Written questions

189 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a formal impact assessment on the abolition of NHS England to include assessment of (a) patient safety risks during the transition, (b) impact on delivery of (i) the 10-year plan

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps will be taken to avoid disruption to frontline services (a) during and (b) after the abolition of NHS England.

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) clinical leadership and (b) specialist networks currently hosted by NHS England are maintained during and after its abolition.

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publication of a formal impact assessment on the abolition of NHS England.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made on implementing the provisions in Schedule 8 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 on access to cash; and what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to promote (a) community banking models and (b) cooperative financial institutions to improve access to banking services in underserved areas.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Banks: Closures

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of bank branch closures on high streets for local businesses; and what steps are being considered to mitigate these.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises have access to affordable banking services in rural areas.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Access

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that financial products and services meet the accessibility requirements set out under the (a) Consumer Duty and (b) Financial Inclusion Strategy.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that open banking initiatives under the Financial Inclusion Strategy are accessible to consumers with (a) low digital literacy and (b) limited internet access.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to review the adequacy of banking infrastructure in rural areas as part of its 10-year Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to introduce statutory requirements for banks to provide alternative face-to-face services in communities in which branches have closed.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Digital Technology

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that digital banking services are (a) compliant with inclusive design principles outlined in the Financial Inclusion Strategy and (b) accessible to people with disabilit

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Banking Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to expand the network of banking hubs (a) in all areas and (b) in areas with multiple recent bank branch closures.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the adequacy of its guidance on ensuring access to banking services for rural and coastal communities, in the context of (a) branch and (b) ATM cl

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a ban on farrowing crates on pig production capacity.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of imported pork produced using farrowing crates on the competitiveness of UK farmers that do not use farrowing crates.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in (a) Austria, (b) Sweden, (c) Switzerland, (d) Norway, (e) Germany, and (f) New Zealand on their (i) banning and (ii) phasin

22 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Hazardous Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on (a) reproductive health incomes and (b) other long-term health effects of occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products among nursing staff;

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Hazardous Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of (a) biological safety cabinets, (b) closed-system drug-transfer devices and (c) other engineering controls during (i) preparation and (ii) administration of

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Hazardous Substances: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic effects are controlled to the same standard as (a) carcinogen

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Hazardous Substances: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) (i) develop and (ii) adopt a list of hazardous medicinal products and (b) require safety data sheets for finished medicines; and if he will take steps with the Health

22 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Hazardous Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) nurses and (b) other healthcare professionals exposed to hazardous medicinal products.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Low Incomes: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of support for low income workers.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England plans to take to maintain access to the Peninsula Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service in Cornwall.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to maintain an NHS England commissioned specialist sarcoma service for people in Cornwall under the Peninsula Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service at the Royal Cornwall Treliske

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that workforce planning maintains the full complement of (a) staffing and (b) skills needed to deliver the highly specialised sarcoma services commissioned by

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

Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will review election regulations.

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

Community Housing: Local Growth Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) incoming and (b) existing Mayors of combined authorities are set targets for community-led housing in local growth plans.

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

Community Housing: Community Land Trusts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help raise awareness in local communities on the concept of community-led housing delivery via community land trusts.

Source: official written-questions record.