Written questions
425 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health and Neurodiversity: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the mental health and neurodivergence sectors on over-diagnosis.
1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health and Neurodiversity: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether organisations in the mental health sector will be asked to contribute evidence to the Department’s review into the over-diagnosis of mental health conditions and neurodivergence.
1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health and Neurodiversity: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to consult stakeholders in the mental health and neurodivergence sectors as part of its review into over-diagnosis.
1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health and Neurodiversity: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the terms of reference for the Department’s review into the prevalence and potential over-diagnosis of mental health conditions and neurodivergence.
1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health and Neurodiversity: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the proposed scope and timetable for his Department’s review into the prevalence of the potential over-diagnosis of mental health conditions and neurodivergence.
1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health and Neurodiversity: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is undertaking a review into the prevalence of the over-diagnosis of mental health conditions and neurodivergence.
27 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to ensure that future changes to vehicle taxation do not discourage the take-up of electric vehicles or disproportionately impact workers who rely on long-distance commuting.
27 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact on long-distance commuters and early adopters of electric vehicles of the decision to apply standard rates of vehicle excise duty to electric
27 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HM Prison and Probation Service: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that increased workloads among HMPPS Probation staff are matched by appropriate pay and support.
27 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Service: Pay Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delayed pay awards on staff morale, workload and retention in the Probation Service.
27 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HM Prison and Probation Service: Pay Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when staff working in HMPPS Probation Services will receive their pay award for 2025–26; and for what reason it has not been implemented.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to review access to energy efficiency schemes for households in (a) properties over 100 years old and (b) otherwise classified as difficult to insulate.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heating
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of linking eligibility for (a) boiler replacement and (b) heating repairs to the completion of insulation measures in cases whe
26 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Motability: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025, which tax reliefs for Motability and other qualifying schemes she plans to (a) withdraw and (b) amend; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Financial Services: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is working with the Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority on a strategy to help tackle digital exclusion in financial services, particularly for older or d
26 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Financial Services: Mobile Phones
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Financial Conduct Authority has made of the number of consumers who have reported difficulty accessing financial services due to mandatory mobile phone authentication.
26 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Financial Services: Mobile Phones
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that financial services firms offer alternatives to mobile phone authentication for customers who cannot use such technology.
26 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Financial Services: Mobile Phones
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of financial services firms requiring mobile phone-based authentication as a condition of accessing online accounts on (a) disabled and (b) elderly con
26 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: West Northamptonshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost has been to the public purse of housing asylum seekers in hotels located in the West Northamptonshire Council area since July 2024; and if she will provide a breakdown by hotel.
26 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish a breakdown of spending on hotel accommodation for asylum seekers by local authority area.
24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Children: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) the Government’s plans to bring NHS England into the Department of Health and Social Care and (b) the planned 50% reduction in integrated
24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Screening: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the National Screening Committee and the newborn screening programme appropriately consider rare diseases.
24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Screening: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings or engagements Ministers or senior officials from his department have had with any of the following patient organisations to discuss newborn screening: (a) Genetic Alliance UK (b) UK
10 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) merge and (b) align the (i) Section 1 (firearms) and (ii) Section 2 (shotgun) licensing systems in the Firearms Act 1968.
5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Fungal Diseases: Mortality Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the UK Health Security Agency has made of the fatality rate associated with invasive Candidozyma auris infection.
5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Fungal Diseases: Notifiable Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Candidozyma auris was added to schedule 2 of the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations in April 2025;and if he will publish any public health risk assessments informing that
3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Family Hubs: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on cross-Government implementation of (a) proposals for a national evidence-based digital parenting offer and (b) other
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Child Rearing
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting the roll-out of evidence-based parenting programmes through the Start for Life offer to all local authorities.
3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle travel costs for (a) children and (b) young people under 25 with cancer; and whether he plans to include policies on this matter within the national cancer pl
3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what policies on (a) children and (b) young people under 25 he plans to include within the national cancer plan for England.
Source: official written-questions record.