Written questions

Mary Glindon

988 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

School Libraries: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress she has made on establishing a programme to guarantee a library space in every primary school.

23 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure continuity of specialist weight management services, including workforce capacity and multidisciplinary provision, during the transition following the abolit

23 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, where responsibility for national leadership and accountability for obesity and weight management services will sit following the abolition of NHS England; and what steps he is taking to prevent re

23 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the commissioning, oversight and consistency of access to weight management services across Englan

16 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the reports that Israeli Defences Forces have moved the Yellow Line deeper into Ga

16 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Institute for Public Policy Research report entitled Resilient by design: Building secure clean energy

15 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Betting Shops: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Autumn Budget 2025 on licensed betting offices; and whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local G

15 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Betting Shops: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the exclusion of licensed betting offices from Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief, including the consiste

15 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Betting Shops

15 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Betting Shops: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of amending the business rates framework to allow licensed betting offices to qualify for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief on the same basis as other ga

15 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Gambling: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the equity of eligibility for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief of licensed betting offices and other gambling leisure premises, including adult gaming cen

15 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Betting Shops: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Budget 2025: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Factsheet, published on 28 November 2025, for what reason licensed betting offices are classified as financial servic

15 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of community sports initiatives on (a) public health outcomes and (b) crime.

15 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Playing Fields: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing Sport England as a statutory consultee in planning decisions involving playing fields on youth partici

15 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Pensions Minister on 3 December 2025, Official Report, column 1043, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of i

9 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Further Education: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on further education provision for people over the age of 24 in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituen

9 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Further Education: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on further education provision for people aged between 16 and 24 in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend consti

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS workforce planning in England is (a) independent and (b) regular.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the workforce modelling used as the basis for the 10 Year Workforce Plan will be independent; and whether the results of that modelling will be independently assessed and tested.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to establish a centralised dataset on localised ADHD assessment waiting times.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring that the independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism consults with people with lived experience acr

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of holding regional public consultation events as part of the independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism.

12 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Neurological Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve accessibility to higher education for people with progressive neurological conditions such as Friedreich’s ataxia.

5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2025 to Question 70441 on Health Services: Disadvantaged, what his Department's planned timescale is for the publication of an (a) impact statement and (b) eq

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Parkinson's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people with Parkinson's in the Employment and Support Allowance Support Group.