Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Natural Environment Research Council: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will publish the total allocation of UK Research and Innovation funding to the Natural Environment Research Council since 2021-22.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has undertaken a health impact assessment on the expansion of Heathrow airport.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what external analysis her Department has commissioned on the potential impact of Heathrow expansion.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the expansion of Heathrow Airport on the environment.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the expansion of Heathrow Airport on economic growth.

7 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations she received that helped inform the decision to support expansion at Heathrow.

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Genomics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed abolition of NHS England on (a) Genomics England and (b) the provision of whole genome sequencing to patients with rare cancers b

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned publication date is of the ME/CFS Delivery Plan; and for what reason it has been delayed.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with GWR on reducing the size of the ticket office window at stations.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether GWR is required to seek her permission before reducing ticket office window use at its stations.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether GWR has sought her Department’s permission to reduce ticket office opening hours through the (a) minor and (b) major change process.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the terms of GWR’s National Rail contract require it to seek her permission before making any changes to (a) ticket offices, (b) staffing levels and (c) stations’ operations.

7 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions her Department has had with private prison operators on the right of prison officers to take industrial action.

3 Mar 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Good character: caseworker guidance, updated on 13 February 2025, what definition her Department uses of exceptional, compelling, and mitigating circumstances.

3 Mar 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential psychological impact of the updated good character guidance on (a) people in the asylum system and (b) people with leave to remain.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to increase awareness of PIP.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase transparency in her Department.

26 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Deportation: West Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) due to be and (b) actually deported on the charter flight to Nigeria and Ghana on 17 October 2024; how many were women; and how many people had force used against them during

21 Feb 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of pages 142 and 143 of the Irish government's publication entitled Programme for Government 2025 - Securing Ireland's Future, p

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid and ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether steps to strengthen care for (a) ME, (b) Long Covid and (c) other infection-associated chronic conditions will be included in plans to bolster the UK’s preparedness for future pandemics.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Care, if he will ensure that the cross-government delivery plan for ME/CFS will include (a) an apology to patients for their historic treatment and (b) clear steps that demonstrate his commitment t

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Centre for Public Interest Audit: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the former Chief Executive of the Insolvency Service sought advice from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments before accepting the position of Executive Director of the Centre for Pub

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

P&O Ferries: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress the Insolvency Service has made in their civil investigation of P&O Ferries.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of claimants who are unfit for work in the Universal Credit (a) limited capability for work and work related activity and (b) (i) income-related and (ii) c

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Government Departments: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to consult with civil service trade unions prior to the publication of the Governing Greening Commitments 2025-30.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the correspondence dated 7 December 2024 from the Public and Commercial Services Union.

24 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of (a) debt collection practices and (b) the use of bailiffs by (i) private companies, (ii) local authorities and (

22 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the judgment in Clifford v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2025] EWHC 53 (Comm), for what reason she proceeded with the case.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of the legal fees incurred in the judicial review of the work capability assessment consultation.

13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring NHS trusts to develop long-term plans for the (a) cancer and (b) diagnostic workforce including (i) training and (ii) consultant p

Source: official written-questions record.