Written questions

1,495 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts in England are able to offer a midwifery-led continuity of carer model for women who are pregnant after the death of a baby.

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Disability and Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish an assessment of the effectiveness of the Digital Lifeline project in respect of (a) older people and (b) people with a learning disability.

5 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS backlogs in cancer care are tackled consistently under recovery plans being implemented at a local level; if he will take steps to ensure that there is co

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electrical Goods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will consult with groups representing blind and partially-sighted people on the potential merits of reforming the safety information wording contained in household applianc

5 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Caravan Sites: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to reintroduce pitch targets and statutory duties for local authorities to meet the assessed needs for sites for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers.

5 Jul 2021 · House of Commons Commission

All-party Parliamentary Groups: Finance

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission plans to take to help improve the transparency of the funding of All-Party Parliamentary Groups.

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support the UK to meet its climate change targets in response to the recent finding by the Climate Change Committee that the UK is not keepin

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will consult with groups representing disabled people on the implementation of Government reforms to improve the experience of disabled people of the assessment process for disability benefits.

5 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment decisions where claimants were awarded zero points have been overturned at independent tribunals in each of the last five years.

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Audit Office's report of 2 July 2021, School funding in England, and the finding that between 2017-18 and 2020-21 the average per-pupil funding in the most deprived fifth of schoo

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of older people who are paying for previously free NHS ancillary services in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Stockport as a result of (i) the size of

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact on older people of not being able to access face-to-face appointments with GPs.

21 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Turkey: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Turkish Government in response to violence against the People's Democratic Party in that country.

21 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gambling: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional funding has been made available for the treatment of gaming addictions among young adults and children in response to increased addiction in that demographic in the last 12 month

21 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed Great British Railways will take steps to reduce the cost of train fairs.

21 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what legislation ensures the legal requirement within urban planning to preserve the view of a specific place or historic building from another location, known as protected views

17 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Freedom of Information: Equality

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) Government departments, (b) executive agencies and (b) arm's-length bodies handle Freedom of Information requests on an applica

17 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Freedom of Information: Appeals

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of contesting the informational tribunal appeal brought Open Democracy on the operation of the Clearing House in relation to f

17 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Freedom of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the judgment of 19 May 2021 of the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) Information Rights, appeal reference EA/2020/0240, what steps his De

16 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nepal: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support in terms of (a) vaccinations and (b) general medical assistance the Government has provided to Nepal since the outbreak of covid-19 in that country.

16 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Defence

United Nations: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of military spending is spent on UK contributions to UN peacekeeping operations.

16 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on children's physical and mental wellbeing.

16 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what evidence the Government plans to review to determine whether the Decent Homes Standard requires updating in the first stage of the review of the housing standards white pape

16 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons it is not a requirement to monitor contracts that have ended due to a supplier termination event.

16 Jun 2021 · Home Office

British Nationality and Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants are waiting to be processed for their visa due to the time taken to take and process citizenship tests in (a) the UK and (b) Stockport borough and constituency.

16 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support the Government is giving to local authorities to provide permanent and temporary sites for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers.

16 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Religious Hatred: Hinduism

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to renew its strategy on hinduphobia; and which stakeholders the Government plans to engage as part of that process.

16 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to raise awareness of hate crime and encourage reporting in addition to the Hate Crime Action Plan, published in 2016, and the 2018 Refresh.

16 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons her Department did not collect information on the race or ethnicity of victims of hate crime until 2021.

8 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the correct phraseology is used and promoted when referring to the delta variant of covid-19.

Source: official written-questions record.