Written questions

Rachael Maskell

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of delayed discharges from hospital.

8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on ensuring the adequate provision of palliative care.

8 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the National Year of Reading having engaged over 2.1 million children so far.

8 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the National Year of Reading having engaged 6,800 schools and early years settings, and 11,000 teachers and early years practitione

6 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent diagnostic overshadowing in cases where anxiety, trauma, distress or school-related deterioration are dismissed as part of autism, ADHD or SEND.

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Bovine TB Control Strategy for England, published on 10 June 2026, what weight her Departme

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Bovine TB Control Strategy for England, published on 10 June 2026, what criteria her Department will use to determine whether wildlife control methods are humane;

6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Value for Money Review of homelessness spending will include analysis of the cost-effectiveness of Housing First models.

6 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Community Dental Service waiting times on attendance at hospital accident and emergency departments.

6 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of Community Dental Services in England to meet demand.

6 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were waiting more than (a) 18, (b) 26 and (c) 52 weeks for treatment by the Community Dental Service in England at the latest available date.

1 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of backdated VAT refunds if HMRC’s appeal against the March 2026 tax tribunal ruling on public EV charging is unsuccessful.

30 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postpartum Haemorrhage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve understanding of the reasons for the rise in postpartum haemorrhage rates.

25 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Ladders: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the number of deaths resultant from falls from a ladder and (b) improve the safety of people working from heights.

15 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for a list of the number of animal experimentations carried out on each species over each of the last 3 years.

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence

King's Guards: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has taken recent steps to help end the use of bear skins in the King’s Guard caps.

15 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing Cooperatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how is he supporting housing cooperatives to have access to community energy schemes.

15 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing Cooperatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will (a) review the tariff for energy for domestic properties which are part of housing cooperatives and (b) bring it into line with domestic property energy tariffs.