Written questions

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress her Department has made on working with developers to ensure unsafe buildings are remediated quickly.

13 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Fraud

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce fraud in the public sector.

13 May 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Berkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of school places for children with SEND in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

13 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent violence and harassment towards NHS staff.

13 May 2025 · Attorney General

Offensive Weapons: Slough

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of cases involving use of offensive weapons in Slough.

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

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support local councils to tackle fly-tipping.

13 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on setting up AI growth zones.

13 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Menopause

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers are supporting women managing menopause in the workplace.

13 May 2025 · Women and Equalities

Sexual Harassment: Employment

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure employers are proactive in preventing workplace sexual harassment.

13 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken with his international counterparts to enable humanitarian aid to reach Gaza.

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

Animal Welfare: Farms

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to improve farmed animal welfare.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce health inequalities (a) in general and (b) for children.

9 May 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support pupils undertaking exams when experiencing (a) health issues and (b) bereavement.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the post-diagnosis support available to people with dementia.

8 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to help enable humanitarian aid to reach people in Tawila, fleeing Zamzam camp in Sudan.

8 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Aid Workers and Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to ensure (a) the safety of humanitarian workers and (b) the delivery of humanitarian aid in Sudan.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that NHS patients who are deaf are able to adequately communicate with NHS staff about their care.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory (a) Accessible Information Standard and (b) deaf awareness training for NHS staff.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS compliance with the Accessible Information Standard.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to make NHS services more accessible for deaf patients.

8 May 2025 · Department for Education

School Support Staff Negotiating Body

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timeline is for reinstating the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of prostate cancer screening for high risk groups.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Blood Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase awareness of the availability of a PSA blood test.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase awareness of the risk factors associated with prostate cancer.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase early stage detection rates for prostate cancer.

8 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Berkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage active travel in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

8 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to help improve cycling safety on roads.

8 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to ensure (a) compliance with and (b) raise awareness of legal lighting requirements for cyclists at night.

2 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of headlight dazzling on road user safety.

2 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with car manufacturers on the prevention of headlight dazzling from SUV style cars.

Source: official written-questions record.