Written questions
1,206 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including NHS Professionals employees in the NHS Pension Scheme.
7 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to determine when bans on personal imports of food products should be implemented following disease outbreaks.
7 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dairy Products and Meat: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department plans to use to decide when personal imports of meat and dairy products from the European Union can be reinstated.
7 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Maternity Leave: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that public sector employers provide adequate support to employees returning from maternity leave.
7 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Flexible Working: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the merits of flexible working patterns in (a) the Civil Service and (b) the wider public sector.
6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Meta's use of the LibGen database to train artificial intelligence models on UK creative workers.
23 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Electronic Travel Authorisations: Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme on tourism.
22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autism: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve autism (a) awareness and (b) understanding among the adult population.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Water: Water Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increased water bills on Thames Water customers in (a) Tooting and (b) other areas.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Water: Water Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the impact of increased water bills on Thames Water customers.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Stamp Duty Land Tax: First Time Buyers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a higher stamp duty threshold for first-time buyers in inner London boroughs.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equalising VAT rates for (a) home and (b) public electric vehicle charging points.
8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Visitors: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of health visitor check-ups for newborns within the first 12 months.
8 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many were awaiting decisions from the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme under the Separated Families pathway as of 8 April 2025.
8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Anti-social Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of measures for protecting tenants experiencing anti-social behaviour in local authority housing.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure mental health services are integrated into employment support programmes.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help jobseekers manage their mental health while looking for employment.
7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of NHS therapy treatments for adult survivors of childhood abuse.
7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to widen access to appropriate therapy treatments for adult survivors of childhood abuse.
4 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Public Bodies: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to encourage public service bodies to buy British-made products.
4 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that Government procurement policies promote British (a) manufacturers and (b) suppliers.
1 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the expiration of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on foster (a) carers and (b) children.
21 Mar 2025 · Treasury
Corporation Tax: Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the amount of corporation tax lost due to tax (a) evasion and (b) avoidance during the current financial year to date.
21 Mar 2025 · Treasury
Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that large corporations pay the correct amount of tax.
19 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Meta: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Meta's content reporting procedures.
19 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Pylons: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to manage the environmental impact of installing overground pylons.
28 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Veterinary Services: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing statutory regulation of the veterinary profession.
27 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing (a) artists, (b) musicians and (c) other people in creative industries to opt in, rather than opt out, to their intellectual pro
21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve diagnostic pathways for those suffering from persistent unexplained symptoms.
21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce incidents of diagnostic bias within the NHS.
Source: official written-questions record.