Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Retail Trade: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of trends in levels of footfall on high streets since 1 January 2025.

17 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing tax breaks to employers who train apprentices.

17 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Football: Racial Hatred

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of racial attacks in football game settings in the last 12 months.

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase public preparedness for out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest.

12 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to support creative industries.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in the last 12 months.

12 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Mould

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of homes that are uninhabitable due to excessive mould and damp.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department hold son the number of people who have been diagnosed with long covid in the last 12 months.

12 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of fully-qualified SEND teachers in England on 12 March 2025.

12 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kashmir: Humanitarian Situation

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 the humanitarian situation in Kashmir.

12 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Burglary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people charged with aggravated burglary over the last 12 months.

12 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to engage with deaf and disabled people's organisations when preparing reforms to disability benefits.

12 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of Advice UK's report entitled Voices of Deaf and Disabled people, published on 10 December 2024.

11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to stop violence against pregnant NHS healthcare professionals.

11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS dental services.

11 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Urban Areas: Carbon Monoxide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its consular guidance raises awareness of cities with high levels of carbon monoxide.

11 Mar 2025 · Church Commissioners

Churches: Young People

To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners have had discussions with local churches in coastal areas on steps to encourage young people to join church related (a) youth clubs and (b) weekend ev

11 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Electronic Travel Authorisations: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the accessibility of online electronic travel authorisations for elderly people.

11 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Drugs: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of underage drug use across the UK.

11 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support pregnant women in prison.

11 Mar 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Trade Barriers: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce trade barriers between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential correlation between areas with higher levels of deprivation and trends in the level of cancer diagnosis.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made on establishing AI growth zones in the devolved nations.

11 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

10 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Pakistan on the recent arrests of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan’s Punjab Province.

10 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to improve national resilience to global events.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Cybersecurity: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the number of cyber security industry apprentices.

10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the number of people on social housing registers.

10 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the level of business rates on businesses over the last five years.

10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the adequacy of the provision of NHS dental services across the UK.

Source: official written-questions record.