Written questions
1,485 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of randomised covid-19 testing for international travellers arriving in the UK.
1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a funding plan for the 15 year NHS workforce plan.
1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the (a) training and (b) recruitment of cancer nurse specialists meets projected demands of the population in 2037.
1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the ending of free covid-19 testing on sickness related absences of staff in the public sector.
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Film and Television: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme that was available during the covid-19 outbreak.
1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the capacity of private sector covid-19 testing.
1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to strengthen regulation in the diagnostic testing industry.
19 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pathology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support pathologists in their work to clear the backlog in elective care.
19 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pathology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity of pathologists to tackle the backlog in elective care related to the covid-19 outbreak.
19 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dialysis Machines: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients receiving haemodialysis at home received no reimbursement from the NHS for the resulting energy costs in the financial year (a) 2021-22, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2019-20.
19 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dialysis Machines: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients receiving haemodialysis at home received partial reimbursement from the NHS for the resulting energy costs in the financial year (a) 2021-22, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2019-20.
19 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dialysis Machines: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients receiving haemodialysis at home received full reimbursement from the NHS for the resulting energy costs in the financial year (a) 2021-22, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2019-20.
19 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dialysis Machines
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received haemodialysis at home in the financial year (a) 2021-22, b) 2020-21 and (c) 2019-20.
17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dialysis Machines
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with NHS trusts to ensure patients with chronic kidney disease receiving haemodialysis treatment at home are reimbursed for the energy costs incurred from operat
17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dialysis Machines: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the reimbursement of costs incurred from dialysis of patients with chronic kidney disease who are treated at home, what steps his Department is taking with NHS England to ensure t
12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of covid-19 tests available on the market that have not been approved by his Department.
12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Streptococcus: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage hospitals to participate in the GBS3 clinical trial.
12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 154467 on Primary Health Care, how much money has been allocated to (a) a national campaign to increase awareness of access routes to gener
12 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to improve (a) response times to complaints and (b) customer service at the Child Maintenance Service.
12 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints her Department has received in each year since 2010 regarding (a) customer service and (b) incorrect decisions from the Child Maintenance Service; and what the average response times
12 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reforming the Child Maintenance Service.
26 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Streptococcus: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to encourage hospitals to participate in the GBS3 clinical trial.
26 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners and Pharmacy: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 154467 on Primary Health Care, how much money has been allocated to (a) a national campaign to increase awareness of access routes to general pra
25 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Probiotics: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of allowing the term probiotic to be used on food labels.
25 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Office
Pharmacy: Coronavirus
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pharmacists, as defined by the ONS occupation code 2213, pharmaceutical technicians as defined by ONS code 3217, and pharmacy and other dispensing assistants as defined by ONS occupation code 7114, died
14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to his Department's consultation on original pack dispensing and supply of medicines containing sodium valproate which closed in December 2021.
14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hearing Impairment: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to improve telephone services in England for d/Deaf people.
14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hearing Impairment: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of telephone services in England for d/Deaf people.
14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Epidemiology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to identify new covid-19 variants at borders.
14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of England’s covid-19 testing capacity in the event of (a) a new variant of covid-19 and (b) an upsurge in hospitalisations.
Source: official written-questions record.