Written questions

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Thames Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle antisocial behaviour in (a) Slough and (b) Thames Valley.

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Cladding Safety Scheme: Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of progress of remediation works by property management companies on properties approved for the Cladding Safety Scheme in Slough.

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with property management companies which manage property in Slough with cladding that requires remediation.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of NHS clinical oncologists that will be required for each of the next five years.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether steps his Department has taken to reduce waiting times for palliative radiotherapy treatment.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to meet national targets on urgent cancer referrals.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of clinical oncologists working within the NHS.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Foreign Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Pakistan on press freedom within Pakistan.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on human rights in Pakistan.

31 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Valve Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of funding levels for research into the (a) detection and (b) treatment of heart valve disease.

31 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Valve Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase awareness of the symptoms of heart valve disease.

31 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve (a) the provision of and (b) access to palliative care.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support public libraries in Slough.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Berkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funding available for public libraries in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Berkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of public libraries in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in the level of fraud in the welfare system.

30 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with Slough Borough Council to tackle homelessness.

30 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the quality of temporary accommodation provided in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Construction: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of construction apprenticeships in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the South East.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to help end discrimination against disabled people.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Religion: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national plan for religious education.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's target response time is for correspondence from Rt hon. and hon. Members.

23 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Low Incomes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to provide financial support to the lowest earners.

23 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Marginal Tax Rates: Economic Growth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19379 on Marginal Tax Rates, for what reason there are lower marginal rates of taxation for higher earners than in some lower earning brackets; and what assessm

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Driving Licences: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether driving licences available through the gov.uk app will have integration with (a) Apple Wallet, (b) Google Wallet, (c) Samsung Wallet and (d) other common on-device wallets.

22 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that there is equal service provision by local authorities for the (a) issuing and (b) delivery of education, health and care plans.

22 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on increased demand for SEN support in schools.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review school food standards to ensure they adequately address the nutritional content of meals provided in breakfast clubs.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to monitor levels of perfluoroalkyl substances in tap water.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the prevalence of perfluoroalkyl substances in (a) bottled and (b) tap water.

Source: official written-questions record.