Written questions

161 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of improving access to healthy food on NHS waiting lists.

16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing auto-enrolment for the Healthy Start scheme.

16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sugar: Consumption

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of voluntary sugar reduction programmes.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of pausing the measures on adult gambling centres announced in the Gambling White Paper.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) gambling companies and (b) relevant trade associations on the potential introduction of a statutory levy.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to introduce a statutory levy on gambling operators.

14 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Services: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of contract inflation on the cost of district council services.

14 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

District Councils: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of trends in public sector pay over the last three years on district council budgets.

14 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing and Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of (a) building more social housing and (b) reducing the number of families living in temporary accommodation.

14 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to district councils to help reduce the levels of homelessness.

10 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coeliac Disease: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to update guidance to Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) on the need to offer gluten free staples on NHS prescription for people with coeliac disease.

10 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) newbuild housing quality and (b) housing prices on health outcomes for residents.

10 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of physical advertising for unhealthy food products on levels of child obesity.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase the level of pay for non-academized sixth-form college teachers.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mobile Phones: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the potential environmental impact of mobile phones going to landfill.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Cosmetics: Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging cosmetic retailers to highlight allergens in the ingredient list.

4 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure police officers are trained to deal appropriately with people who rely on prescribed medical cannabis.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Foods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing parents to buy first-stage baby formula using (a) loyalty points, (b) grocery vouchers, (c) food bank vouchers and (d) other cash-e

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a review into the adequacy of adult liver services across the NHS.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of pathways for the earlier detection of non-alcohol related fatty liver disease.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the prevalence of non-alcohol related fatty liver disease in children.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Health Service in England Independent Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for implementation of the review by Lord Darzi entitled Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England, published on 12 September 2024.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring people with lung conditions are given an annual (a) review and (b) medication check.

4 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure programmes intended to reduce coercive control are trauma-informed.

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Edmundo González

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help protect Edmundo Gonzalez, leader of the Venezuelan democratic opposition.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Mission Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to establish a health mission board.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors and School Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the numbers of (a) health visitors and (b) school nurses.

12 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that support for SEN children is needs-led.

12 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) accessibility of online NHS health information.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to use indicators of health other than Body Mass Index to inform public health (a) priorities, (b) decisions and (c) strategies.

Source: official written-questions record.