Written questions

519 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle inequalities in (a) access to clinical trials and (b) specialist psychological support for young people with cancer.

26 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of young people with cancer who were diagnosed at Stage (a) one and (b) two.

21 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to fill the humanitarian and development gap left by the USAID funding freezes.

8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients that rely on medicines for (a) epilepsy, (b) ADHD and (c) Parkinson's are not impacted by supply shortages.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timescale is for introducing legislation to ban the import of hunting trophies.

10 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Thalassaemia: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS England on the introduction of (a) gene therapy and (b) other new treatments for patients with thalassaemia.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Crossings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to enforce pedestrian priority at pedestrian crossing points without traffic control measures as set out in the update to the Highway Code in January 2022.

22 Jan 2024 · Women and Equalities

Recruitment: Advertising

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring employers to publish salary information when advertising job opportunities.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with the hon. Member for Enfield, Southgate and Barnardo’s to discuss developing a Black Foster Care Network to improve the experiences of Black children in care.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with the hon. Member for Enfield, Southgate and Barnardo’s to discuss how local authorities can work with partners to prevent the over-criminalisation of Black children in the care system.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will update the HM Prison and Probation Service Strategy for Care-Experienced People to include a specific focus on race.

8 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of children’s access to vaccination services.

8 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Measles: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce children’s exposure to measles.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has carried out an equality impact assessment of the elite sport funding of deaf people.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the allocation of UK Sport funding to (a) deaf athletes and (b) the Deaflympics.

27 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probate: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help reduce waiting times for grant of probate.

17 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the new national template for Education, Health and Care plans that is being tested by SEND Change Programme Partnerships.

17 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen mediation through the SEND Change Programme; and what outcome measures will be used to determine the success of those changes.

17 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reforms on (a) mediation and (b) choice of education placement for children and young people who have an Education, Health and Care plan are being tested as part of the SEND Change Programme.

15 Nov 2023 · Cabinet Office

Neurodiversity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the tracking of people with neurodiverse conditions on his Department's diversity monitoring forms.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with neurodiverse conditions who used the access to work scheme in the last 12 months.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the access to work scheme to people with neurodiverse conditions.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: ADHD

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising support for people with ADHD through the access to work scheme in the context of shortages in ADHD medication.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Post Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing DVLA services from the Post Office in March 2024 on (a) elderly people and (b) people without internet access.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 17 April 2023 on Achieving Smokefree 2030: cutting smoking and stopping kids vaping, HCWS710, whether his Department has made an assessment of

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the enforcement of regulations prohibiting the use of e-scooters on public (a) roads, (b) pavements and (c) cycle lanes.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives from car insurance providers on the potential impact of trends in the price of insurance premiums on policyholders; and whether he is taking steps to i

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the trends in the price of car insurance premiums in the past 12 months.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure small businesses reduce their use of single-use plastics.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kenya: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent violence in Kenya.

Source: official written-questions record.