Written questions
549 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lung Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in each year since 2015.
13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many training places were allocated for GPs in each year since 2015.
13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Mersey
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the health of the River Mersey.
9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiology: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the requirement for consultant radiologists in the the NHS as of 1 June 2026 and what number were employed.
9 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any money has been diverted away from Op Kindred's budget to other budgets in the MOD during the past 12 months.
9 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK based Start-up businesses have contacted his Department in the past 12 months seeking to inquire on or bid for defence related work.
9 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Mersey: Sewage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the levels of sewage inflow into the River Mersey.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
West Coast Main Line: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times faults have occurred on Evero trains operating on the West Coast Main line since their introduction.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Animals
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train delays have there been each year since 2020 caused by trains hitting animals on the track.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Widnes and Halewood
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current wait time for cancer patients, from GP referral to being seen by a specialist in the Widnes and Halewood constituency.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Widnes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs there were in Widnes each year since 2020.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
West Coast Main Line: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Avanti West Coast trains have been delayed between Liverpool and London each of the five years up to and including 2025.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
West Coast Main Line: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what has been the average time delay for Avanti West Coast trains in each of the five years up to and including 2025.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tomography: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for patients to receive results from a CT scan at each acute hospital Trust in England as at 1 June 2026.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tomography
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) CT Scanners and (b) MRI scanners were in NHS hospitals on (i) 1 April 2015, (ii) 1 April 2020 and (iii) April 2026.
8 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many documents an SME has to complete before being considered eligible to bid for contracts with his Department.
4 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether data for Death Benefit nominations was migrated successfully from paper systems to the online Civil Service Pension Scheme system run by Capita.
11 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of (a) energy suppliers and (b) the National Grid to provide power for the cooling systems for proposed new AI data centres.
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who will pay the costs of resolving issues related to the administration of the Civil Service Pension scheme by Capita.
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether officials in his Department had discussions with MOD officials on the suitability of Capita to run government contracts prior to the award of the Civil Service pensions contract.
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister signed off the decision to award the Civil Service Pensions contract to Capita.
2 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Written Questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 106942 tabled by the hon. Member for Widnes and Halewood on 20 January 2026.
2 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Written Questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 106941 tabled by the hon. Member for Widnes and Halewood on 20 January 2026.
2 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Home Office: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to Question 101725 tabled by the hon. Member for Widnes and Halewood on 2 January 2026.
20 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the current waiting time for information on pension lump sums requested by members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
20 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what action he is taking to decrease the time taken to provide information and payments in respect of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
2 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to her oral answer of 17 November 2025, Official Report column 524, what steps she will take to stop asylum seekers who have committed crimes and are deported making a new asylum application a
12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Departmental Expenditure Limits
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the underspend and overspend was for (a) Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit and (b) Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit for the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Army and (iii) RAF as at 1 November 2025.
3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ajax Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost in (a) time and (b) resource to (i) the Army and (ii) his Department of dealing with problems with the Ajax vehicle.
3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ajax Vehicles: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What times scale he has been given for the noise and vibration issues with the Ajax vehicle to be resolved.
Source: official written-questions record.