Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Junaid Hafeez

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on the case of Junaid Hafeez.

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equal access to healthcare treatments in each English region.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on expanding the use of solar power at train stations.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on the UK aerospace sector.

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Depressive Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has undertaken on potential links between dementia and depression.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve the safety of pensions.

9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on park homes of her Department's report entitled The impact of a change in the maximum park home sale

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film and Television

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to incentivise local film makers to produce television in their own parts of the UK.

9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support elderly veterans facing historical investigations.

4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the (a) national minimum wage and (b) national living wage for care workers.

4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of drugs-related deaths; and what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland on this i

4 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Money

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support cash transactions.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Night-time Economy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve night-time public transport to support the night-time economy.

4 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the (a) number and (b) cost of arms length bodies; and what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland on this

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to provide support for older people to complete online job applications.

4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the misuse of weight-loss medications; and what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland on thi

4 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of foreign aid since 4 July 2024.

4 Jun 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

ADHD: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on waiting times for ADHD (a) medication and (b) treatment for children.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sick Leave: Stress

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the number of people on long term sick leave due to stress over the last 12 months.

4 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Health Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the uptake of private health insurance over the last five years.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Boarding Schools: State Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have attended state boarding schools in each of the last five years.

3 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tibet: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) the enforced disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and (b) other concerns for the religious

3 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to (a) support and (b) help uphold human rights in Syria.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve the UK's cyber security.

3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help protect UK submarine cables from potential foreign threats.

3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sepsis: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people passed away with sepsis in (a) the last 12 months and (b) the previous 12 month period.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Counselling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of in-school counselling services.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of cyber fraud incidents in the last six months.

3 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps with NATO to help tackle global wildfires.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Faith Schools: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help protect freedom of faith in schools.

Source: official written-questions record.