Written questions
201 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Anthropic: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on AI collaboration with Anthropic since 14 February 2025.
21 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the Rt hon. Member for Godalming and Ash of 3 April 2025 requesting a meeting with the Minister for Housing and Planning to d
13 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ukraine: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase support for Ukraine.
1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will implement the recommended compensation schemes for victims of (a) pelvic mesh implants, (b) sodium valproate, and (c) Primodos made by the Hughes report.
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on completing feasibility studies to provide step-free access to Ash Vale Station.
20 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
18 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Duty of Candour Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish its final response to its Duty of candour review.
10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autism and Learning Disability: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the timely publication of the 2023-24 report by NHS England on learning from lives and deaths: people with a learning disability and autistic people.
28 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Visas: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving Ukrainians with temporary residence the option to apply for visas longer than 18 months.
10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patients: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS Secondary Care Trusts are reporting all of the legally required elements of the Learning from Deaths national guidance.
29 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Childcare: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the cost of childcare for everyone.
12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch a new National Maternity Safety Ambition.
12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recommendation 44 of the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to establish a proper framework on which future in
12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the investigation into maternity incidents at Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust has started.
8 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to NHS hospitals was of using (a) agency and (b) bank staff in each year since 2010-11.
18 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of ambulance handover delays by trust since 1 April 2021.
18 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the average response times for each ambulance category by month from April to September 2021.
18 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the longest waiting time for a 999 call to be answered by each ambulance service (a) from 1 to 15 October 2021 and (b) for the latest period for which data is available.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects to have completed his consideration of recommendation 1 of the Health and Social Care Select Committee's report on the safety of maternity services in England, HC 19, published on 6
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the new maternity workforce planning tool that he commissioned from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to be ready.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives Birthrate Plus suggests the NHS in England currently needs.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives and Obstetrics: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent of shortages in (a) midwives and (b) obstetricians in the NHS in England.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives and Obstetrics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) midwives and (b) obstetricians there are working in NHS England.
10 Sep 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on introducing a deposit return scheme.
3 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 1,500 maternity safety recommendations made to maternity units in England by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch in 2020-21 his Department has assessed as having been impleme
3 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patients: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 39 national patient safety recommendations made by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch in 2020-21 his Department has assessed as having been implemented in full.
3 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patients: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the (a) national patient safety recommendations and (b) maternity safety recommendations made by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch.
14 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
West Africa: Ebola
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on (a) a timeline of the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and (b) how long it took to get that outbreak under control.
14 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sierra Leone: Ebola
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference the UK’s response to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone in 2014, how many (a) NHS and (b) armed forces personnel took part in tackling the outbreak; and what (
14 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respite Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that carers have access to breaks from their caring responsibilities.
Source: official written-questions record.