Written questions

189 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthwatch

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out an (a) impact, (b) equality, (c) risk and (d) other assessment of the proposed abolition of local Healthwatch organisations.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on the number of claimants in poverty.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on the proportion of Universal Credit claimants who will enter employment.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator has undertaken enforcement action when a purchaser has not provided a compliant written milk contract.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator has (a) received information on purchasers not explaining variable price changes within seven days of a price review and (b) taken ste

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator for supporting producers with (a) non-compliant and (b) missing written milk purchase c

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of regional occupational AI exposure; and whether her Department plans to publish (a) maps and (b) targets based on this data.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent guidance his Department has issued to (a) Jobcentre Plus and the (b) National Careers Service on advising graduates entering occupations with high task exposure to AI.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 34047 Small Businesses: Training, what steps his Department is taking to support SMEs to adopt AI; and whether this support includes management-pr

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 29583 on Apprentices: Artificial Intelligence, whether she will plans to evaluate the outcome of adult AI literacy and reskilling programmes by (a)

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 29583 on Apprentices: Artificial Intelligence, what funding her Department has provided to support adult AI literacy and reskilling programmes throu

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question HL8737, what assessment her Department has made since 2022 of changes in online job advert volumes by Standard Occupational Classification groups ranke

15 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (b) Health and Social Care on funding requirements for avian influenza preparedness and response in 202

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the updated cross-government contingency plan for outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza; and whether that plan includes arrangements for (a) local au

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Avian Influenza: Coastal Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure timely public health messaging on avian influenza in coastal tourist areas during periods of increased seabird mortality.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of NHS and UKHSA laboratory surge capacity for testing suspected human infections with avian influenza in 2025–26.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department has issued on (a) PPE, (b) testing and (c) post-exposure prophylaxis for workers exposed to animals infected with avian influenza; and whether she plans to provide fina

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the UK’s trading partners on certification and surveillance requirements to enable the use of avian influenza vaccination in poultry while

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department plans to use to determine whether to pilot targeted vaccination of poultry against highly pathogenic avian influenza.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of national and regional carcass disposal capacity available for use during an avian influenza outbreak in 2025–26.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve communications with registered and unregistered bird keepers when avian influenza control zones are established.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of wild bird and mammal surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza on UK coastlines; and whether she plans to inc

28 Aug 2025 · Women and Equalities

Disability: Universal Credit

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the Universal Credit Bill on disabled people.

2 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking through the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and children.

27 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Universities: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many UK universities that are registered with the Office for Students publish the (a) quantity and (b) type of contact hours for courses advertised to prospective students.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Universities: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take with the Office for Students to ensure that universities provide prospective students with transparent data (a) in general and (b) on what proportion of courses are delivered online

17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aid: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for training foreign armed forces by British armed forces.

17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department uses to decide whether to grant a request from a foreign government for training for their armed forces by the British armed forces.

17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries armed forces have been trained by British armed forces in each of the last five years.

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) annual capacity of the Overseas Registration Examination system and (b) number of fully trained overseas dentists already in the UK who are on the waiting list

Source: official written-questions record.