Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer diagnosis in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of coroners working in Lincolnshire.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many illegal (a) cigarettes and (b) vapes have been seized from retail outlets in England in (i) 2022, (ii) 2023 and (ii) 2024.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure people receiving Universal Credit have adequate support for accessing employment (a) opportunities and (b) training in Lincolnshire.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

World Economic Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials from his Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

World Economic Forum

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials from her Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.

21 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

World Economic Forum

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials from his Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full time equivalent civil servants are employed to work on the asylum backlog.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Private Education: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children that have moved from independent to state schools as a result of applying VAT to independent schools in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of available sites for biodiversity net gain credits in Lincolnshire.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Banking Hubs: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to increase access to banking hubs in rural and remote communities.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to put the Government’s target for 50% of public procurement for food to be locally sourced on a statutory footing.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Police: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers had their vetting clearance withdrawn in each of the last five years.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) merits and (b) risks of registering births and deaths online.

13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS audiology services in rural areas.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what purposes the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Resolution: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS Resolution has used artificial intelligence to assist with casework in the last 12 months.

13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Dstl: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what purposes the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what purposes the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Office for Nuclear Regulation: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what purposes the Office for Nuclear Regulation has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

11 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Gig Economy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of people working illegally in the gig economy in England and Wales.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Office of the Public Guardian: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what purposes the Office of the Public Guardian has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Submarine Delivery Agency: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what purposes the Submarine Delivery Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions Ombudsman: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what purposes the Pensions Ombudsman has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

11 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Property Agency: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what purposes the Government Property Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

11 Feb 2025 · Attorney General

Government Legal Department: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Solicitor General, for what purposes the Government Legal Department has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Blood and Transplant: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes NHS Blood and Transplant has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been referred by the NHS’s Gender Dysphoria National Referral Support Services for masculinising chest surgery in the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.