Written questions
879 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hormone Replacement Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) range and (b) variety of HRT products available to patients through the NHS.
28 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to tackle supply issues surrounding HRT products.
20 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Energy Performance Certificates: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the timeframe for all energy performance certificate data becoming fully available for Northern Irish (a) homes and (b) businesses.
20 Oct 2021 · Women and Equalities
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what engagement her Department had with the (a) Northern Ireland Executive and (b) other devolved Administrations as part of the recent CEDAW interim report preparation.
20 Oct 2021 · Women and Equalities
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what mechanisms her Department has put in place to enable the devolved Administrations to collaborate on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that GP pension rules are not a barrier to GPs working additional hours to provide out of hours care and help the NHS recover from the covid-19 outbrea
19 Oct 2021 · Treasury
Financial Services: Technology
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposal to establish a Global Centre for Secure and Intelligent Regulatory Technologies in Northern Ireland.
18 Oct 2021 · Northern Ireland Office
Financial Services: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of Northern Ireland’s FinTech and cyber security sectors.
18 Oct 2021 · Treasury
UK Internal Trade
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish guidance on the requirement of logistics businesses delivering goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland to provide statistical returns specifying which goods are being transported.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adequate resources go to research into endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome.
21 Sep 2021 · Home Office
National Asset Management Agency: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent updates she has (a) sought and (b) received from the National Crime Agency on its inquiry into NAMA's sale of its Northern Ireland loan book.
16 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport
Bridges and Tunnels: Northern Ireland and Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government spent on studies to examine the feasibility of building a bridge or tunnel between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
13 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Belfast South
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for asylum applications in South Belfast constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
13 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Immigration: South Belfast
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to process applications to the EU Settlement Scheme is in South Belfast constituency.
13 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Immigration: South Belfast
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum have been outstanding for eight weeks or longer in South Belfast constituency.
13 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Immigration: South Belfast
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the EU Settlement Scheme have been outstanding for eight weeks or more in South Belfast constituency.
8 Sep 2021 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to retain the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme beyond September 2021 for sectors of the economy that have not returned to pre-covid-19 pandemic levels of customers.
3 Sep 2021 · Treasury
Hospitality Industry: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the reduced VAT rate for hospitality until 31 December 2021.
18 Aug 2021 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's assessment of the number of afghan refugees the UK is able to accommodate in the first year of the proposed Afghanistan resettlement scheme.
22 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making bridge payments to 1950s-born women affected by changes to state pension age in response to the Parliamentary and Health Servi
19 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish her Department's impact assessments for the removal of the uplift to universal credit.
19 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) implications for her policy of reports of potentially unlawful and inhumane treatment of asylum seekers on the Esparto 11 flight in August 2020
15 Jul 2021 · Northern Ireland Office
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to his Oral Statement of 14 July 2021, Official Report, column 388, whether the offence of perjury in respect of Troubles-related incidents will be subject to the proposed statute of limit
15 Jul 2021 · Northern Ireland Office
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Statement on 14 July 2021, Official Report, columns 388-402, on the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past, if the consent of the Northern Ireland Assembly will be sought for the proposed legi
14 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Security Guards: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to reduce the renewal cost for SIA license holders that have been affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
29 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chronic Illnesses: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical studies for (a) ME, chronic fatigue syndrome and (b) long-covid are conducted using appropriate outcome criteria.
23 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
HIV/AIDS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of a reduction in funding for the HIV response on the ability of the international community to reach the targ
23 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the calls of the UN Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030 to fully mobilise the resource needs
23 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: HIV/AIDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UN Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030 which calls on donors to fulfil respective offici
23 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tigray: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the provision of humanitarian aid in the Tigray region.
Source: official written-questions record.