Written questions
902 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs and Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS medicines and medical devices depend on overseas supply chains, and what action is being taken to strengthen domestic manufacturing capacity.
20 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to accelerate domestic renewable generation, including offshore wind, tidal energy, green hydrogen and geothermal.
20 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of UK energy resilience to disruption to global gas or electricity markets.
20 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evaluation her Department has made of levels of reliance on climate-vulnerable food imports and the risks posed by extreme weather events overseas.
20 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the UK’s overall level of food self-sufficiency, and what steps are being taken to increase domestic production of key staples.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to (a) NHS trusts and (b) GP practices on the use of alternative communication methods in areas affected by Royal Mail delays; and what assessment he has made of its eff
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of postal delays on patients who rely on written communication from the NHS, including (a) older people, (b) disabled people and (c) patients wit
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who have experienced disruption to repeat prescriptions as a result of postal delays.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of postal delays on the timely delivery of referral letters between primary and secondary care.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to mitigate patient safety risks arising from delayed delivery of NHS clinical correspondence through the postal system.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of postal delays on national screening programmes, including bowel, cervical and breast cancer screening.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of repeat appointments, replacement sample kits and additional clinical activity caused by postal delays.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patient samples sent via Royal Mail have been rendered unusable due to late arrival at laboratories in each of the last five years.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of routine cases becoming urgent as a result of appointment letters being delayed in the post on the NHS.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS appointments missed as a result of delays in the delivery of appointment letters by Royal Mail in the last 12 months.
28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Hazardous Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on the long-term health effects, including reproductive health outcomes, of occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products among nursing staff;
28 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health Professions: Hazardous Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will require NHS employers to provide ongoing education, training and health surveillance for all staff who handle or may be exposed to hazardous medicinal products.
28 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health Professions: Hazardous Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of engineering controls such as biological safety cabinets and closed-system drug-transfer devices during preparation and administration of hazardous medicinal
28 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health Services: Hazardous Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make and assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic effects are
28 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health Professions: Hazardous Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to develop or adopt a UK list of hazardous medicinal products and to require safety data sheets for finished medicines; and if he will take steps to work with the Health and
28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Hazardous Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of nurses and other healthcare professionals currently exposed to hazardous medicinal products; and if he will publish an estimate of how many wo
11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a new national strategy for palliative and end-of-life care.
11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Private Finance Initiative
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department’s business case on new private finance in the NHS.
11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Private Finance Initiative
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of renegotiating current private finance debt to reduce future payouts.
11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neighbourhood Health Centres: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding neighbourhood health centres through alternative, non-private finance means.
11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the impact of (a) changes in patient need, (b) drug prices, (c) inflation and (d) changes in the level of private finance debt on the budget for the NHS in each of the
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Toys and Games: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has issued guidance to (a) schools and (b) educational establishments to make them aware of potential concerns with Colours Play Sand.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Toys and Games: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to communicate concerns of potential harmful substances in Educational Colours Rainbow Sand.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Toys and Games: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data he holds on how many packs of educational colours rainbow sand was sold before it was no longer available.
17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to schools to tackle the challenges faced by pupils living in poverty, including access to (a) free school meals, (b) mental health services and (c) after-school programmes in the Nort
Source: official written-questions record.