Written questions
1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the (a) experiences and (b) interests of (i) children with foetal valproate syndrome and (ii) their families are included in NHS reform.
30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autism: Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders also have a diagnosis of foetal valproate syndrome.
30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to respond to the Hughes Report before 23 July 2025.
11 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Adrenaline Auto-injectors
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools have administered adrenaline auto-injector devices to pupils experiencing anaphylaxis at school in each year since 2017.
4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason (a) Valproate redress and (b) interim payments are delayed.
22 May 2025 · Treasury
Soft Drinks: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending exemptions to the proposed lactose allowance for milk-based drinks to equivalent milk-substitute drinks as part of the Soft Drinks Industr
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes and Palliative Care: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of controls on stocking (a) palliative care medicines and (b) controlled drugs on the (i) adequacy of access to medication for patien
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes and Palliative Care: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to (a) palliative care medicines and (b) controlled drugs for patients in care homes.
28 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Care Homes: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help increase uptake levels of the license for access to controlled drugs in UK care homes with nursing provision.
28 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Care Homes: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the existing licensing scheme for access to controlled drugs in UK care homes.
22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of misdiagnosis of women’s health symptoms on levels of diagnosis of ovarian cancer in (a) all women and (b) women under the age of 5
22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ovarian Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made on the number of patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer at an advanced stage.
22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of the target to increase the percentage of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2 from the NHS Priorities and Operationa
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has provided guidance to Personal Independence Payment assessors on the impact of surgical mesh on women's ability to work.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Breakfast Clubs: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the implications of the more costly staffing ratios for Special Educational Needs Schools and Alternative Provisions (APs) in the funding arrangement for the new national primary brea
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Family Nurse Partnership Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the Family Nurse Partnership to include more than the existing 44 local authorities.
26 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on reducing food supply chain waste through mandatory food waste reporting.
24 Mar 2025 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March to Question 33256 on Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services, (a) what steps her department is taking to decrease the average wait time for calls to be answered by HMRC and (b) what
24 Mar 2025 · Treasury
Music and Dance Scheme: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to exempt training provided by the Music and Dance Scheme from VAT.
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Music and Dance Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide financial assistance mirroring arrangements for schools via the Music and Dance Scheme to cover the cost of changes to (a) employer National Insurance contributions and (b) the
24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure investment in social rent homes at the spending review.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason the investment reserves for the (a) Mineworkers Pension Scheme and (b) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme were not transferred to members at the same time.
17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hernias: Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hernia mesh surgeries have taken place in each of the last 20 years; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are informed of the risks of mesh complications.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she plans to provide to the Office for Students to (a) allow more providers to complete the registration process for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement and (b) support additional applications from s
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether providers receiving educational oversight from Ofsted for Level 5 and 6 provision will have a third category route to registration with the Office for Students during the implementation of the Lifelong
6 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Arthritis: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the 10-year health plan to support children and young people with arthritis.
6 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Arthritis: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support older children with arthritis as they transition to adult health and care services.
6 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Arthritis: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NCEPOD's report entitled Joint Care? A review of the quality of care provided to children and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, published on 13 February 2025, wheth
6 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Arthritis
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) promote and (b) monitor the use of individual healthcare plans in schools to support young people living with arthritis.
6 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Arthritis
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support children living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in schools.
Source: official written-questions record.