Written questions

1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 May 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle digital exclusion.

16 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering breast cancer screening to women going through early menopause.

16 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) improve the quality of and (b) increase the number of outreach programmes for people facing street homelessness.

16 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) reduce the number of children in temporary accommodation and (b) increase the number of children living in secure tenancies.

16 May 2024 · Treasury

Low Incomes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to help support people on lower incomes.

16 May 2024 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) improve the quality of and (b) increase the affordability of childcare in (i) Wandsworth and (ii) the UK.

16 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve (a) research into treatments for and (b) (i) emotional and (ii) financial support for people living with pancreatic cancer.

16 May 2024 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who will need to sell their home to pay the loan charge.

16 May 2024 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) promoters and (b) operators of schemes subject to the loan charge have been prosecuted.

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle delays at Coroners’ Courts.

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Coroners Courts Support Service on taking steps to improve the (a) practical and (b) emotional support provided to (i) families and (ii) other witnesses

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the (a) practical and (b) emotional support provided to (i) families and (ii) other witnesses attending the Coroners’ Courts.

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the (a) practical and (b) emotional support provided to (i) families and (ii) other witnesses attending the Coroners’ Courts.

1 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of foreign national prisoners at HMP Wandsworth are (a) post-sentence awaiting deportation and (b) serving current sentences.

1 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners at HMP Wandsworth are serving (a) Imprisonment for Public Protection and (b) Detention for Public Protection sentences.

1 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners at HMP Wandsworth have been recalled to custody having been released as part of the early release scheme.

1 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners at HMP Wandsworth have been recalled to custody while on release on temporary licence.

1 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Prisoners' Transfers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners at HMP Wandsworth are awaiting dispersal to another category of prison following an assessment.

1 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners at HMP Wandsworth who have been sentenced are awaiting prison category assessment.

1 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners at HMP Wandsworth who have been convicted are awaiting sentencing.

1 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Prisoners on Remand

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners at HMP Wandsworth are on remand awaiting trial; and what is the average length of time such prisoners have been on remand.

23 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Queen Mary's Hospital Roehampton: Urgent Treatment Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure the space needed for the Urgent Treatment Centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton be returned to a drop in as well as bookable centre.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport

Hammersmith Bridge: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the Business Case for the restoration of Hammersmith Bridge submitted by Hammersmith and Fulham Council; and when he plans to take a decision.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport

Hammersmith Bridge: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when and with whom he has had discussions on the Business Case for the restoration of Hammersmith Bridge submitted by Hammersmith and Fulham Council in the last six months.

23 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when and with whom he has had discussions on drugs use in HMP Wandsworth this year.

23 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce drugs use by prisoners in HMP Wandsworth.

23 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce over-crowding in HMP Wandsworth.

23 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when and with whom he has had discussions on conditions in HMP Wandsworth in the last six months.

23 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average weekly time out of cell for prisoners in HMP Wandsworth has been for each week in 2024.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antibiotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has had discussions with stakeholders on antibiotic line flushing.

Source: official written-questions record.