Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing stab vests to prison officers.

29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Chemical Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help prevent Russian forces increasing the use of banned gas weapons in Ukraine.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Universities: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of continuing to pursue partnerships with Chinese Defence Universities.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving: Eyesight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that drivers are meeting the eyesight standards for driving.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Orforglipron

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the weight loss pill Orforglipron will be available on the NHS.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding will be allocated to electric vehicle charging points in Northern Ireland.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of children waiting two years for mental health treatment on the NHS.

28 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce thefts of (a) mobile phones, (b) handbags and (c) other personal items.

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help promote support groups that provide training for employment for former prisoners.

28 Apr 2025 · Attorney General

Hate Crime: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been prosecuted for hate crimes in the last 12 months.

28 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Internet

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of online HMRC services.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of ambulance and emergency waiting times in England.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with diabetes have access to free blood glucose kits.

28 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Abduction

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the kidnapping of British citizens abroad.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland on tackling unsafe road conditions.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds information on the number of buildings that do not meet standards for safe cladding.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Authorities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure community cohesion within local planning departments.

23 Apr 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure adequate funding for SEND in devolved nations.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Domestic Abuse: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on funding safe houses for victims of domestic abuse.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Tenants' Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to expand tenants rights in relation to eviction notices.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Clinical Directors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to expand the role of National Clinical Directors.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Clinical Directors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plans are for the future (a) scope, (b) role and (c) responsibilities of National Clinical Directors.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Clinical Directors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) role and (b) remit of National Clinical Directors will be following the abolition of NHS England.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Motor Sports: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the economic benefits of the (a) motorbike road racing season and (b) Ulster Superbike Championship in Northern Ireland.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horses: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2087 on Horse: Smuggling, what estimate his Department has made of the number of horses smuggled from the United Kingdom at (a) D

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sick Leave: Respiratory Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of how many people have been absent from work because of long term sickness due to respiratory illness over the last 12 months.

22 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support displaced people in Sudan.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on increasing youth engagement in sports outside school.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the tourism sector in urban areas.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help protect (a) children and (b) young people from online gambling harms.

Source: official written-questions record.