Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of reasons for the fall in dementia diagnosis rates in St Albans; and if he will make a statement.

26 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will include unpaid carers in the final JCVI guidance on the autumn covid-19 booster vaccination programme.

26 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Respite Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish a recovery and respite plan for unpaid carers.

26 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require the NHS to provide student doctors with pre-paid expenses cards to cover petrol costs incurred in driving to medical placements in the context on increases

26 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fringe Benefits: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a scheme to allow companies to offer employees fuel bank vouchers, as a trivial benefit for tax purposes.

26 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) hearings that were due to be heard in the last twelve months have been cancelled, broken down by the age of each young person concerned.

26 May 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest period of time between a pre-tribunal settlement for education, health and care provision being agreed and a settlement order being signed for ea

26 May 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to require upper tier local authorities and clinical commissioning groups to provide parents of children with special educational needs or disabilities with a list of potential sou

26 May 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to (a) require local authorities to ask parents who request an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) form whether or not English is their first language and (b) offer additional la

25 May 2022 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Business

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing (a) financial and (b) other support packages to wine and spirit (i) producers, (ii) importers and (iii) distributors in the context of the costs ass

25 May 2022 · Treasury

Wines: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) administrative burden and (b) financial cost to wine and fortified wine (i) importers, (ii) distributors and (iii) wholesalers of the proposed new alcohol duty system.

25 May 2022 · Treasury

Wine and Spirit Association

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with the Wine and Spirit Trade Association in advance of the publication of a draft bill which would seek to introduce a new alcohol duty system.

25 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Grievance Procedures

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many official grievances have been lodged by Cabinet Office staff each year over the last ten years; and how many of those complaints were (a) entirely or (b) partially upheld.

25 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Employment: Tribunals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employment tribunals have been brought against the Cabinet Office in the last decade; and how many of the tribunal cases considered discrimination or harassment related to a protected characteristic.

25 May 2022 · Wales Office

Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the written statement of 12 May 2022 by the Welsh Minister for Climate Change entitled Update on building safety, if he will take steps to work with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Co

25 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Building: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the written statement of 12 May 2022 by the Welsh Minister for Climate Change entitled Update on building safety, if he will (a) take steps to amend the pledge lett

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory System: Infectious Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the use of point-of-care testing in care homes in order to support the assessment of respiratory illnesses with overlapping symptoms such as (a) covi

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory System: Infectious Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role of pharmacies in supporting the surveillance, diagnosis, and timely treatment of respiratory illnesses with overlapping symptoms such as (a) covi

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus and Influenza: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Academy of Medical Sciences report, COVID-19: Preparing for the future, what steps his Department is taking to integrate multiplex testing that can distinguish between SARS-Co

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the withdrawal of the NICE Guideline Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management (CG191) on clinical practice.

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NICE Guideline Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management (CG191) will be reinstated, following its withdrawal in 2020 from active circulation.

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2016 Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, which recommended that all antibiotic prescribing should be informed by rapid diagnostics, what steps he is taking to help ensure that

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to financially support local health systems to achieve greater uptake of rapid point-of-care diagnostics ahead of the forthcoming winter season.

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory System: Infectious Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department is putting in place to help support primary care settings to quickly and effectively access diagnostic testing platforms as part of their approach to managing respirato

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus and Influenza: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to facilitate wider uptake of rapid point-of-care diagnostics in primary care settings in respect of covid-19 and influenza.

24 May 2022 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Respite Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the level of need for respite breaks for kinship carers.

24 May 2022 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to encourage local authorities to increase their support for kinship carers in the context of the varying levels of support under different local authorities.

24 May 2022 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to kinship carers.

24 May 2022 · Treasury

Debts: Ukraine

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions officials in their Department have had with (a) the International Monetary Fund and (b) G7 member countries on the effect of the upcoming debt repayments due from Ukraine on that country’s ability t

24 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: ME/CFS

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP applications her Department has received from claimants with (a) Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) or (b) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) as a medical condition in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.