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
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