Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Aphasia: Speech and Language Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to Integrated Care Boards on commissioning speech and language therapy services for people with primary progressive aphasia.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the financial situation of Higher Education institutions.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Universities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Vice Chancellors on the impact of Government policy on university finances.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Overseas Students: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Home Office decisions on the finances of universities.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Overseas Students: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the impact of her policies on the supply of international students for Higher Education.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Overseas Students: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's immigration criteria on the number of international students attending universities in (a) the UK and (b) York.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with ICBs on determining funding required to meet palliative care needs.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equal access to palliative care.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Workforce Plan will include clinicians required for Palliative Medicine in (a) acute, (b) community and (c) hospice settings.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to deliver the MSF on Palliative Care.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients are referred early for assessments for palliative care.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a mechanism in place for Integrated Care Boards to respond to correspondence from Members of Parliament.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how is he assessing the performance of ICBs and their delivery on population health.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria is being used to determine the replacement for the Carr-Hill funding formula.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how will GPs identify and refer patients for palliative care following the retiring of the Palliative Care Register.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bootham Park Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the costs involved in maintaining the building and grounds of Bootham Park Hospital.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Training: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what public funding has been allocated to union-led workplace learning in each of the past five years.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the number of redundancies announced in higher education over the past year.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Overseas Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of total university fee income has been derived from international students in each of the past five years.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken a review of the tuition fee-based funding model for higher education.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the financial return to the UK economy of public investment in higher education.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pets: Insecticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of permitting the use of active substances in pesticides that are banned for outdoor agricultur
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Veterinary Services: Insecticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect freshwater invertebrates from pesticides used in veterinary tick and flea treatments.
3 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Training: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated to union-led workplace learning in each of the last five years.
3 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of redundancies in higher education in the last year.
3 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of university fee income is derived from international students in each of the last five years.
3 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of tuition fee-based funding model for higher education.
3 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the financial return to the economy of public investment in higher education.
26 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commit to developing a roadmap for the transition to in-ovo sexing in the UK egg industry.
26 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a consultation on ending the routine culling of male chicks through in-ovo sexing is under consideration.
Source: official written-questions record.