Written questions

290 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Manuel Guerrero

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made representations to the Qatari government on allegations of (a) mistreatment and (b) torture made by Manuel Avina Guerrero.

29 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's contract with Serco for electronic monitoring on the (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of people who will be monitored; and what estim

29 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of equalising dentistry training requirements between the private sector and NHS on (a) NHS budgets and (b) the NHS dentistry workf

29 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering incentives to dentists to deliver NHS dentistry.

9 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Paula Vennells

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who recommended Paula Vennells for an award in the 2019 New Year Honours list.

7 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Genetics: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for management of donor information of commercial direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Ofcom and (b) Royal Mail on the potential implications for her Department's policies of Royal Mail's failure to meet the universal service obligation.

9 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to partner with (a) media outlets and (b) influencers to promote information on HIV and safe sex practices within the black community.

9 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the comparative effectiveness of different strategies to empower women for the purposes of tackling gender-based disparities within the Black commun

9 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to provide healthcare providers with cultural competency training for black individuals seeking HIV-related services.

9 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage (a) research and (b) targeted interventions into factors driving HIV transmission within the black community.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Report on an unannounced inspection of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, 8–25 August 2022, published on 6 December 2022, when she expects a

12 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endoscopy: Jarrow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System plans to take to increase the availability of endoscopy procedures for patients in Jarrow constituency.

12 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endoscopy: Cumbria and South Tyneside

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce endoscopy waiting lists in (a) the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System and (b) South Tyneside.

5 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endoscopy: South Tyneside

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System’s 2022-23 diagnostic funding was spent on diagnostic endoscopy procedures in South Tyneside.

23 May 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the guidance for schools on transgender pupils will help to ensure that students are protected from transphobic bullying.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy introduce to a mandatory seafarers welfare charter.

22 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women in Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre have been signed up via the legal help scheme following a Detained Duty Advice Scheme surgery (a) between 28 December 2021 and 30 June 2022 and

22 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women in Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre have been provided advice via a Detained Duty Advice Scheme surgery between (a) 28 December 2021 and 30 June 2022 and (b) since 1 July 2022; an

22 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Detained Duty Advice Scheme surgeries took place (a) in total and (b) in person at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre from (i) 28 December 2021 and 30 June 2022 and (ii) 1 July 2022 to da

22 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answers of 14 July 2022, 26 September 2022 and 9 February 2023 to Questions 32512, 53359 and 138399 on Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre (IRC): Legal Profession, what assessment s

6 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court cases have been rescheduled due to industrial action by the Public and Commercial Services union.

6 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which date ministers last met with trade unions to discuss the Common Platform.

6 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of industrial action by the Public and Commercial Services union on court backlogs.

6 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Common Platform (a) has already cost, and (b) is expected to cost.

2 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women were detained at Derwentside immigration removal centre between (a) 1 July 2022 and 30 September 2022, (b) 1 October 2022 and 31 December 2022 and (c) 1 January 2023 and 31 January 2023

2 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-Detained Duty Advice Scheme legal visits took place at Derwentside immigration removal centre between (a) 1 July 2022 and 30 September 2022, (b) 1 October 2022 and 31 December 2022 and (c

2 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many legal visits took place under the Detained Duty Advice Scheme at Derwentside immigration removal centre between (a) 1 July 2022 and 30 September 2022, (b) 1 October 2022 and 31 December 2022

5 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

British Telecom: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that BT (a) refunds in full late payment charges incurred by customers because of delays caused by postal strikes in full and (b) issues an apology to su

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy: Jarrow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of life expectancy in Jarrow constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.