Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 10 year health plan, what steps his taking to provide (a) palliative and (b) end of life care in the community.

11 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the 10 year health plan enables equitable access to (a) palliative and (b) end of life care.

9 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Nine million pensioners to receive Winter Fuel Payments this winter, published on 9 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the resources HMRC will requir

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to bring forward a compensation scheme for women impacted by State Pension age changes.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of women born in the 1950s who have died since 17 December 2024.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to introduce a statutory cap on the number of private hire vehicle licences issued in London.

20 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armed Conflict: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban financial donations by UK citizens to the war efforts of other countries.

17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce emergency accommodation schemes for the transition from hotel accommodation for asylum seekers that have been granted status.

17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Asylum and Homelessness: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional resources she is making available to support councils with (a) asylum dispersal and (b) homelessness.

30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to PIP on people claiming benefits.

30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if (a) he and (b) his officials will have an on-line meeting with carers that have been unable to secure a place at the Pathways to Work consultation meetings.

30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of publicity on the Pathways to Work consultations.

30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of members of the public who will attend the Pathways to Work consultation meetings.

30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have attended the Pathways to Work public consultation meetings.

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take legislative steps to tackle human right abuses in business practices.

14 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed reductions to the Official Development Assistance budget on women and girls.

12 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will (a) uphold funding commitments for (i) the Women’s Integrated Health Services programme and (ii) other sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes and (b)

12 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will maintain funding for the Choices Reproductive Health Supplies programme through a multi-year commitment of £400million from 2025-2030.

12 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will increase development funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights.

12 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that official development assistance will be used to support the most vulnerable people from the 2027-28 financial year.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of planned disability benefit changes on rates of school readiness.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed disability benefit changes on the length of NHS waiting lists.

22 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Civil Liberties

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Public Order Act 2024 to safeguard liberty of conscience and freedom of assembly.

7 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Public Order Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Metropolitan Police on taking steps to ensure that its enforcement of Public Order Act 2023 accords with the (a) rule of law and (b) Human Rights Act 1998.

7 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Musicians: National Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the length of time taken to issue A1 forms to singers.

7 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure (a) safe, (b) healthy and (c) adequate living conditions for people seeking asylum in (i) initial and (ii) dispersed accommodation; and if she will end the use of ho

7 Apr 2025 · Treasury

UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, published on 3 March 20

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

European Marine Energy Centre: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding has been allocated from UK Research and Innovation’s Natural Environment Research Council budget to the European Marine Energy Centre to date.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

British Antarctic Survey and National Oceanography Centre: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the potential level of funding to be allocated from the UK Research and Innovation Natural Environment Research Council budget to the (a) British Antarctic

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

British Antarctic Survey and National Oceanography Centre: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will publish the levels of funding allocated from UK Research and Innovation’s Natural Environment Research Council budget to the (a) British Antarctic Survey and (b) National Oce

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