Written questions

335 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) staff shortages and (b) inadequate training on the educational experiences of children in young offender institutions.

22 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase the quality of education in young offender institutions.

22 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

HIV/AIDS: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what projects his Department funds to help tackle HIV globally.

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a national plan to tackle shortages of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.

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

Elections: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to accelerate the existing work to (a) proactively identify and (b) make available voting solutions for (i) blind and (ii) partially sighted p

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve maternity services in the West Yorkshire region.

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

Housing Revenue Accounts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the Housing Revenue Account reflects the potential benefits for the council’s own tenants.

18 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Colne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what further steps he plans to take to support the hospitality sector in the Colne Valley constituency.

18 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to increase green investment in the hospitality industry.

18 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will implement a national standard measure of children's wellbeing.

18 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of he potential merits of introducing Mental Health Support teams in every school.

18 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to improve breast cancer screening in Colne Valley constituency.

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

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle delays due to financial infeasibility in an increasing number of (a) social and (b) council house building projects.

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

Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to establish a (a) green and (b) decent homes programme.

18 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question UIN 7300on Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation, what evidence informed his Department's decision not to regulate vision rehabilitation specialists

10 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of levels of (a) broadband and (b) mobile coverage in rural areas on mental health.

10 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure parity in the adequacy of mental health resources in (a) rural and (b) urban areas.

10 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of access to mental health provision in (a) urban and (b) rural areas.

7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support prison leavers with severe mental illness.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a specific Action Plan for (a) cancers of the (i) brain, (ii) liver, (iii) lung, (iv) stomach, (v) oesophagus and (vi) pancreas and

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve awareness of the hereditary risk of pancreatic cancer.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local solutions to manage shortages of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy are shared nationally.

4 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Tobacco: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to help ensure that tobacco duty contributes to the costs of (a) tobacco control and (b) public health initiatives.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for implementing the proposed changes to (a) vision rehabilitation services and (b) professional recognition.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the integration of services between secondary and social care settings to ensure a seamless route into vision rehabilitation.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making vision rehabilitation specialists a regulated profession.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that vision rehabilitation services are subject to the same (a) regulation and (b) monitoring as other adult social care services.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) raise awareness of and (b) tackle stigma associated with (i) loneliness and (ii) mental health challenges among men.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Loneliness: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to work with (a) community organisations and (b) mental health services to support the creation of networks for men experiencing loneliness.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Loneliness: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle loneliness in men aged (a) 18 to 30, (b) 30 to 60 and (c) over 60.

Source: official written-questions record.