Written questions

2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to produce a white paper for a food strategy.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the total Environment Agency expenditure on waste crime in each year since 2015.

13 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to allow NHS professionals to view the health records of ex-military patients from their time in military service.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

M6: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of closing Junction 38 of the M6 during the Lune Gorge bridge replacement works on local businesses.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

M6: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will instruct National Highways to meet with BWB Consulting and Kier in an engineer-to-engineer review of proposals for temporary slip roads at Junction 38 of the M6.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

M6: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when any assessment by National Highways of temporary slip roads at Junction 38 of the M6 was undertaken; and whether the findings of that assessment informed the current construction programme.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

M6: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether National Highways undertook a detailed assessment of the potential to construct temporary slip roads to allow Junction 38 of the M6 (northbound and southbound) to remain open for the duration of the Lun

9 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the costs to the exchequer of reducing VAT for hospitality businesses to (a) 15%, (b) 10%, (c) 5% and (d) 0%.

7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gabapentin: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether research is being conducted into the potential association between Gabapentin use and the development of attentional amnestic disorders or other cognitive impairments.

7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gabapentin: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to inform patients and healthcare professionals about the potential long-term risks of Gabapentin use.

7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gabapentin: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are in place to monitor patients on Gabapentin for signs of neurological or cognitive decline during treatment.

7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gabapentin: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether prescribing guidelines for Gabapentin include warnings about potential risks associated with extended use.

7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gabapentin: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of prolonged use of Gabapentin on long-term neurological risks, including dementia and brain damage.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the number of people leaving the agricultural sector.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of expanding flooding support eligibility for farmers.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding farmers are offered for flood management.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the Department's budget is allocated to work on flood defences and mitigation.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the flooding risk to farms; and what percentage of farms are at high flood risk.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans are in place for periods of water shortage and supply outages.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to help tackle water scarcity.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of the adequacy of water infrastructure investment in each of the last five years.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water outage incidents have occurred in each of the last five years.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Treatment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the levels of resilience of water treatment works.

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many attributable deaths there were from fine particulate matter, PM2.5, were there in (a) East Midlands, (b) East of England, (c) Greater London, (d) North East, (e) North West, (f) South East

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2023 to Question 183643 on Public Health, what methodologies were used to estimate the costs to the NHS for each of the five risk factors specified.

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people died from smoking in England in each year since 2021.

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with ‘Heating, ventilation and air conditioning’ (HVAC) professionals and facilities managers to understand how they reduce air pollution in dwellings and no

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will update the Health and Technical Memorandum 03-01 for the latest technical standards.

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which public health factors created the 10 largest direct cost impacts on the NHS in 2024; and how much the NHS spent in 2024 on tackling the health impacts of the following public health factors:

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will update guidance titled ‘BB101: Ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality 2018’ for the latest available technical standards.

Source: official written-questions record.