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.