Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking reduce the level of unused floorspace in civil service buildings.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help find rare blood type donors.

21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help support smaller solicitors' practices in rural areas to (a) prevent their closure and (b) maintain local choice.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Noise Act 1996: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland on the adequacy of the Noise Act 1996.

21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Occupation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many occupation orders have been issued against joint tenants in the last 12 months for which data is available.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Airports: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions on disruption by drones at airports with (a) pilots, (b) other aviation professionals (c) the Ministry of Defence and (d) governments of other European countries that

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Airports: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the risk of (a) harm and (b) disruption from unauthorised drone activity to (i) UK commercial airports and (ii) commercial air traffic operating in UK airspace.

20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Religious Buildings

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 (a) attacks on places of worship in Sudan and (b) the attack on a mosque near the Abu Souk camp

20 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to share the findings from the national inquiry into grooming gangs with her counterparts in the devolved administrations.

20 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help support skilled fishermen in Northern Ireland through the visa system.

20 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Police: Football

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring football clubs to contribute towards the cost of matchday policing.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Alcoholic Drinks: Employers' Contributions and Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of the distilling industry on the potential impact of the increase in (a) duties on spirits (b) employer's National Insurance contributions on

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps with the primary eye care sector to help prevent avoidable sight loss.

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for primary eye care services as part of his Department's plan to shift care from hospitals to the community.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Private Rented Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the cost of the new energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector are not passed on to tenants through higher rents.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help support unemployed young people into work.

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pain: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who are out of work due to chronic arthritic pain.

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the availability of pancreatic cancer drugs.

15 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on a ceasefire in Ukraine.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of social media in schools on bullying.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alzheimer's Disease: Stress

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of stress on Alzheimer's disease.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Baxdrostat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when Baxdrostat will be available on the NHS.

15 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the level of threat from Iran.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Taxis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spends annually on taxi travel for children to and from schools.

15 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve social housing completion rates.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to integrate the 10-Year Plan with the National Cancer Plan.

14 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been deported in the last five years.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Further Education: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides for people in further education.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce the use of AI to detect skin cancer.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged between 18 and 25 have epilepsy.

Source: official written-questions record.