Written questions
1,495 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve specialist services for patients diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis.
7 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the number of electric vehicle charging points in Stockport constituency.
7 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Avanti West Coast’s management of Euston railway station.
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor: Vertex
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide a timescale of when she expects (a) NHS England to conclude its commercial negotiations with Vertex Pharmaceuticals and (b) NICE to issue final guidance on NHS availability of K
7 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Mersey: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2024 to Question 17003 on River Mersey: Water, when he expects the Environment Agency's national programmes report on its investigation into chemical
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Stockport
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2024 to Question 20454 on Mental Health Services: Stockport, how the £4.7 billion of increased funding for mental health has been spent; and how much and what pro
7 May 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April to Question 20456 on Special Educational Needs: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Counci, what estimate her Department has made of the number of local authorities that are not de
3 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken by his Department to respond to a freedom of information request was in each of the last five years; how many and what proportion of such requests his Department did not answer withi
30 Apr 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department carried out impact assessments prior to its decision to delay the implementation of the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023.
30 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport
Euston Station: Ticket Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with Avanti West Coast on the closure of the ticket office at Euston railway station.
29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 23065 on NHS: Databases, if he will hold discussions with the Federation of Clinical Registries on the (a) procurement and (b) centralising of cl
29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2024 to Question 23061 on Cancer: Health Services, what steps she is taking to ensure that NHS trusts have sufficient cancer treatment capacity to adequately supp
29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 3.64 of the NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, what steps she is taking?to ensure that every person diagnosed with cancer will have access to (a) personalise
29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prosthetics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21490 on Prosthetics, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the stock of prosthetic limbs available.
29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Stepping Hill Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2024 to Question 17965 on Stepping Hill Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the state of repair
25 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of developing a cross-departmental strategy to tackle alcohol harm.
25 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will meet charities representing people affected by alcohol harm to inform her Department’s work on health prevention.
24 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Space Technology: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the United Kingdom and India collaborate on space programmes.
24 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: India
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how many staff in his Department were based in the Republic of India as of 15 April 2024.
24 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Colonoscopy: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is to receive results from a colonoscopy in (a) Stepping Hill Hospital and (b) Greater Manchester.
24 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government: Debt Collection
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the total amount of revenue raised by local authorities via the use of debt recovery agencies in the last 12 months.
24 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applicants refused asylum did not appeal that decision in the last 12 months.
24 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted using facial recognition software.
24 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Freedom of Information
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what the average time taken by his Department to respond to a freedom of information (FOI) request was in each of the last five years; how many and what proportion of FOI requests his Department did not answer within t
24 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Cost of Living Payments: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21862 on Cost of Living Payments: Disability, what estimate he has made of the average financial impact per claimant of the discontinuation of Disabil
24 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Passengers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on (a) expected future rail passenger demand and (b) the potential factors affecting future rail passenger demand.
24 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Stepping Hill Hospital: Bowel Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment services for bowel cancer at Stepping Hill hospital.
24 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport
Avanti West Coast: Catering
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 to Question 14383 on Avanti West Coast: Catering, whether his Department holds information on the amount of cash taken by Avanti for its on-board catering services in
22 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Medical Devices Outcome Registry Programme has made on centralising NHS England clinical registries.
22 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on contracts with NEC Software Solutions for centralising existing clinical registries.
Source: official written-questions record.