Written questions
236 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 51426 on Energy: Meters, what the sequence will be of the phased switch off of the Radio Teleswitch Service from the end of June.
15 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to establish a national freight network.
9 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that financial reparations to LGBT veterans are not considered in assessments for benefit entitlement.
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Syphilis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the transmission of syphilis (a) among high-risk groups and (b) in general.
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Syphilis: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce syphilis diagnoses among heterosexual populations; and what targeted interventions he is (a) planning and (b) implementing.
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Syphilis: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that antenatal screening for syphilis is (a) effective and (b) accessible to pregnant women.
8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Global Fund on tackling (a) HIV (b) tuberculosis and (c) and malaria globally.
8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department is having with (a) their international counterparts and (b) private sector donors on maintaining their levels of funding for the Global Fund.
27 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: HIV/AIDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support HIV (a) prevention and (b) treatment programs in Ukraine.
27 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: HIV/AIDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with (a) Ukrainian health authorities and (b) NGOs to ensure the continuity of HIV services in Ukraine.
4 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of zonal energy pricing in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency on household energy bills.
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of improving the nutritional content of foods through a Government Food Strategy.
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nutrition: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of (a) science and (b) other innovation to the development of healthier staple food.
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency remain dependent on the Radio Teleswitch Service for their energy meter connections.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Nutrition: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding the Government has provided for nutrition research in each of the last five years.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Nutrition: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding his Department has provided for research into nutrition in the last 12 months; and whether he has had recent discussions with UK Research and Innovation on nutrition re
28 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
USA: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the continuity of treatment and prevention services for global HIV/AIDS programs, in the context of the recent US State Depa
28 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sub-Saharan Africa: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his sub-Saharan Africa aid policies of the US State Department's decision to halt nearly all foreign assistance
19 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the agreement with Mauritius on the sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory on global security.
14 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Post Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of branches within the Post Office network are provided by mobile services.
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Global Fund to (a) help tackle emerging global health threats and (b) ensure sustainable health systems.
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Global Fund’s programmes are (a) inclusive and (b) reach the most vulnerable people.
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of changing levels of funding on the Global Fund’s ability to help tackle (a) HIV, (b) AIDS, (c) tuberculosis, a
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role the Global Fund plays in his Department's broader strategy for international development and global health.
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department takes with international counterparts to maximise the impact of contributions to the Global Fund.
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the key challenges faced by the Global Fund in achieving its goals; and what steps his Department is taking to support efforts to overcome thes
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that funds allocated to the Global Fund is administered (a) effectively and (b) transparently.
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the UK’s contributions to the Global Fund on global health outcomes.
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the UK's financial contribution to the Global Fund was in (a) the 2023-24 financial year and (b) each of the previous 10 financial years.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to Royal Mail’s universal service obligation on magazine publishers.
Source: official written-questions record.