Written questions

2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Dulwich and West Norwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households in receipt of Personal Independence Payment who will lose access to their entitlement under the proposals set out in the Pathways to Wor

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Dulwich and West Norwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has her Department made of the number of households with children in receipt of Personal Independence Payment in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Dulwich and West Norwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households in receipt of Personal Independence Payments in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support prospective students training to become Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons with the costs of dual degree qualifications.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the existing Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon training pathway.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan to reduce vacancy rates for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the vacancy rate of (a) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon training posts and (b) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon consultants.

26 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase capacity building within the African Union to tackle human rights violations.

26 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed funding reductions to (a) Overseas Development Assistance and (b) USAID on the rebuilding of Tigray following

26 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what development aid his Department is providing to Tigray in Ethiopia to help (a) support the victims of sexual violence and (b) tackle violence against women and girls.

26 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent a breakdown of the peace agreement in Tigray.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Future of Work Cabinet Committee on (a) employment support and (b) paid employment leave for kinship carers.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority areas have been selected to take part in the kinship allowance trial scheme.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to assess the outcomes of the kinship allowance trial scheme.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for launching the kinship allowance trial scheme; and if she will make a statement.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department has withdrawn funding for non-specialist disabled students' allowance software.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted an equality impact assessment prior to the decision to withdraw funding for non-specialist disabled students' allowance software.

19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on increasing the use of symptomatic FIT for patients with suspected bowel cancer symptoms within General Practice.

19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make the data on the use of symptomatic FIT for patients with suspected bowel cancer symptoms across each ICB publicly available.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Disability: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to confirm the future of the Support for Families with Disabilities grant scheme for future financial years.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Disability: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of families unable to access the Support for Families with Disabilities grant scheme due to oversubscription in 2024-25.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Care leavers and Children in Care: Family Rights Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Lifelong Links on (a) children and young people in care and (b) care leavers.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will extend funding for (a) family finding, (b) befriending and (c) mentoring programmes to 2025-26.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) family finding, (b) befriending and (c) mentoring programmes.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) support the Summer Reading Challenge and (b) help increase the number of children reading for pleasure.

5 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Police: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to review regulations allowing police forces to remove officers suspected of gross misconduct.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for future teacher pay increases.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Academies and Maintained Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the level of children identified with special educational needs in (a) local authority maintained schools and (b) academies.

4 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of immigration and asylum policies on poverty among migrant children.

4 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Poverty: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of immigration and asylum policies on poverty among migrant households.

Source: official written-questions record.