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.