Written questions

841 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infectious Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a centre of excellence for care and research for infection-associated chronic conditions.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to allocate additional funding towards the Government's myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue delivery plan.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January to Question 22097 on Drugs: Organised Crime, what steps she is taking to tackle cuckooing.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how (a) the Local News Commission and (b) other similar organisations will be able to contribute to the development of her planned local media strategy.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Givinostat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) NHS England and (b) ITF Pharma UK on the provision of (i) resources and (ii) guidance to NHS trusts to enable them to take part in the Early Access Progr

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Givinostat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that all eligible NHS Trusts participate in the early access programme for givinostat.

29 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Resilience Review has incorporated input from the voluntary and community sector; and what steps he plans to take to facilitate ongoing collaboration in resilience planning and response.

29 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that the findings of the Government's Resilience Review (a) reflect the specific needs of and (b) engage with (i) people on low incomes, (ii) people who face discrimination and

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

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional funding and resources will be allocated to local authorities to implement the recommendations of the Government's Resilience Review.

29 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on long-term funding and resource allocations for cross-government resilience work; and how these agreements will support the delivery of the Gove

27 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Non-molestation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to (a) financially and (b) emotionally support victims of domestic abuse (i) when seeking a non-molestation order and (ii) in other circumstances, in the context of seeking a n

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU rights reservation mechanisms for Artificial intelligence and copyright.

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will introduce transparency obligations on Artificial intelligence firms to disclose material used to train models.

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has conducted a market impact assessment for the options in the open consultation entitled Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, published on 17 December 2024.

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that proposed copyright exemptions for Artificial intelligence training will lead to inward investment.

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to develop technical standards to enable rightsholders to reserve rights if they opt-out of training generative artificial intelligence models.

21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to standardise the use of Pathological Demand Avoidance for autism diagnosis.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Equal Pay: Social Class

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help tackle class pay gaps in the private sector.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Biotechnology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans he has to work with regional upper tier authorities to coordinate public-private initiatives for development in the sustainable biomanufacturing sector; and if he will make a

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

Chemicals

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to review the UK Chemical Strategy.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Biotechnology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to create a taskforce to develop a sustainable biomanufacturing strategy.

16 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future of Long Covid clinics.

13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to regulate the advertising of vapes in local vape shops on high streets so that they do not appeal to children.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) statutory requirements and (b) guidance exist for (i) local authorities and (ii) schools to prevent children with special education needs becoming Children Missing Education.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to mandate local authorities to collect information on special educational needs disaggregated by primary need.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to expand the statutory definition of Children Missing Education to include children with special educational needs not receiving adequate education.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Digital Markets Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Digital Markets Unit can make effective market interventions.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Information Commissioner's Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the enforcement practices of the Information Commissioner's Office cohere with the regulatory duties of that Office.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Databases: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how the Data (Use and Access) Bill will ensure that publishers can access data effectively when ensuring regulatory compliance.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Trapping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made implications for his policies of the risks to companion animals in England posed by the use of snare traps.

Source: official written-questions record.