Written questions

Julia Lopez

153 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to secure a sustainable future for the vision rehabilitation workforce.

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the effect of no national oversight relating to the quality of vision rehabilitation services for patients in England and (b) the experiences of those

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of recent trends in the number of patients receiving timely access to vision rehabilitation services in line with industry best practice.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Drugs: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing VAT to to medicines provided free under Early Access Medicines Scheme programmes on pharmaceutical companies.

31 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Drugs: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her (a) Department and (b) HMRC have conducted on the potential impact on clinical trial numbers from the introduction of VAT to medicines provided free under Early Access Medicines Scheme programmes

31 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Drugs: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment (a) her Department and (b) HMRC have conducted on the potential impact on patient access to innovative medicines from the introduction of VAT to medicines provided free under Early Access Medicines S

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Business: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to expand the (a) Enterprise Investment Scheme and (b) Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme scheme to support older companies seeking increased investment.

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Business: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reforming the (a) Enterprise Investment Scheme and (b) Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme to improve support for firms in the post-start-up phase.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the potential merits of creating a dedicated scale-up investment scheme.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Technology: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support access to growth capital for scaling UK tech firms.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Medical Treatments: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the application of VAT for (a) medicines and (b) treatments provided for medical (i) trials or (ii) compass

23 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Drugs: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps with HM Revenue and Customs to help ensure that a(a) medicines and (b) treatments provided under the Early Access to Medicines Scheme are not subjected to (i) direct or (ii) indirect VAT.

23 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Drugs: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will commission guidance from HM Revenue and Customs clarifying whether medicines supplied under the Early Access Medicines Scheme fall outside the scope of VAT Deemed Supply rules.

23 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Drugs: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether medicines provided free under Early Access Medicines Scheme programmes are liable for output VAT.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Products and Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her Department's planned timetable is for the implementation of outstanding provisions in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 70873, whether her Department has commissioned the use of hotel accommodation in the London Borough of Havering for the purpose of housing asylum

1 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Digital

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the SFIA rate card in Annex 5 of the signed Work Order for Project_7114, published on Contracts Finder on 9 July 2025, if he will (a) publish the underlying rate card and (b) disclose any mark-

1 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Digital

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will itemise each (a) contract awarded and (b) payment made to Public Digital by his Department since 4 July 2024.

29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office

Bloom Procurement Services and Public Digital: Contracts for Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to contract reference Contract_17123 for the Public Sector Reform Test, Learn and Grow Strategic Delivery Partner, how many suppliers were invited to bid for the contract through Bloom Procurement

29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Digital: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will commission an investigation by the Government Internal Audit Agency into contracts awarded to Public Digital since 4 July 2024.