Written questions

503 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of medical school places.

24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help recently graduated medical students to find employment in the NHS.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry on (a) job creation and (b) economic growth in the Humberside region.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to accelerate the introduction of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Revenue Certainty Mechanism) Bill.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of family hubs on early (a) intervention and (b) support for families and children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of demand for SEND provision in schools to help support the transition of pupils with special educational needs from primary to secondary school.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis of and (b) training for foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in schools.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including criteria for evaluating the inclusivity of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities provision in schools within Ofsted inspec

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued on the (a) criteria and (b) number of students needed for a school to have a dedicated Special Educational Needs Coordinator position.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that every school has a dedicated Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO).

6 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Community Interest Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of community interest companies that are no longer able to offer free mental health support due to financial constraints on th

6 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Community Interest Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community interest companies that are mental health providers.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that special guardianship and kinship carers receive adequate financial support.

22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on improving dementia care.

22 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Civil Society: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing VAT exemptions for (a) small charities and (b) volunteer organisations.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seafood: Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with organisations such as the UK Seafood Federation to (a) advocate and (b) promote seafood.

15 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Cleethorpes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on discussions to establish a direct rail link between London and Cleethorpes.

15 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads : Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made with National Highways on the next round of RIS3 funding: and whether the A180 will be included in this funding stream.

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when it was decided that community interest companies should be ineligible for capital funding provided to NHS mental health trusts in the 2024-25 financial year; and whether he plans to make an as

10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 12940 on Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Regulation, whether he has made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of rectifying

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Meta: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with Meta on the potential impact of (a) the adequacy of its customer support team and (b) accounts being temporarily disabled on UK businesses; and if he wi

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential importance of business support functionalities by online platforms such as META.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Business: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to protect the accounts of online businesses business from being erroneously temporarily disabled.

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Grimsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had discussions with the Post Office on the potential closure of the post office in Victoria Street, Grimsby; and if he will take steps to prohibit the closure of this and ot

20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Grimsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department withdrew the NHS contract from the Waltham Dentist Practice; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that withdrawal on the provision of NHS dental

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Children in Care and Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's statistical release entitled Children looked after in England including adoptions, last updated 14 November 2024, how many children that were looked after in (a) relative and

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's statistical release entitled Children looked after in England including adoptions, last updated 14 November 2024, how many children were looked after in (a) relative and (b) f

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's statistical release entitled Children looked after in England including adoptions, last updated 14 November 2024, how many children were looked after in a (a) relative and (b)

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Ports: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the electrification of onshore marine ports.

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of GB Energy supporting grid connection.

Source: official written-questions record.