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.