Written questions

144 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of potential merits of (a) enforcement and (b) early intervention in the prevention of knife crime.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of knife bans on the level of knife-related incidents.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce knife crime in Sutton.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Young Futures Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish further information on proposed Young Future Hubs.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of existing knife crime prevention programmes.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the impact of government-funded Naloxone programmes.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation outcome entitled Expanding access to naloxone, published on 24 January 2024, whether he plans to increase the number of organisations able to distribute Naloxone.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a programme of naloxone provision in the NHS.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity of health care services in the England and Wales to provide take home Naloxone kits to people at risk of opioid overdose.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Family Hubs: Carshalton and Wallington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to expand Start for Life services to include Carshalton and Wallington constituency.

15 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to extend the Targeted Retention Incentive to specialist SEND teachers.

15 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Further Education: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to specialist education colleges to help mitigate the increase in employer National Insurance contributions.

7 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Q36 of the oral evidence given by the Office for Value for Money to the Treasury Select Committee on 11 December 2024, HC 521, which Departments have not (a) defined and (b) commenced their zero-ba

19 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Middle East: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the provision of military support in the context of conflict in the Middle East.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the potential for the Child Maintenance System to be used as a tool of economic abuse.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish the feedback from the consultation on the Child Maintenance System.

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people with diagnosed HIV who are not currently in care; what research it has conducted into the reasons for disengagement from care; and what

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend opt-out HIV testing beyond emergency departments.

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Viral Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to continue funding for the opt-out blood-borne virus testing programme at (a) St George's, Epsom and (b) St Helier Hospitals and Health Group beyond March 2025.

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to tackle changes in rates of HIV diagnoses among heterosexual men and women.

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of facilities staff are on Agenda For Change contracts.

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of shortages of building inspectors on (a) repairs and (b) maintenance projects across the NHS Estate.

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Down Syndrome Act 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the prior consultation on the Down Syndrome Act 2022; and when he plans to publish the statutory guidance.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Climate Change: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Climate Change education in schools.

Source: official written-questions record.