Written questions

1,705 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national awareness campaign on prostate cancer.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for publication of the review of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.

13 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to agricultural property relief on (a) the UK’s food security and (b) trends in the numbers of farms in the next five years.

13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to prioritise buying medical devices from UK companies.

13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason she increased council tax referendum thresholds.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis on providing additional support to prevent the closure of key strategic steel plants.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the cost of motor insurance premiums.

12 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Overseas Visitors: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce charges for EU visitors to the UK, in the context of the EU’s planned introduction of the EUR 7 visa waiver charge under its Etias system.

12 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing (a) beer duty and (b) other alcohol duties for pubs.

12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks and Smoking: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of illegal sales of (a) tobacco, (b) vape and c) alcohol products.

12 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the effectiveness of counter-terrorism measures.

12 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent irregular migrants working in the UK from accessing (a) social security benefits and (b) the NHS.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Absent Voting: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help prevent postal vote fraud.

11 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Money Laundering: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to prevent money laundering by foreign nationals.

11 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will extend the 75% business rates relief for retail, hospitality, and leisure businesses after 2025.

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Leukaemia: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of levels of capacity in phlebotomy services on the time taken for leukaemia cases to be diagnosed.

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Leukaemia: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help support community pharmacists in the early detection of leukaemia, (b) expand phlebotomy capacity and (c) increase levels of access to full blood cou

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

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with (a) local authority officers and (b) local authority elected representatives on the cancellation of the local elections in West Sussex, and if s

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

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with (a) local authority officers and (b) local authority elected representatives on the cancellation of local elections in East Sussex; and if she w

6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the conversations and negotiations which she had in order to determine which elections were to be postponed.

6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy that local authority areas which have had elections postponed in May 2025 will have elections in May 2026.

6 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: British Indian Ocean Territory

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which groups of Chagossians he has met with; and when he met them.

6 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the transferring of sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

6 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost is of the financial settlement for the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reports of benefit fraud were made to her Department in 2024; and how many and what proportion of these resulted in benefits being revoked.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

STEM Subjects: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase opportunities for STEM apprentices.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase the number of high skilled apprenticeships.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support freedom of speech in (a) schools and (b) universities.

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

Water Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinvesting fines collected from water companies in reducing water bills.

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

Water Charges: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to help consumers with the cost of water bills.

Source: official written-questions record.