Written questions

2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of (a) international approaches to national cancer plans and (b) previous UK cancer plans, in the context of his planned national cancer plan.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77309 on Cancer, when the Cancer Operational Taskforce was established; what its remit is; who the members of the Taskforce are; and who it rep

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps help tackle retrofit older homes in Cumbria.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Insulation: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will allocate funding to Future Proof Cumbria to develop targeted solutions for insulation in rural homes.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to change the eligibility criteria so that people living in older homes with non-cavity walls can access home insulation grants.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase bus provision for rural communities in Cumbria.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Westmorland and Furness

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allocating funding to Westmorland and Furness Council for buses in rural areas for funding periods of more than 12 months.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Care if he will bring forward proposals for reducing hospital waiting lists in Cumbria.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neighbourhood Health Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to deliver 50 new neighbourhood health centres by the end of this Parliament; and whether any will be built in Cumbria.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to train more GPs in Cumbria.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional funding for social care services to help support patients to (a) leave hospitals and (b) be treated at home.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help reduce NHS waiting times in Cumbria.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are on NHS waiting lists for radiotherapy in South Cumbria.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who no longer meeting the criteria to reside in hospital in (a) the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, (b) Westmorland General Hospital and (c) Furness G

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

West Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce train delays on the West Coast Mainline.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

West Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps with her Scottish counterpart to help prevent issues on the railways in Scotland that cause northbound trains on the West Coast Mainline to terminate at Preston rather than continuing up

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Staveley Station: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to improve accessibility at Staveley railway station.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to seek new nominations for another round of mid-tier Access for All funding.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Lakes Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has taken recent steps to implement a passing loop on the Lakes Line.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Lakes Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to include the Lakes Line Passing Loop in the next Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline announcement.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the state of repair of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce ward work in portacabins at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays to rebuilding of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on people in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate additional funding to radiotherapy treatment in the North West of England.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to acquire further funding for the rebuilding of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Preston Hospital: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will allocate funding to ensure that every patient at the Royal Preston Hospital who requires radiotherapy treatment is able to access it.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward proposals to rebuild the Royal Lancaster Hospital from 2035-38; and what steps he is taking to prevent further delays to this.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Royal Preston Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s budget is for funding the Royal Preston Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary in 2026-27.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plan is to allocate funding for the rebuilding of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nitrogen Dioxide: Westmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on whether any areas of Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency exceeded the nitrogen dioxide annual mean limit in 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.