Skip to main content

1-19 of 19 results for subject:Wheelchairs

Year X
2002

Type

House

Session

Month

Department

Member

More

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

Subject

Publisher


Show detailed: On Off
Results: 10 20 50 100
Sort by: Newest first Oldest first

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will define, in reference to the Wheelchair Services Collaborative programme, the phrase all teach, all learn in his Department's press release of 27th November `NHS and wheelchair users unite in initiative to improve services'.

Asked by
Tim Loughton (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 December 2002
Reference
86708; 396 c401-2W
House
House of Commons

Adjournment debate on motorised wheelchairs.

Lead member
David Kidney
Answering member
David Jamieson
Department
Department for Transport
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
2 December 2002
Reference
395 c725-34
House
House of Commons

Statement on what obligations there are on public transport providers to provide access for passengers with disabilities.

Asked by
Linda Perham (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 November 2002
Reference
79052; 392 c5W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it compulsory for users of motorised wheelchairs to hold third party liability insurance.

Asked by
David Kidney (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 October 2002
Reference
78618; 391 c980W;391 c990W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ringfence grants to fund purchases of wheelchairs and other community equipment;what his response is to the Audit Commissions's, Assisting Independence - Fully Equipped 2002; and if he will make a statement;what action he has taken to ensure...

Asked by
Gareth Thomas (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 October 2002
Reference
391 c123-4W; 74502;74513;74512
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to introduce national standards for prosthetic, orthotic and wheelchair services; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 23 July 2002).

Asked by
Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 September 2002
Reference
390 c383-4W; 71797
House
House of Commons

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what funds he is providing to enable local councils to make pavements accessible by wheelchairs in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures.

Asked by
Laurence Robertson (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 June 2002
Reference
387 c932-3W;387 c930W; 64444
House
House of Commons

Letter dated 11.06.2002 from Jacqui Smith MP to Liam Fox MP correcting the reply given to the Parliamentary questions on 22.01.2002 on wheelchair provision and expenditure.Includes table showing expenditure on electrically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs. DH. 2002.

Deposited by
Department of Health
Type
Deposited papers
Date
13 June 2002
Reference
DEP 02/1189
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS wheelchairs were in use in each of the last five years; what the average proportion of the cost of a wheelchair covered by a voucher was in each of the last five years. - Not available centrally.

Asked by
Liam Fox (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
386 c1086W; 56947;56948
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adverse incidents involving (a) electrically powered and (b) manual wheelchairs have been reported to the Medical Devices Agency in each of the past three years; and what steps he is taking to improve (i) the comprehensiveness of such reports and...

Asked by
Lord Boswell of Aynho (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 May 2002
Reference
48818; 385 c262-3W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) electrically powered and (b) manual wheelchairs meet the health and safety requirements of their users in terms of their (i) inherent design, (ii) regular servicing and (iii) planned replacement. - (Holding answer 17...

Asked by
Lord Boswell of Aynho (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 April 2002
Reference
48817; 384 c458W;384 c456W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department is taking to reduce the number of adverse incidents involving wheelchairs. - (Holding answer 21 March).

Asked by
Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 April 2002
Reference
45146; 382 c1040W;382 c1036W
House
House of Commons

That this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government to act upon the recommendations of the Audit Commission's Fully Equipped Report on the provision of disability equipment services for older and disabled people; calls for national standards to be implemented for the one million wheelchair users in the United Kingdom, for...

Primary sponsor
Roger Berry (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
5 March 2002
Reference
929; 929A1
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in the plans for modernising London Underground, how many stations the Government will ensure are wheelchair accessible; and what increase that is on the present figure. - Including figures.

Asked by
Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 February 2002
Reference
36729; 380 c786W;380 c788W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he takes to monitor the safety and quality of wheelchairs purchased by health authorities.

Asked by
Iain Luke (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 February 2002
Reference
30338; 379 c784-5W;379 c781W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the purchase by health authorities of wheelchairs and mobility products made in Britain; if he will take steps to ensure that the wheelchairs and mobility products purchased by health authorities meet British fire safety standards.

Asked by
Iain Luke (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 February 2002
Reference
379 c784W;379 c780W; 30339;30336
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the level of safety standards on wheelchair and mobility products being purchased by health authorities.

Asked by
Iain Luke (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 February 2002
Reference
30337; 379 c784W;379 c780W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, if he will assess the accessibility for persons in wheelchairs of positions for advisers to ministers in (a) committee rooms and (b) the Chamber.

Asked by
Peter Bottomley (Conservative)
Answering body
Accommodation and Works Select Committee
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 February 2002
Reference
33361; 379 c659W;379 c655W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of funding was for the Harrow Wheelchair Service in each of the last five years; if he will make a statement on his plans to increase funding for wheelchair services and on the method of distribution used to allocate...

Asked by
Gareth Thomas (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 January 2002
Reference
379 c267W;379 c265W; 8171;8172
House
House of Commons