Written questions

2,222 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Help to Save Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend eligibility to Help to Save to people of pension age and in receipt of (a) carers allowance, (b) pension credit and (c) housing benefit after 2027.

12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Personal Savings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require NHS Trusts to offer payroll savings schemes for staff.

12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Patricia Owen

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the Court of Appeal to consider the 1998 conviction of former subpostmistress Patricia Owen.

10 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israeli Settlements: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help prevent (a) products or (b) services produced in illegal settlements in the West Bank from entering the UK.

10 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Insurance: Disadvantaged

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will request that the Financial Conduct Authority assess whether people living in the 244 neighbourhoods experiencing the highest levels of deprivation are paying above average rates for (a) home, (b) car and

10 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Loans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will require banks to (a) publish lending data by postcode and (b) identify the neighbourhoods where the (i) least and (ii) most lending takes place.

10 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to take further steps to reform regulation of the (a) home and (b) travel insurance markets.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Credit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of access to affordable credit for (a) people and (b) small businesses in the 100 most deprived communities according to the English indices of multiple deprivation 202

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods report entitled Anatomy of Mission Critical Neighbourhoods, published on 30 May 2025, whether he has made an assess

30 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Credit: Community Development

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods, if she will review the availability of affordable credit in mission critical neighbourhoods.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a list of mission critical neighbourhoods as defined by the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods.

30 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take legislative steps to reform the Bank Referral Scheme to ensure that SMEs are referred to the (a) most appropriate and (b) best value funding option.

28 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) pubs and (b) other hospitality businesses extending their Bounce Back Loans for (i) an additional five years beyond the current maximum limits

24 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Credit Unions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2025 to Question 82944 on Credit Unions, if she will publish the responses to the call for evidence.

24 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Banks and Community Development Finance Institutions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2025 to Question 82947 on Banks and Community Development Finance Institutions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the reasons for whi

22 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that SMEs are referred to the (a) most appropriate and (b) best value funding option under the Bank Referral Scheme.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review the process for disabled customers to claim reduced rates of vehicle tax.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people referred to the London North West University Hospital were (a) diagnosed with cancer and (b) had cancer ruled out within (i) 28 days and (ii) 62 days in each quarter since the start

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) Harrow, (b) Barnet, (c) Brent, (d) England and (e) London were diagnosed with (i) Stage One, (ii) Stage 2, (iii) Stage 3 and (iv) Stage 4 cancer in (A) 2022-23, (B) 2023-24 a

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were seen within (a) one, (b) two and (c) four hours at accident and emergency in the London North West University Hospital in each quarter since 2022-23.

21 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Police: Harrow West

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to help increase the number of police officers in the Harrow West constituency since the end of June 2024.

21 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Community Development Finance Institutions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to require (a) banks and (b) other major financial services providers to invest in community development finance institutions.

20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nepal and Pakistan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding she plans to provide to support development efforts in (a) Pakistan and (b) Nepal in the (i) 2025-2026 and (ii) 2026-2026 financial years.

20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

United Nations: Peace Keeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding she plans to provide to support UN peacekeeping operations in (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.

20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Assistance: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of effectiveness of UK funding for (a) the United Nations Development Programme and (b) Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

20 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Business: Loans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints (a) her Department, (b) the Financial Conduct Authority, (c) the Prudential Regulation Authority and (d) the Financial Ombudsman Scheme have received on high cost business lenders who have offere

17 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Credit Unions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to publish the responses to the call for evidence entitled Credit Union Common Bond Reform, published on 14 November 2024.

17 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Credit Unions: Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2025 to Question 81241 on Credit Unions: Mortgages, what information her Department holds on which credit unions offer mortgages in each (a) region and (b) UK nation.

17 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Banks and Community Development Finance Institutions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will encourage partnerships between (a) Barclays Bank, (b) Santander, (c) HSBC, (d) NatWest and (e) Lloyds Bank with community development finance institutions serving areas of highest deprivation.

17 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Small Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will require banks to submit quarterly data on the number of small and medium sized business account (a) openings and (b) closures.

Source: official written-questions record.