Written questions
784 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve coordination between (a) primary and (b) secondary care to ensure (i) timely and (ii) effective monitoring of patients diagnosed with Monoclonal Gammo
10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is planning to take through the National Cancer Plan to (a) improve early diagnosis rates and (b) reduce the number of those being diagnosed with blood cancer in an emerge
10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include specific targets for improving the early diagnosis rates of blood cancers.
10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include commitments to (a) improve diagnostic pathways and (b) reduce delays in identifying blood cancers at an early stage.
10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Workforce Plan will take steps to increase the number of clinical academics dedicated to blood cancer research.
10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Workforce Plan will include policies on blood cancer healthcare professionals.
10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the forthcoming National Cancer Plan and NHS Workforce Plan will together improve blood cancer patients' (a) outcomes and (b) experiences.
1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a national cancer medicines advisory group for England.
26 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Governing Bodies: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enquiries have been submitted to her Department on non compliance with the Home Office Code of Practice for Sports Governing Bodies in the last six weeks; and to which sports governing bodies
26 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Governing Bodies: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure compliance with Home Office Code of Practice for Sports Governing Bodies.
25 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Borders: Personal Records
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring the Border Force to (a) check and (b) record the identities of people leaving the UK.
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to introduce reforms to the eligibility criteria for Personal Independence Payments before the conclusion of her Department's review of the Personal Independence Payment assessment pro
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations she plans to have discussions with during the review of the Personal Independence Payment assessment process.
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the effectiveness of the assessment process for Personal Independence Payments.
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that British suppliers are used for Government-funded small modular reactors.
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of building the first British small modular reactor outside the UK on the UK manufacturing sector.
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity, (b) capability and (c) competitiveness of the nuclear supply chain in the UK for the production of small modular reactors.
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the timing of the construction of the first British-built small modular reactor on the UK’s manufacturing sector.
8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Supported Housing: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is her expected timetable for local authorities being given powers to licence exempt accommodation.
8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance to integrated care boards requiring them to protect the local place parts of their organisations when they are making their required spending reductions.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the biodiversity net gain requirements on housing construction sites being developed by (a) SME builders and (b) other builders.
25 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to amend the biodiversity net gain rules on small sites being potentially developed by SME builders.
25 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Knives: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure there is full consultation with established knife manufacturers and distributors before rules are changed about the design of kitchen knives that can be sold online.
25 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Property Development: Green Belt
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on how they can ensure the enforcement of the golden rules around the development on green belt sites, particularly w
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Basketball
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of outsourcing the licensing of the operation of the professional basketball league on the (a) investments and (b) financial viability o
8 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Antisocial Behaviour: Roads
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention in response to the question from the hon. Member for Sheffield South East of 29 July 2024, Official Repo
8 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the average length of motorway (a) maintenance and (b) improvement contracts in terms of (i) duration and (ii) distance covered has changed in the last 10 years.
8 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the impact of time delays on road users is taken into account when determining the length of motorway (a) maintenance and (b) improvement contracts.
8 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
M1: Speed Limits
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the M1 motorway between Junction 34 and Junction 1 had speed restrictions as a result of roadworks as of 1 January in each year between 2015 and 2025.
8 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce new regulations to clarify the legal use of (a) ebikes and (b) escooters.
Source: official written-questions record.