Written questions

1,057 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

School Meals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations her Department has received from children and young people on improving the healthiness of school food as part of the proposed updated School Food Standards.

10 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the NHS Liver Transformation Programme reduces health inequalities in liver disease outcomes for people living in areas with high levels of deprivation.

10 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS Liver Transformation Programme is adequately staffed and prioritised during the ongoing reorganisation of NHS England.

10 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated to the NHS Liver Transformation Programme for 2026-27.

5 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Primates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations made by the Animals in Science Committee on non-human primates used in service licenses, published on

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's proposed timeline is for decriminalising pavement parking to enable local authorities to take enforcement action against vehicles parked on pavements.

27 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Education and Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence his Department holds, including survey data and commissioned research, on the extent to which disabled people identify inaccessible streets and public transport as barriers to accessing em

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Multiple Sclerosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his department collects to monitor potential inequalities in multiple sclerosis care access; and how those findings are used to inform policy and service delivery improvements.

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support and fund clinical trials aimed at achieving licensing and NHS access for complex, cannabis-based medicines used in the treatment of severe, drug-resis

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring responsibility for medical cannabis policy and governance to his Department in line with Schedule 2 medicines.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of suspending the medicines repurposing programme on people affected by rare conditions.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on people with rare conditions.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the specific challenges of providing specialised care for rare conditions will be included in the NHS 10 year plan.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the NHS 10 year plan will improve the delivery of healthcare for people with rare conditions.

13 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the (a) National Disease Registration Service and (b) National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Diseases Registration Service continue after the planne

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Research on expediting the publication of its research brief to inform the UK National Screening Committee’s in-service e

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of concerns raised by the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) stakeholder community on the speed of progress being made by the UK National Screening Committee in its work to s

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timetable is for the UK National Screening Committee's review of its advice on screening for spinal muscular atrophy.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for releasing funds to support the UK National Screening Committee’s review of newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

CJD: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what collaboration there is between NHS England, the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Medical Research Council on Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease funding; and what assessment he ha

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

CJD: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support advances n CJD treatment.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

CJD: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are an adequate number of health professionals trained in (a) identifying and (b) supporting people affected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

CJD: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support research into Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease and (b) ensure that UK research does not fall behind well-funded programmes in other countries.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bipolar Disorder: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce specialist bipolar pathways in NHS mental health services.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis of bipolar.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bipolar Disorder: Health Services and Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on improving co-ordination between healthcare services and the welfare system to support people with bipolar.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve training for healthcare professionals to better (a) recognise and (b) diagnose bipolar.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Bipolar Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure people with bipolar receive the support they need to (a) access and (b) stay in work.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Bipolar Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of welfare support for people with bipolar.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment they have made of the potential impact of welfare reforms on people living with (a) bipolar and (b) other serious mental illnesses.

Source: official written-questions record.