Written questions

503 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support access to NHS prescriptions for people unable to operate online health services.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to cash for disabled people who are not able to use cash machines.

16 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Money Laundering and Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the merits of implementing a national strategy to tackle (a) the sale of (i) illegal tobacco and (ii) vapes and (b) money laundering.

16 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking (a) ensure the safeguarding of beagles at MBR Acres during periods of extreme warm weather and (b) phase out the use of dogs in clinical trials.

7 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average response time was to public complaints submitted to her Department in the last 12 months.

7 Jul 2025 · Scotland Office

Fishing Vessels: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of (a) UK-flagged and (b) EU member state-flagged fishing vessels were subject to port inspections in in Scotland in the last 12 months.

3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current tariff for the Minor Surgery Directed Enhanced Service in the context of rising operational costs.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the closure of the FA Futsal Committee on futsal governance in England; and if she will publish a long-term development strategy for the sp

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to extend the requirement for mandatory anti-lock braking systems to include all new 125cc motorcycles.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Biofuels: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the biodiesel industry.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Castle Hill Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of safety levels at Castle Hill Hospital.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Castle Hill Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department is having with the Care Quality Commission on carrying out further inspections at Castle Hill Hospital.

13 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) UK-flagged and (b) EU member state-flagged fishing vessels were subject to port inspections in the last 12 months.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 47692 on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, if she will to publish the data on therapy service costs by region.

20 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Humber's Viking carbon capture project on levels of investment in the area.

8 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any funding his Department has provided for Greater Lincolnshire devolution is ringfenced for net zero initiatives.

8 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Local Government: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on reporting requirements for net zero targets.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund were awarded where (a) local authorities and (b) regional adoption agencies were required to match-fund the application due to an exce

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund were awarded for specialist assessments of children in the financial year 2024–25.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund were awarded for therapy support costing (a) less than £3,000 per year per child and (b) between £3,000 and £5,000 per year per child

22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure that individuals carrying out jury duty do not experience financial hardship.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential need for Commissioner intervention in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, in the context of the absence of senior leadersh

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Leadership

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on when the absence of senior leadership may necessitate intervention by a commissioner in an integrated care board.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on whether the (a) Chair and (b) Chief Executive of Humber and North Yorkshire integrated care board remain in post.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young People: Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to involve young people in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency in the development of the National Youth Strategy.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of GPs undertaking medical examinations on GP workloads.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners: Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the medical examiner process on (a) bereaved relatives and (b) the time it takes for families to arrange funerals.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners: Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of assessments undertaken by medical examiners to establish causes of death.

25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to help tackle empty shops on high streets.

24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to retain doctors trained in the UK in the NHS.

Source: official written-questions record.