Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
ADHD: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether measures are in place to monitor adherence by ADHD assessment providers to NICE guidelines and UK Adult ADHD Network recommendations.
ADHD: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions with the Care Quality Commission regarding the regulation and inspection of independent providers offering ADHD assessment services; and if he will make a statement.
ADHD: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of ADHD diagnostic pathways, including the role of independent sector providers, to ensure assessments are evidence-based, clinically robust and c
CJD: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research to identify a cure for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Social Security Benefits: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure debt management teams are informed promptly when tribunal decisions change a claimant's benefit liability.
Cerebrospinal Fluid: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help improve NHS (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment pathways of patients suffering a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak.
Cerebrospinal Fluid: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a nationally coordinated (a) diagnosis pathway and (b) specialist service for patients with a suspected cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) l
Defence Equipment: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 3 December 2024 to question 15863 on Defence Equipment: Procurement, what his Department’s direct spend is for goods manufactured in China for a) 2024-25 and b) 2025-26.
Regeneration: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding is available to support the regeneration of high streets in towns such as Gillingham, and what steps his department is taking to support local authorities in reversi
Community Assets and Public Sector: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to improve access to community facilities and public services in lower socioeconomic areas.
Local Government: Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of devolution deals in improving local public services.
Sudan: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has received legal advice on the engagement of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide relating to El Obeid, Sudan.
Emergencies: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms exist to mobilise additional medical staff in the event of a national emergency.
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to support those with very severe ME.
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specialist NHS service to support those with very severe ME.
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop specialist expertise in hospitals for treating very severe ME, further to the Prevention of Future Deaths Report published on 8 October 2024.
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of a cross-governmental strategy for musculoskeletal health.
Breast Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure (a) accessible and (b) sufficient fertility support for women experiencing breast cancer in (i) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (ii)Staffordshire and (iii) En
Surrogacy: Parenting Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the number of parental order applications for surrogate born babies made by single men in the courts of England and Wales since 2019 on safegu
Cancer: Widnes and Halewood
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current wait time for cancer patients, from GP referral to being seen by a specialist in the Widnes and Halewood constituency.
Ajax Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the estimated cost for the Ajax 2 package of upgrades.
Nuclear Weapons: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to maintain the security of the UK’s nuclear deterrent.
Defence: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support is being provided to defence manufacturers to innovate and maintain global competitiveness.
Armed Forces: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the adoption of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and drones in the armed forces.
Defence: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has been made of the level of resilience of military infrastructure to climate change and natural disasters.