Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with his Northern Ireland counterpart on introducing charge cards to support coeliacs in paying for gluten free alternatives.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Phlebotomy: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the pay of band two phlebotomists.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinics: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mobile clinic provision in rural areas.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with her Northern Ireland counterpart on substitute teachers unable to get permanent jobs.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Certificates: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sick notes have been issued by GPs in the last 12 months.

14 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for non-fatal strangulation in the last 12 months.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of sarcoma.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the National Cancer Plan prioritises improving (a) patient experience and (b) quality of life.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to build neighbourhood health services in partnership with (a) Macmillan and (b) other charities.

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with his Northern Irish counterpart on increasing capacity in the prison estate.

13 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Egypt: Baha'i Faith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the joint statement in April 2025 by UN Special Rapporteurs and Special Mechanisms on discrim

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help uphold the right to free speech.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

London Underground: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Transport for London on improving safety on the London Underground.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce ADHD diagnosis times.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Creatine: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of creatine on public health.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to blood cancers.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Teplizumab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Teplizumab in slowing the development of type 1 diabetes; and when he plans to roll-out that drug on the NHS.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Organs: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of donor organs.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce regional inequalities in access to eye care services.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many active legal cases are open against the NHS.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of UK cars powered solely by electric.

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

Rivers: Algae

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of blue-green algae on water quality in UK rivers.

16 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the US on relations with China.

16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal College of Nursing: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on pay.

16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people aged under 21 who have been diagnosed as legally deaf in the last 12 months.

16 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the cost of the firearms licence application fee.

16 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cambodia: Thailand

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to encourage a resolution to the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.

16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the proportion of ambulance call-outs that were related to (a) drug and (b) alcohol use in each of the last five years.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of commercial airline pilots the UK will need to train each year to provide the workforce required (a) at current levels and (b) to meet anticipated lev

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of trends in levels of fatigue among pilots flying in UK airspace.

Source: official written-questions record.