Written questions
825 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendation in the report entitled A Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England, published by Skills for Care's
30 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Visas: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of creating a visa waiver scheme for Palestinians requiring urgent medical treatment.
17 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the level of the risk of (a) discrimination, (b) harassment and (c) violence towards LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum in immigration detention centres.
16 May 2024 · Home Office
Visas: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will implement a visa scheme to enable Palestinian children to receive critical medical treatment in the UK.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health services on the support provided to young people.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support her Department is providing to families of children with poor mental health.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Addictions: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support her Department is providing to children experiencing addiction issues.
13 May 2024 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will lower the threshold for free school meals qualification.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to protect children from unhealthy food and drink marketing.
8 May 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of detaining asylum seekers that have experienced torture on their mental health.
8 May 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the commencement of detention operations undertaken by his Department following the passage of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Ac
8 May 2024 · Department for Education
Schools: Bullying
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many incidents of ethnicity-based bullying within schools were reported to her Department in the last 12 months; and what steps her Department is taking to help tackle such incidents.
8 May 2024 · Department for Education
Education: Travellers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to help improve the educational attainment rate of Romani Gypsy, Roma and Irish traveller children.
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: Gender Dysphoria
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) children and young people and (b) adults whose care has moved to adult gender services will be able to opt out of research into those who attended the Gender Identity Development Servic
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional funding will be provided to local Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services for ongoing support beyond initial assessment for young people who are currently on the waiting l
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help support 17-year-olds on the waiting list for gender identity services who have had their appointments with adult services cancelled and are not eligible for young p
7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing funding to increase capacity in children and young people's gender services.
3 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of plans by Israeli settler movement organisations to march to Gaza on 15 May 2024 with the aim of establishing new settlements there.
25 Apr 2024 · Treasury
Home Care Services: Living Wage
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment HMRC has made of the prevalence of underpayment of the National Living Wage for domiciliary care workers as a result of unpaid travel time.
25 Apr 2024 · Treasury
Home Care Services: Living Wage
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times HMRC has taken enforcement action against employers for the underpayment of national living wage for domiciliary care workers as a result of unpaid travel time in the last three years.
25 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the judgment of HR & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 786 (Admin) of 11 April 2024, whether it his policy to (a) develop a refe
23 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on costs associated with (a) AAA and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department, [2022] HWHC 3230 (Admin), for which judgment was passed on 19 December 2022,
22 Apr 2024 · Treasury
Nurseries: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to support nurseries experiencing financial challenges as a result of increased business rates.
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Education
Universities: Freedom of Expression
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that universities uphold the right to freedom of expression for students campaigning on matters relating to the (a) war in Gaza and (b) rights of Palestinians.
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Education
Educational Visits: Theatres
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure every (a) primary and (b) secondary pupil in England can visit the theatre at least once in their school career.
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Education
Educational Visits: Theatres
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to ensure that pupils from low income families are able to participate in school visits to theatres.
15 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel and Occupied Territories: Aid Workers
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the level of risk to the safety of aid workers in (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and what steps he is taking to help protect (i) international aid agencie
26 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Offshore Industry: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2024 to Question 16114 on Offshore Industry: Employment, what steps she has taken to verify the methodology behind the Offshore Energies UK’s Workforce Insig
26 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Climate Change: International Cooperation
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to take steps to encourage companies that extract fossil fuels to contribute to the loss and damage fund at COP 29.
26 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uganda: Civil Liberties
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his Ugandan counterpart on the (a) arrests and (b) treatment of people campaigning against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
Source: official written-questions record.