Written questions
564 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Semaglutide: Hazel Grove
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of semaglutide in Hazel Grove constituency.
22 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Non-native Species: Weed Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will require landowners to remove invasive plant species including those listed under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 from their land.
16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Court of Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays in processing times for Deputyship applications by the Court of Protection.
8 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Women's Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help support the rights of women in Afghanistan.
6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include Annatto (E160b) on the list of allergens that must be labelled under UK food labelling regulations.
6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lyme Disease: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis and recognition of Lyme Disease.
6 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the scheduled ending of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme in March 2025 on local projects aimed at restoring listed plac
6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Court of Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the average processing times for deputyship applications by the Court of Protection.
6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Givinostat: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) encourage NHS trusts in Greater Manchester to participate in the Early Access Programme for Givinostat and (b) to help tackle barriers to participation.
19 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the new additional funding for new radiotherapy machines aligns with the (a) NHS Long-Term Plan and (b) the upcoming 10-year cancer strategy.
19 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is to spend the additional funding allocated for new radiotherapy machines on 28 October 2024.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Financial Services: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to improve the teaching of financial literacy through (a) enhanced teacher training programmes, (b) increased funding for financial education (i) resources and (ii) initiatives and (c) other s
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Financial Services: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of financial education on young people at (a) primary and (b) secondary school level.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Financial Services: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to create a strategy for embedding financial literacy within the primary and secondary education curricula.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Financial Services: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations on encouraging participation in the OECD’s next PISA financial literacy assessment, scheduled for 2025.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Financial Services: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to ensure England's participation in the OECD’s PISA financial literacy assessment in 2025.
16 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Refugees: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the decision to discontinue the Refugee Employability Programme on the ability of refugees to (a) secure employment, (b) integ
16 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Refugees: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department discontinued the Refugee Employability Programme.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Preventive Medicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to create a cross-governmental strategy for the prevention of ill health that would include measures on tackling (a) health and (b) other lifestyle factors that affect
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diseases: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise (a) public and (b) professional awareness of (i) inflammatory bowel disease and (ii) other unseen disabilities in the context of access to (A) healthcar
13 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of financial support available through the benefits system to people with (a) inflammatory bowel disease and (b) other unseen disabilities.
13 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) support and (b) care pathways in the NHS for people diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease.
13 Dec 2024 · Treasury
Bank Services: Direct Debits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require explicit consumer consent for each direct debit set up on a bank account.
13 Dec 2024 · Treasury
Direct Debits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help tackle the potential misuse of customer bank details by merchants when setting up direct debits.
13 Dec 2024 · Treasury
Bank Services: Direct Debits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring banks to notify account holders when a new direct debit is established against their account.
2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will take steps to (a) improve communication practices, (b) ensue greater sensitivity in interactions, (c) better manage families’ expectations to prevent (i) delays and (ii) unnecessary distres
2 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Hazel Grove
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of dentists in Hazel Grove constituency.
29 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Endometriosis: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) endometriosis and (ii) adenomyosis.
29 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee's report entitled Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Scrutiny 2022–23, HC 198, published on 4 March 2024, if he will make
29 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Cycling: Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to launch a public awareness campaign to promote pedestrian and cyclist visibility on roads by encouraging the use of light or reflective clothing.
Source: official written-questions record.