Written questions

480 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Personal Care Services: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on apprenticeship of the British Hair Consortium’s report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: The economic, fi

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Personal Care Services: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies on workers rights of the British Hair Consortium’s report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: The econ

3 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Personal Care Services: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on VAT of the British Hair Consortium’s report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: The economic, fiscal & societal

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the criteria were for appointing members of the Digital Centre Design Panel; and whether those members will provide declarations of interests for publication.

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

War Pensions: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31001 on Veterans: War Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the level of the burden on British nuclear tes

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

War Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31001 on Veterans: War Pensions, what the average acceptance rate is for applications made by (a) British nuclear test and (b) other veterans to the War Pens

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31001 on Veterans: War Pensions, how many and what proportion of British nuclear test veterans have a radiation dose record; how many and what proportion of

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31001 on Veterans: War Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of dose records kept by the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31001 on Veterans: War Pensions, what the minimum recordable level of radiation dose is for establishing radiation exposure.

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he will provide towards NHS continuing healthcare checklists over the next five years.

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he is providing to ICBs to ensure consistent interpretation of NHS continuing healthcare checklist guidance.

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the level of support that unpaid carers can access once they have undertaken a Carer’s Assessment in England.

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of funding for local authorities to support unpaid carers who have requested a Carer's Assessment in the last 12 months.

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of unpaid carers (a) are given practical support and (b) are signposted to information and advice following a Carer’s Assessment.

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of access to adult social care services in England on unpaid carers’ ability to participate in paid employment.

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report, England, 2023-24, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's publication entitled JCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination in 2025 and spring 2026, updated on 14 November 2024, what the evidential basis was for accepting the

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recommendations of his Department's publication entitled JCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination in 2025 and spring 2026, updated on 14 Nov

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government's decision not to implement the recommendations of the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s

12 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safe return of refugees to their homes in Northeast Syria.

12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

War Pensions: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce barriers to application to the War Pensions Scheme for British Nuclear Test Veterans.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Cultural Heritage: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations in the report entitled Addressing the UK’s heritage skills crisis: why we must act now, published

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits for business and academic research of requiring the Office for National Statistics to publish statistical releases using 4-digit Standard Indu

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Artificial Intelligence and Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Government’s preferred option in its consultation on copyright and AI on growth in the creative industries.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings in the report entitled Addressing the UK’s heritage skills crisis: why we must act now, published by

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Arts: Private Finance Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to increase the evidence base on the impacts of merger and acquisition-led FDI projects in the creative industries.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to extend the eligibility criteria for the Holiday activities and food programme.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will announce funding for a multi-year extension to the Holiday activities and food programme.

13 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with local councils on the future funding of the Holiday Activities and Food programme.

13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fertility: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing regulation of the fertility industry.

Source: official written-questions record.