) (b) disclosures were made as a result of the DVDS application and (c) proactive disclosures we

13 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Junior Doctors: Bullying and Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reports his Department has received of (a) bullying and (b) harassment of junior NHS doctors working in hospitals.

13 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Junior Doctors: Bullying and Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance he has issued to NHS hospitals on the bullying and harassment of junior doctors.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to flood defence schemes in (a) Lancashire, (b) Yorkshire and (c) Oxfordshire in each of the last five years.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the risk of flooding in flood risk areas by maintaining (a) peatland, (b) natural dams and (c) other natural catchment areas and defences.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the burning of peatland in England.

10 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Private Education: Personal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to collect and publish data relating to the progress of pupils at independent schools on a similar basis to the data collected for secondary maintained schools and academies.

10 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the quarterly payment schedule of student finance on universal credit calculations for claimants who are responsible for one or more children; and whether s

6 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of vaping amongst children and young people; and what the implications are for the NHS with respect to the future treatment of young and ad

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fraudulent cases of universal credit advance were (a) recorded and (b) processed at Jobcentres in (i) Preston, (ii) Blackburn, (iii) Blackpool and (iv) Bolton; what the value was of those fraud

5 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) improve the accuracy of patient records for immunisations and (b) standardise the invite-reminder systems utilised by GP practices across England.

4 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP patients in (a) Preston, (b) the North West and (c) England failed to secure a same-day appointment with their GP practice in each of the last three years.

21 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacant GP places there are in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West; and what (i) short- and (ii) long-term steps he is taking to tackle the shortage of GPs throughout the UK.

20 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the costs incurred by local education authorities as a result of schools becoming academies; and what criteria his Department uses to risk assess the financial health and governan

20 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Academies: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies are rated by Ofsted as (a) inadequate and (b) requires improvement in (i) Preston constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the North West; and what steps he is taking to improve educational ou

20 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Teachers: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many qualified teachers are employed in schools run by (a) the local education authority, (b) free schools and (c) academies in Lancashire; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of

17 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) alcohol and (b) drug-related deaths have there been in the last five years in (i) Preston, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the North West.

17 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Opioids: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to tackle the over-prescription of opioids by GPs in deprived areas.

17 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to allocate additional funding for the provision of early years childcare.

15 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to assist owners of new build properties with structural defects when insurance companies fail to accept liability.

15 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to ensure that developers take responsibility for structural defects on new build properties.

14 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he plans to allocate to the prevention of child suicide over the next five years.

14 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to assess the mental health of (a) primary and (b) secondary school aged children.

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of (a) suicide and (b) non-suicide fatalities on the mainline railway network in Great Britain.

9 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that labelling on imported tobacco products complies with UK legislation.

7 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the academies programme for the next five years.

7 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to increase the funding streams of all schools in England.

Source: official written-questions record.