Written questions

692 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Zoe Marketing & Communications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the FOI request 2024/00205, when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans to publish (a) details of its investigation into the advertising activities of the c

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Malaria: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64425 on Malaria: Research, whether the positive rt-PCR tests were validated against viral cultures of West Nile virus.

11 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral contribution on 10 July 2025 in response to a Question from the hon. Member for Tatton, Official Report, column 1112, how much money has been saved as a result of the implementation of the C

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patient Safety Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 94 of his Department's policy paper entitled Fit for the future: 10 year health plan for England, published in July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact

7 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Gambling: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposals for a Remote Betting & Gaming Duty on (a) levels of investment in the UK, (b) consumer costs and (c) levels of illegal gambling.

3 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department shares information with local police forces on the criminal records of asylum seekers placed in their area.

3 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people claiming asylum had a criminal record before entering the UK in the most recent period for which data is available.

3 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ascertain previous offences of people claiming asylum in the UK.

3 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers have had their DNA taken on arrival in the UK.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58982 on Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow, if he will publish the Information Commissioner’s Office's commercial analysis o

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58982 on Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow, what steps his Department took to find alternative office space for the Informat

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Malaria: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK Health Security Agency news announcement of 21 May 2025, how much he has spent on testing mosquitoes through the Vector-Borne Real-time Arbovirus Detection and

30 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58984 on Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow, what (a) consultations and (b) impact assessments his Department carried out before approving the decision

27 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Game changer for the nation, published on 19 June 2025, whether the investment in grassroots sports facilities will fund the development

27 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Game changer for the nation, published on 19 June 2025, how much of the £900 million investment in major sporting events and grassroots s

27 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department plans to provide for tennis during the Spending Review period.

27 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: DNA

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department collects the DNA of people who arrive illegally in the UK.

27 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58584 on Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics, what the limited exceptions are where biometric data may not be collected at the time of encounter from i

27 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the report on packaging changes to Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, as discussed at the Commission on Human Medicines Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Workin

24 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Information Commissioner's Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who his Department consulted at Cheshire East Council before approving the decision to move the Information Commissioner's Office from Wilmslow to Manchester.

16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antidepressants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the dates of the consultation period with pharmaceutical companies, as agreed at the Commission on Human Medicines Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Working Group meeting o

16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antidepressants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the (a) minutes and (b) outcome of the Commission on Human Medicines Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Working Group meeting which took place on 1 May.

16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of new antimicrobial therapeutics developed by SMEs.

16 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help tackle battlefield antimicrobial resistance.

13 Jun 2025 · Wales Office

Wales Office: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.

13 Jun 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff network events took place in his Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.

13 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff network events took place in his Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.

13 Jun 2025 · Scotland Office

Scotland Office: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff network events took place in his Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.

12 Jun 2025 · Attorney General

Attorney General's Office: Training

To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.

Source: official written-questions record.