Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Alternatives to Prison: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the NAO's finding in the report, Improving outcomes for women in the criminal justice system, that there has been little progress on

18 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Photographs

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many photographers are employed by the Office of the Prime Minister and No. 10 Downing Street; and on what date the advertisement for each role was published.

18 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendation from the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) to regulate the branding and packaging of e-cigarette products to ensure that they do n

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Repayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of small businesses to repay Bounce Back Loans.

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Luton Airport: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February to Question 117077 on Luton Airport: Planning Permission, for what purposes his Department would consider commissioning sustainability reports f

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Valneva: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government cancelled its contract with Valneva for their covid-19 vaccine.

18 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tumour Treating Fields Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allocating funding for the use of Optune, tumour treating fields therapy, in the NHS.

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2022 to Question 105741 on High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention, what progress he has made across Government to protect leaseholders from the risk of

10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the increase in prevalence of eating disorders amongst under 18s since March 2020.

10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is to receive a diagnosis in each mental health trust in England for suspected (a) ASD and (b) ADHD.

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Mental Health Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools have a mental health counsellor or practitioner available to students.

9 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the time taken to announce funding to support bus services beyond 31 March 2021 on the number of bus operators that are giving notice to the Traffic Commissioner to

9 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will announce whether emergency funding for operating bus services will be extended.

9 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the (a) dates and (b) participants of meetings between his Department and the Drinking Water Inspectorate to discuss the high levels of toxic chemicals found in a Ca

9 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he or his Department were informed by Cambridge Water of its intention to blend contaminated water with water from other sources before it reached households in June 2021.

9 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date his Department first knew about high levels of toxic chemicals found in a Cambridgeshire water supply.

8 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to increase the carers allowance cap to reflect the rise in minimum wage so that part-time workers do not have to reduce their hours to continue qualifying for carers allo

8 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date he plans to announce the size of public health grants to local authorities.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what obligations managing agents have to refund the collection of service charges to which they are not entitled under the terms of a lease; and what recourse leaseholders have to ta

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November to Question 69197, if he will list those NHS organisations whose annual reports include a breakdown of complaints that specifically includes a distinct category

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of using Units of Dental Activity (UDA) as a metric for NHS dentistry contracts.

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the existing dental prototype agreement scheme.

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the Government's plans for reform of the contract for NHS dentistry.

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent funding has been made available for research into brain tumours.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to authorise school absences of children in risk groups as defined by table 4, the Green Book Chapter 14a, until they have been fully vaccinated and obtained maximum protection.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Home Education: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will introduce an attendance code to specifically authorise home learning whilst children in risk groups, as defined in table 4 of the Green Book Chapter 14a, are awaiting full covid-19 vaccination.

4 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a covid recovery pass can be obtained following registration of a positive lateral flow test.

2 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) ten publishing companies that received the most from the public purse through the All In, All Together advertising campaign and (b) total sum e

2 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse of the All In, All Together newspaper advertising campaign has been since April 2020.

2 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with a learning disability are currently required to wear restraints in hospitals.

Source: official written-questions record.