Written questions

2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of local government reorganisation on educational services for children with SEND.

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that decisions relating to local government reorganisation meet relevant (a) public sector equality duties and (b) provisions of the

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the disaggregation of services in local government reorganisation proposals on (a) governance and (b) service d

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports Competitors: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department requires sports bodies in receipt of public funding to demonstrate how their participation policies promote inclusion and safe access to grassroots sport for transgender pe

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports Competitors: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that national governing bodies receiving funding from Sport England assess and mitigate safeguarding risks for transgender participants arising fr

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thames Water: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a letter of comfort or other formal assurance has been given to allow Thames Water to issue debt to finance South East Strategic Reservoir Option.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has issued guidance to early years educational settings on the use of screens in nurseries.

20 Feb 2026 · Attorney General

Begging and Vagrancy: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, what data her Department holds on the number of prosecutions under the Vagrancy Act 1824 in the last five years.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to release an impact assessment for changes to the NICE cost-effectiveness threshold.

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lipoedema

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how lipoedema is classified within NICE guidance and NHS commissioning frameworks; and whether he plans to review the categorisation of lipoedema-related interventions to ensure they reflect clinic

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lipoedema

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training and guidance is provided to GPs and other frontline clinicians on recognising and managing lipoedema; and whether he plans to review undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing profess

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lipoedema

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether lipoedema has a diagnostic code within NHS data systems; what steps he is taking to improve the collection of data on prevalence, diagnosis and outcomes for people with lipoedema; and what

26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing funding for epilepsy research.

26 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Police: Racially Aggravated Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance the Government provides to police forces to (a) help deal with racially aggravated sexual assault and (b) support victims of those crimes.

16 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Children's Social Care Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the independent report entitled Independent review of children's social care: final report, published on 23 May 2022, how much of the recommended new spending of £2.6 billion has been allocate

16 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Children's Social Care Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has committed to implement the recommendations of the Independent review of children's social care: final report, published on 23 May 2022, in each of the next five years.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether provisions of the UK-India trade deal address the freedom and human rights of minority groups in India.

9 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Depressive Illnesses: Ketamine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to request that NICE conduct an exceptional (expedited) partial review of the NICE Depression guideline (NG222) to consider the inclusion of intravenous racemic ketamine as an opti

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Asbestos: Industrial Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to ensure that incidences of asbestos-related disease are accurately and consistently recorded to allow analysis of the scale of asbestos-related diseases such as mesotheli

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Asbestos: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to ensure asbestos awareness training is provided to a) health and education workers or b) all public-sector workers in order to reduce the risk of contracting mesothelioma

2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mesothelioma: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider specific funding for mesothelioma nursing posts.

2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mesothelioma: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider establishing a national clinical audit for people living with mesothelioma to understand a) the need for preventative measures and b) the scale of treatment needed.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Asbestos: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2025 to Question 77524, whether he will recommend the work of the UK National Asbestos Register to the HSE in order to accelerate its work to create an asbestos cens

10 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the potential merits of statutory regulation of therapy titles.

19 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has drafted a response to the ICJ opinion of 22 October 2025 entitled Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Na

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to introduce screening for asymptomatic heart conditions in young people in sports settings.

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help raise awareness among young people of the risks of sudden cardiac death in (a) grassroots sports clubs and (b) higher education settings.

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

Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the planned timetable is for transferring tenants currently on shorthold tenancies to periodic assured tenancies.

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure social media companies protect consumers from illegal content advertising weight loss jabs.

28 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Public Lavatories: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to negotiate an agreement with the EU for a reciprocal key scheme to allow access to disabled toilets in Europe.

Source: official written-questions record.