Written questions

499 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether reducing ICB costs by 50 per cent will lead to reductions in front line services.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Resident Doctors: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date he received the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration report on resident doctors pay.

20 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the impact assessment for the Medical Devices and Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2025, published on 25 February 2025, whether the calculations used to estim

20 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are employed by (a) NHS England, (b) Health Education England, (c) NHS Digital, (d) NHS Improvement, (e) Health Research Authority, (f) Human Tissue Authority, (g) Human Fertilisati

20 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the decrease in the Lower Earnings Limit for National Insurance contributions announced in the Autumn 2024 Budget applies to (a) NHS England, (b) Health Education England, (c) NHS Digital,

20 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the increase in employer National Insurance contributions announced in the Autumn 2024 Budget applies to (a) NHS England, (b) Health Education England, (c) NHS Digital, (d) NHS Improvement,

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of average cost per activity under the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service, in the context of value-for-money references during the Urgent Question on the NHS Volunt

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has produced an impact assessment on the closure of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each (a) month, (b) quarter and (c) year since January 2023.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that patients receive adequate support following the closure of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Urgent Question on the NHS Volunteer and Care service on 19 May 2025, when he plans to launch the new volunteer portal.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many volunteers are registered with NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) tasks and (b) shifts booked from 1 June 2025 onwards with the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service have been cancelled.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) tasks and (b) shifts were provided by the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each quarter since May 2023.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) tasks and (b) shifts were provided by the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each month since May 2023.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received support from the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each quarter since January 2023.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received support from the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each month since May 2023.

14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f) investigations and (g) other reviews his Department launched betwe

14 May 2025 · Home Office

Passports: Sex

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 45772 on Passports: Sex, whether the sex marker confirms the (a) biological and (b) legal sex of the passport holder.

13 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of hectares of (a) agricultural land, (b) Grade 1 agricultural land, (c) Grade 2 agricultural land, (d) Grade 3a agricultural land, (e) Grade

13 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Gender Recognition

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have a gender recognition certificate.

13 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Wards: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 45763 on Women, when he expects his review of delivering same-sex accommodation guidance to be completed.

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Women

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 45761 on Women, when the updated Statutory Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations will be published.

25 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Waste: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2025 to Question 44517 on Domestic Waste: Birmingham, when he expects the risk assessment on the potential public health impacts of uncollected waste in Birmingha

25 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Waste: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with relevant stakeholders to discuss the potential risks to public health posed by uncollected rubbish in Birmingham.

25 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Salmonella: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of salmonella infections have been reported in Birmingham in each of the last six months.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Remand in Custody: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children are detained on remand awaiting trial (a) in total and (b) by (i) age and (ii) duration of time since placed in custody.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Measles

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on measles.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings (a) he and (b) his Ministers have had with the doctors and dentists review body since July 2024.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Passports: Sex

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) passports and (b) other documents issued by her Department can be used to prove someone's sex.

Source: official written-questions record.