Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to hold a consultation on the forthcoming food strategy.

14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Leading food experts join Government food strategy to restore pride in British food, published on 21 March 2025, what steps he

14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Leading food experts join Government food strategy to restore pride in British food, published on 21 March 2025, what steps he

14 May 2025 · Treasury

Horticulture: Employers' Contributions and Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has produced impact assessments on the potential impact of the (a) increase to employer National Insurance contributions and (b) changes to Business Property Relief on the horticulture sector.

14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing the Environmental Horticulture Group's recommendations from its report entitled Mission Green Growth: A Strategic Pl

14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support he is providing to the horticulture sector to encourage young people into its workforce.

14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plants: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an easement-extension of the deadline for UK Plant Passports to be affixed to retail-ready plants in th

14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plants: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to expedite the (a) rollout of the Authorised Operator Status (AOS) and (b) a POD+ (Place of Destination) system for the trade of high-risk plants.

13 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May to Question 50557 on Prescriptions: ICT, whether he plans to ensure all Electronic Prescription Service Pharmacies use the Real Time Exemption Checking Service.

13 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS facilities exist to carry out diagnostic testing of patients for Paraneoplastic Encephalitis.

9 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps: Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's blog entitled Warm Homes Plan and heat pumps, published on 21 November 2024, when permitted development rights fo

7 May 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Russia

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of (a) funds, (b) near cash assets and (c) other financial instruments held by (i) the Bank of England and (ii) other UK licensed financial institutions for (A) the Central Bank of Russia, (B

7 May 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Russia

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of (a) funds, (b) near cash assets and (c) other financial instruments held by (i) the Bank of England and (ii) other UK licensed financial institutions is on behalf of Euroclear Group entities

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors Regulation Authority: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been (a) issued and (b) withdrawn on appeal by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in each of the last three years for which data is available.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to encourage pharmacies to register for the Real Time Exemption Checking Service.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of community pharmacies are registered to use the Real Time Exemption Checking Service in England.

6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will require operators of generative AI models to seek approval from authors for using any published materials available online prior to using such materials for their own purposes.

1 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Databases: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what routes of recourse exists for writers whose work has been uploaded as pirated material to a database without their consent or knowledge of the authors (a) against the database owne

1 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications of abolishing NHS England on the delivery of public health programmes described in the NHS Public Health Functions Agreements.

1 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the planned national pandemic exercise in Autumn 2025.

1 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS on the capacity of ICBs to cut their running costs.

1 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of levels of fines for fly-tipping.

30 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Independent Review of the Loan Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the scope of the Loan Charge review.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

T-levels: Engineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support further education colleges to secure T Level placements for (a) engineering and (b) other subject students.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

T-levels: Engineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with EngineeringUK on supporting engineering companies in providing T Level placements for engineering students in further education.

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how leaseholders can challenge costs incurred for a Deed of Variation to leasehold agreements.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 29802 on Parking: Software, what recent discussions her Department has had with the parking industry on the future rollout of the National Parking Platform

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that train station car parks offer alternatives to online payment methods.

28 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Royal Mail: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March to Question 34653 on Royal Mail: Workplace Pensions, how many of the 906 overpayments of tax free lump sums in 2024 have been resolved by (a) payment in full, (b) part payment

28 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Royal Mail: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March to Question 34653 on Royal Mail: Workplace Pensions, how many of the 906 retirees effected by tax free lump sum overpayments in 2024 have been offered (a) compensation or (b) a

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