Written questions

947 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help improve (a) public and (b) investor confidence in small and mid-sized quoted companies listed in the UK.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of tax incentives on levels of investment in small and mid-sized quoted companies.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to improve access to finance for small and mid-sized quoted companies.

15 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of (a) targeted attacks and (b) instances of (i) forced conversion and (ii) imprisonmen

8 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iraq: Minority Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts to ensure the protection of (a) Yazidis, (b) Christians and (c) other religious and ethnic minority gr

4 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the authorities in Myanmar on the reported increase in attacks on the Rohingya community; and what steps he is taking with international p

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS employees with a declared terminal diagnosis die when in (a) employment and (b) retirement.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 68387 on Epilepsy and Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate, what his Departments planned timeline is for establishing a centralised register caputring Preg

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 68387 on Epilepsy and Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate, whether his Department is taking steps to guarantee that every female valproate patient aged 13

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 68387 on Epilepsy and Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate, whether his Department plans to (a) mandate central tracking and annual reporting on how many w

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 68387 on Epilepsy and Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) consistent and (b) effective implementation o

18 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 65744 on Special Educational Needs: Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder, if her Department will take steps to include the number of children with foetal valproa

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

UK Health Security Agency: Porton Down (Wiltshire)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make a decision on the future of (a) UKHSA Porton Down and (b) the single science hub at Harrow.

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy and Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question HL9069 on Epilepsy and Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate, how many women prescribed Valproate (a) received the pregnancy prevention programme and (b) sig

15 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Vietnam: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic démarches his department has delivered to advance religious freedom during bilateral visits to Vietnam.

15 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the decline of freedom of religion or belief for religious minorities under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 62928 on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, if she will place in the Library a copy of the equalities impact assessment for the changes to the Adop

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58204 on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF), what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and L

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58204 on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of top-up funding for therapeutic support over

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of hours of therapy an applicant to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund would receive using this year’s Fair Access Limit should they also requ

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58204 on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, if she will publish the data her Department collected on the costs of applications for (a) therapeutic

2 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Industrial Joint Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the (a) financial and (b) related professional services industry is represented on the Defence Industrial Joint Council.

1 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of disputes involving religious communities in the Bukovina region of Ukraine; an

19 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Pension Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, under what circumstances she would direct Local Government Pension Funds to a specific asset pool.

19 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Life Sciences: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, how much and what proportion of the additional British Business Bank funding will be allocated to the life sciences sector.

19 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Life Sciences: Venture Capital

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the British Business Bank's publication Small Business Equity Tracker 2024, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) venture capital investment in the life sciences in the UK and the US and

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Treasury on (a) the Hughes Report and the recommendations for valproate, (b) redress for those harmed by sodium valproate.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Congenital Abnormalities: Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children with a diagnosis of foetal valproate syndrome also have a diagnosis of (a) spina bifida, (b) neural tube defects, (c) cardiac malformations, (d) kidney malformations and (e) cleft

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism and Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder also have a diagnosis of foetal valproate syndrome.

17 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Girls

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of (a) abductions, (b) forced marriages and (c) religious conversions of (i) Chri

Source: official written-questions record.