Written questions
512 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to reduce the sensitivity threshold of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 120µg/g closer to the UK National Screening Committee recommendation of 20µg/g.
28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Colonoscopy: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of colonoscopy services; and whether his Department plans to increase the capacity of these services ahead of the exte
28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Colonoscopy: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the capacity of colonoscopy services and (b) ensure patients from the bowel cancer screening programme are seen within the targeted waiting times
28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to include policies on (a) diagnosis, (b) care and treatment and (c) research into brain tumours in the (i) NHS 10-year plan and (ii) cancer strategy.
28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help improve awareness of (a) Crohn’s disease, (b) ulcerative colitis and (c) inflammatory bowel disease.
26 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what account the development of the National Cancer Plan is taking of the Children and Young People’s Cancer Plan published by Young Lives vs Cancer and the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group in
26 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health 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 (a) differences between cancer in (i) children and young people under 25 and (ii) older adults and (b) strategic approaches t
26 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) children and (b) young people under 25 with cancer will be distinctly recognised in the National Cancer Plan.
26 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Royal Berkshire Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the New Hospital Programme Review in relation to the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
22 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Insurance: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of recovering costs from insurance providers when patients with private health insurance seek NHS-funded treatment which would
21 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Inland Border Facilities: Ashford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 11480 on Import Controls: Fees and Charges, when he plans to make available further information on the (a) charge and (b) operati
20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve access to gluten-free staple foods for patients with coeliac disease by (a) improving the availability of those foods on prescription and (b) providing financial su
15 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sterilisation: Men
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of men who live in areas without (a) universally accessible and (b) fully NHS funded vasectomy services.
14 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis for prostate cancer.
14 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the national prostate cancer screening programme.
13 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) fraudulent V62 applications and (b) car cloning.
12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10718 on Trade Agreements, what opportunities he plans to provide to parliamentarians to scrutinise proposed free trade agreements.
12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10718 on Trade Agreements, whether he plans to include labour rights protections in prospective trade agreements.
12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to include human rights clauses in trade agreements.
12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Gulf Cooperation Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12540 on Trade Agreements: Gulf Cooperation Council, whether his Department has made an assessment of the extent to which the supply chains of Gul
12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Answer on 24 October 2024 to Question 8573 on Trade, if he will publish his trade strategy prior to the conclusion of trade negotiations.
12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 on Question 11149 on Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny, if he will announce his plans for scrutiny arrangements of trade deals prior to the conclusion o
8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Thames Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to encourage earlier diagnosis of bowel cancer in the Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire Integrated Care Board region.
8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the proportion of bowel cancers diagnosed at each stage in the last five years.
8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Sanitary Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing (a) free and (b) reduced-price sanitary products for women with PCOS and similar conditions.
8 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Billing: Documents
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on the number of utility companies that charge for paper copies of bills; what assessment he has made of the potential impact of this practice on customers; and
8 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) telegraph poles and (b) other infrastructure on inclusive mobility; and what steps she is taking to make streets more accessible.
6 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
5G: Wokingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the (a) quality and (b) total area coverage area for (i) 5G and (ii) other wireless data reception in (A) Wokingham and (B) along intercity transport rout
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Beer: Pulic Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to increase the variety of ownership amongst large breweries in the public sector.
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Beer and Public Houses: Wokingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase competition in the (a) pub and (b) breweries sector in Wokingham constituency.
Source: official written-questions record.