Written questions
1,495 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dengue Fever: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of British citizens who have died of dengue fever abroad in the last ten years.
18 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport
Parking: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to change (a) traffic regulation orders or (a) pavement parking prohibition NM13303 in response to its 2020 consultation, Pavement parking: options for change.
18 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Retail Trade: Job Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support retail jobs in the context of the increasing automation of services by retailers.
18 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to align prescription charges in England with that of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
18 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact on household finances in England of aligning the state pension age and free prescription age threshold; and if he will make a statement.
18 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure social care staff receive specific (a) Parkinson’s and (b) dementia training.
10 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Clean Air Zones: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) steps the Government has taken and (b) resources have been committed to support jobs and businesses in Greater Manchester following the introduction of a clean air charge zone
10 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) value for money from his Department's projects and (b) that those projects are completed (i) on time and (ii) within budget.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to ensure people with hidden disabilities are assessed accurately in telephone assessments when making (a) a personal independence payment and (b) universal credit claim.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to ensure people with uncontrolled epilepsy are assessed accurately when making a personal independence payment claim.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
Ofsted: Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there are measures in place to ensure that the executive board of Ofsted is representative of the demographics of the teaching profession and its pupils in England.
7 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Women’s Health Strategy consultation, which closed on 13 June 2021.
7 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy will tackle health inequalities, including in maternal health for Black, Asian and ethnic minority women.
7 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make additional funding available for recruitment to tackle the shortfall in staff in the NHS in Greater Manchester.
6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make additional funding available for the treatment of eating disorders in young people in response to the data published by NHS Digital, Hospital admissions with a primary or s
6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of lateral flow tests in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) across England.
6 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Restitution: Nigeria
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has plans to return (a) the Benin Bronzes and (b) other historically and culturally significant artifacts to Nigeria.
6 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Kazakhstan: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help prevent human rights infringements against protestors in Kazakhstan; and what discussions the Government has had with authorities
6 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to (a) mitigate the impact of increasing costs of food for consumers and (b) ensure that suppliers of food are adequately supplied.
5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department is putting in place to alleviate the backlog of elective treatments in light of their recent pause across Greater Manchester.
5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of staff shortages in the NHS in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West due to the omicron variant of covid-19.
5 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Clean Air Zones: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone on jobs in (a) Stockport and (b) across Greater Manchester.
13 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what cultural affairs activity it will no longer carry out as a result of the reduction in size of the British Council.
13 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the effect on the effectiveness of the Government's promotion of global Britain of the British Council removing its in-country presence from
13 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will instruct the British Council to publish its business plan for its restructuring programme; and if she will make a statement.
13 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of outsourcing the delivery of the Turing Scheme on the retention of skills and experience in the British Council.
13 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further steps she plans to take to help British Council staff trapped in Afghanistan to come to the UK under the ARAP scheme.
13 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2021 to Question 51746, on what date professional services at the British Council were put out to tender, along with the facilities man
6 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Housing: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what financial support is available for homeowners seeking to carry out energy-saving renovations.
6 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Social Rented Housing: Evictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the impact of ending Section 21 eviction notices on social housing registered providers in (a) Stockport, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) the Northwest a
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