Written questions

2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the regulatory framework for the health and wellness sector.

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Complaints

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to review the framework for complaints handling by departments.

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman complaints which are upheld.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Multiple Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September to Question 75141 on Multiple Occupation, if his Department will undertake such an assessment.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Multiple Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of (a) trends in the level of houses in multiple occupation and (b) the potential impact of those trends on local communities.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Phenylketonuria: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve treatment of phenylketonuria.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2025 to Question 68504 on Visas: Families, what her Department's timetable is for responding to the report by the Migration Advisory Committee entitled Family Route:

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted a comparative assessment of how much physical retailers will pay as a result of business rates changes with online-only retailers in 2026.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment of charging business rates for physical retail premises in (a) Liverpool Walton constituency, (b) constituencies which have an anchor store providing footfal

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will conduct an impact assessment on increasing financial pressures in the retail sector in (a) the UK and (b) Liverpool Walton constituency.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed single remote betting and gaming duty on the finances of pools operators.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Trams

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure that new tramway schemes use domestically produced tramway rails.

16 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the report by the Migration Advisory Committee entitled Family Route: Financial Requirements Review, published

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 66249 on Pupil Exclusions, whether parents will retain their ability to hold local authorities and schools to account through the EHCP procedure and its safegu

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 66249 on Pupil Exclusions, what her planned timetable is for her Department's changes to data collection to be made.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to make changes to the collection of data in relation to (a) suspensions and (b) permanent exclusions in England.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of disabled children not reinstated in school when an independent review panel has quashed a permanent exclusion.

8 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to consult trade unions on the (a) award of public contracts and (b) appointment of strategic suppliers.

8 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Climate Change

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the report by ActionAid UK entitled Who Pays the Price?, published in April 2025.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of statutory sick pay.

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays to employment tribunal hearings.

8 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement, published on 12 February 2025, when he plans to introduce a public interest test for contracting authorities to assess whether work should be outsourc

3 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the national inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation is (a) independent and (b) led by survivors.

16 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of betting duty harmonisation on the promotion of online gaming products by bookmakers.

16 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of betting duty harmonisation on levels of black market gambling.

16 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Horse Racing: Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of proposed proposals on the harmonisation of gambling duties on the British horseracing industry.

16 May 2025 · Treasury

Gambling: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an assessment has been made of the potential impact of betting duty harmonisation on the level of advertising of online gaming products.

16 May 2025 · Treasury

Gambling: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposals in her Department’s consultation on the harmonisation of gambling duties on the British horseracing industry.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment for Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Standing Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of abolishing standing charges for energy.

Source: official written-questions record.