Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to expand skills and ethical training in AI.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Manufacturing Industries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase public funding in advanced manufacturing.

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with counterparts in Northern Ireland on access to mental health support in prisons at all times.

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that victims of domestic abuse and specifically children are supported and rehabilitated through court processes.

5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Joint Replacements: Obesity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ban the blanket use of body mass index thresholds as a means of determining eligibility for joint replacement surgery.

5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase access to weight loss jabs for more long-term conditions.

5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on meeting the 18-week treatment targets set out in the Elective Reform Plan.

5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle (a) elective care and (b) joint replacement waiting times.

5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the next phase of modern service frameworks.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help encourage the use of local food supply chains.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extended producer responsibility on small businesses in local communities.

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bladder Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK have been diagnosed with bladder cancer.

17 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Pakistan.

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the recent uptake of covid boosters.

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Depressive Illnesess: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many under 30s have been prescribed medication for depression.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England are fitted with evacuation chairs.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of high rate mobility PIP.

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been admitted into hospitals with Flu A in the last 14 days.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support people in improving digital skills.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help tackle online abuse against young people.

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidneys: Transplant Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people currently on a waiting list for a kidney transplant.

17 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Abduljalil al-Singace and Hassan Mushaima

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has made representations to the Government of Bahrain on the detention and health of Hassan Mushaima and Abduljalil al-Singace.

17 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of allegations that prisoners in Bahrain have been subject to torture and other c

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the arrangements governing families of patients' access to stored brain tumour tissue after the patient has died.

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the opt-in consent model used in fertility preservation services to the storage and future use of brain tissue and

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a standardised consent process for NHS neurosurgical procedures involving tissue resection with specific consent for s

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of health inequalities associated with a) asthma and b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to support the adoption of the a) Asthma Control Test and b) COPD Assessment Test as part of annual reviews for respiratory patients in primary care.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease receiving annual reviews.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has reviewed the rate of uptake of biologic medicines for severe asthma relative to the eligible population.

Source: official written-questions record.