Written questions

1,705 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve training for medical staff on postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce incidences of the misdiagnosis of patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve maternity safety in hospitals.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with families who have experienced baby loss on their experience of (a) maternity services and (b) other healthcare provision.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with deaf people on their experience of (a) the healthcare system and (b) social care.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Home Care Services: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that deaf people can receive appropriate care at home.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of (a) care and (b) support for deaf people in care homes.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of illegal tobacco revenues on organised crime networks; and what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Sales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the Cancer Research UK and University College London entitled Cancer in the UK: Overview 2025, published in July 2025, and her Department's Tobacco statistics commentary, updated on 2

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the current tobacco excise regime on the budgets of lower-income households.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the current tobacco excise duty regime on the levels of illegal tobacco consumption.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve (a) victim support and (b) communication processes with (i) victims and (ii) victims' families within the (A) court system and (B) criminal justice system.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) victim and (b) family support in the (i) the court system and (b) the criminal justice system.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking with the Parole Board to ensure that (a) victims and (b) their families have a key role in the decision-making process in early parole release hearings.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of early parole release decisions on (a) victim wellbeing and (b) public confidence in the criminal justice system.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Crimes of Violence: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of excluding people convicted of violent offences from early parole eligibility.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been granted early parole in each of the last five years; and how many prisoners granted early parole subsequently committed (a) violent and (b) sexual offences in each of the last five ye

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Parole Board on the involvement of victims in early parole release decisions.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Open Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences for (a) violent and (b) sexual offences have been transferred to open prisons in the last five years.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Open Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has any plans to review (a) policies on the transfer of prisoners to open prisons and (b) the eligibility criteria for prisoners to be moved to open prisons.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of children in receipt of Disability Living Allowance on the long-term financial sustainability of that benefit.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Parents: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) parents and (b) carers who have had to stop full time work following a child’s cancer diagnosis.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he is taking to support parents who have to leave work following a child’s diagnosis of cancer.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) treatment and (b) support for children with cancer.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with (a) local authorities and (b) voluntary organisations to assist disabled people with transportation to medical appointments.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support people with disabilities to meet the cost of (a) energy bills and (b) transport (i) to medical appointments and (ii) in genera

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with housing developers on the long term impacts of unadopted estates on (a) existing residents, (b) the maintenance of infrastruct

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

Property Development: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he make it his policy to issue guidance to local planning authorities on potential enforcement action when housing developers fail to complete infrastructure projects.

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

Property Development: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered introducing a statutory timeframe within which housing developers must (a) complete and (b) handover infrastructure to local authorities for

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new housing estates are adopted by local authorities in a timely manner.

Source: official written-questions record.