Written questions

Dame Siobhain McDonagh

580 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Brain Tumour Research Consortium on improving the treatment of glioblastoma bra

3 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Freedom of Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Bangladesh on the (a) anti-Ahmadi protests planned in Bangladesh for 15 November and (b) upholding freedom of religion f

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

Local Government Services: Exercise

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on taking steps to help support (a) Merton Council’s London Borough of Sport programme and (b) other local authority

27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Exercise: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of local authority-led initiatives to increase physical activity on public health outcomes.

8 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kurdistan: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the dissemination of AI-generated misinformation in the lead-up to the regional elections in Kurdistan; an

4 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Employee Ownership

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to respond to the call for evidence entitled Non-Discretionary Tax-Advantaged Share Schemes: Call for Evidence, which closed on 25 August 2023.

10 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Immigration: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was to the public purse of (a) legal fees and (b) related costs incurred for the rejection of freedom of information requests between 30 March 2020 and 9 September 2024 seeking the publi

3 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of exceptions that were used in the recruitment of civil servants (a) at and (b) above Payband 2 level before Civil Service Commission approval, between 2010 and 2018.

20 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of community service ordered to be carried out were not carried out in each (a) local justice area and (b) region in (i) England and (ii) Wales in each year since 2010.

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Health and Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are classified as (a) wounded, (b) injured and (c) sick by (i) reason and (ii) service branch.

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 21508 on Armed Forces: Health, for what reasons members of the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force were deemed medically non-deployable on 1 April (a

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 24361 on Armed Forces: Motor Vehicles, how many callouts the National Roadside Repair and Recovery service received by (a) call-out location and (b) vehicle type

15 May 2024 · Home Office

International Corruption Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations were undertaken by the National Crime Agency anti-corruption unit in each year since 2015 by reason for investigation.

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Transfers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were transferred from Category A prisons in each year since 2015, by the category of their destination prisons.

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Transfers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were transferred to Category C prisons in each year since 2015, by the category of the original prison.

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Transfers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were transferred to Category D prisons in each year since 2015, by category of the original prison.

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Transfers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were transferred in each year since 2015.

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of soldiers that took the Soldier Conditioning Review were graded (a) condition, (b) unconditioned and (c) other in each year since that review was introduced.

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of soldiers that took the Role Fitness Test (a) passed, (b) failed and (c) had another outcome in each year since that test was introduced; and of those, how many and what proportion