Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to publish information on profits made by Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts providers (a) Serco, (b) Mears and (c) Clearsprings through those contracts.

27 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support prisoners leaving prisons with drug addiction.

27 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: Fossil Fuels

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of revoking the windfall tax on oil and gas companies on trends in the level of future renewable investment.

27 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: Fossil Fuels

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, What assessment she has made of the potential impact of revoking the windfall tax on oil and gas companies on the revenues of the exchequer.

27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that ethnic minority women are adequately represented in the development of national maternity care (a) policies and (b) guidelines.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Protection: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and (b) NHS stakeholders on the potential impact of the Data (Use and Access) Bill on protectio

27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the NHS of missed appointments by children and young people with cancer due to unaffordable travel costs.

27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a fund to support young cancer patients and their families in access to treatment and care.

27 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Stamp Duty Land Tax: First Time Buyers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of incoming stamp duty thresholds on first-time buyers in (a) London and (b) other high cost areas.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to early years funding on social enterprise nurseries following the changes to National Insurance Contributions.

27 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Nurseries: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to introduce exemptions or adjustments to National Insurance Contributions for social enterprise nurseries.

27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking through (a) recruitment and (b) retention practices to ensure the diversity of the maternity healthcare professional workforce.

27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with (a) NHS England and (b) healthcare professionals to ensure that patients from ethnic minority backgrounds are able to discuss any concerns they may have on

27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the quality of maternity care for women from Black and Asian backgrounds.

27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postnatal Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that (a) all and (b) ethnic minority women have effective access to (i) postnatal care, (ii) mental health support and (iii) support for new mothers.

27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) the National Institute for Health Research have commissioned (i) research and (ii) evaluation on systemic racism in maternity services.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Public Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will add public interest duties to her Department’s open consultation entitled A railway fit for Britain's future, published on 18 February 2025.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has completed an equality impact assessment on its consultation proposals entitled A railway fit for Britain's future, published on 18 February 2025.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) restricting eligibility for PIP, (b) reducing the health component of Universal Credit and (c) removing the health component of Universal Cred

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the impact of (a) housing, (b) income, (c) access to education and (d) other social determinants of health on maternal health outcomes for ethnic

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support local maternity services to tackle racial disparities; and whether his Department monitors the compliance of these services with guidelines on (a

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that Black, Asian, and other minority ethnic women receive equitable access to high-quality maternity care in (a) areas with significant health in

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure that data collection on maternity care outcomes is disaggregated by ethnicity and (b) reduce gaps in this data.

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives and Obstetrics: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that culturally competent (a) midwifery and (b) obstetric training is available in the NHS; and how his Department assesses the effectiveness of these

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty strategy will set longer term goals beyond the next 10 years.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty strategy will include the removal of the (a) two-child limit and (b) benefit cap.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Take-up

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the take up of benefits in households with children in poverty.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased usage of heavy vehicles on recent trends in the levels of expenditure on road maintenance and repairs.

24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and proportion of maternity services that use tailored interventions to address the specific needs of ethnic minority groups and (b) effectiv

24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) reduce racial disparities in the (i) experiences, (ii) levels of satisfaction and (iii) care outcomes of women during (A) antenatal, (B) l

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