Written questions

669 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motor Vehicles: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling people over 65 who are not eligible for the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance to access mobility vehicle support.

18 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Stamp Duty Land Tax: First Time Buyers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support first time buyers with stamp duty.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telephones: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with telecoms companies on preventing fraudulent phone calls.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telephones: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help tackle fraudulent phone calls.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Leagrave Station: Lifts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to provide guidance to Network Rail for the construction of lifts at Leagrave Station.

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many invasive surgical procedures to (a) diagnose and (b) treat a reproductive health condition were not completed because of the level of pain experienced by the patient during that procedure

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contraceptives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP practices are commissioned to fit long-acting reversible contraception for purposes of gynaecological care; and what the (a) fitting fee and (b) cost is of fitting long-acting

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has made in developing guidelines for polycystic ovary syndrome.

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established; and in which integrated care board areas they are located.

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the National Institute for Health and Care Research has spent on research into (a) gynaecological and urogynaecological health, (b) asthma and (c) diabetes in each of the last ten years; a

16 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) medical relief and (b) humanitarian aid his Department has provided to Sudan in the context of recent trends in the number of Cholera related deaths.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans increase breast screenings for young women with (a) neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and (b) other determinants of being at risk of developing breast cancer.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurofibromatosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to develop standardised national guidelines for the (a) identification and (b) treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).

4 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Education of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility of people with student visas to bring dependents on enrolment numbers in hi

2 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Religious Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure faith and pastoral care guidance for prisoners is being upheld.

2 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Bedford: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons report into HMP Bedford, published in February 2024, what steps she is taking to improve conditions in HMP Bedford.

30 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of the recent pay award for Agenda for Change staff will be funded from (a) existing NHS budgets, (b) the Departmental budget, (c) additional funding from the Treasury, (d) efficien

25 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Timesharing: Misrepresentation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Financial Ombudsman Service on resolving complaints of mis-sold timeshares in a timely manner.

25 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral statement of 19 July 2024 on Israel and Gaza, Official Report, column 301, what his planned timetable is for (a) the completion of his Department's

23 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Bangladesh on (a) possible human rights violations against protestors and (b) future protection of students.

23 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Bangladesh on (a) ending violence and unrest and (b) ensuring that (i) the right to peacefully protest is upheld and (i

21 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to adult social care services by people of working age.

21 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to encourage the standardisation of social care commissioning by local authorities...

21 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made of the potential merits of a compulsory national register of care workers.

21 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the proportion of funding from central Government for adult social care that has been spent on supporting people of working age with such needs in each of the last

14 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pay and Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Seafarers in the UK shipping industry: 2023 statistics, published on 22 February 2024, what (a) estimate he has made of the average pay for and (b) assessment he has made of the average ro

1 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to bring forward a workforce strategy for social care.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding for local bus services across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department provides to local authorities to ensure the maintenance of cross-boundary bus services in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

19 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Muslims: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's news story of 11 March 2024 entitled Government commits more funding to protect UK Muslims, what the eligibility criteria for applications for that funding will be;

Source: official written-questions record.