Written questions
2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.
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, whether any of the 906 tax free lump sum overpayments in 2024 related to retirement in previous years.
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, what the total value of the 906 tax free lump sum overpayments in 2024 was.
22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Guided Weapons: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to increase levels of production of (a) air defence and (b) land attack missiles.
22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Guided Weapons: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on missile production capacity.
22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Cruise Missiles: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's cruise missile production capacity.
22 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Advertising Standards Authority
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section five of the policy paper entitled New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth, updated on 31 March 2025, whether she made an assessment of the potential merits of seekin
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
UK Neuro Forum
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on plans for the UK Neuro Forum.
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neurology: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) professional bodies and (b) the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors on the existing and future skills and capacity requirements of the
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neurology: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the neuroscience workforce.
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neurology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the NHS England Neuroscience Transformation Programme.
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
EU Countries: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in (a) the EU or (b) individual EU member nations on permitting UK citizens reciprocal rights to visit the (i) EU or (ii) any EU member nation for periods of
17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
EU Countries: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with his Schengen Area counterparts on exempting UK citizens from the restrictions on visiting Schengen Area countries.
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42316 on NHS: Buildings, if he will take steps to publish further data on the (a) occupancy and (b) utilisation rates of all clinical rooms in the
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April to Question 42318 on NHS: Buildings, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting intelligent booking systems to maximise the utilisation of t
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Relationships and Sex Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making sexual health education a compulsory element of the statutory RHSE curriculum in (a) secondary schools and (b) colleges.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 32060 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to publish a cross-departmental consultation on measures to hel
7 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rented Housing: Home Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring home insurers to offer insurance to landlords offering tenancies to tenants on benefits.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Luton Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of expanding Luton Airport on economic growth; and if she will publish the modelling that underpins that assessment.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Luton Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason she announced the expansion of Luton Airport before publishing a climate emissions framework.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Luton Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department sought legal advice on the compatibility of its decision to expand Luton Airport on the UK's commitments under the 2015 Paris climate accord.
1 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including postgraduate students in the eligibility criteria for the (a) Childcare Grant and (b) Parent Learners Allowance.
1 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including postgraduate students in receipt of (a) stipends and (b) bursaries in the eligibility criteria for free childcare.
31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28599 on Doctors: Training, if he will conduct a review of the selection process for medical specialty training places with a view to giving p
31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholism: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department provides to support services for the children of alcoholics.
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that air pollution levels near (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) GP surgeries do not exceed the World Health Organisation's recommended limits.
31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Air Pollution: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of air pollution on children’s health.
31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Plans: Gardens Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 39567 on Local Plans: Gardens Trust, what criteria was applied to the decision to remove the Gardens Trust as a statutory plan
28 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting intelligent booking systems to maximise the utilisation of the NHS property estate.
28 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the NHS of (a) unused and (b) underused clinical (i) buildings and (ii) rooms.
28 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) occupancy and (b) utilisation rates of clinical rooms in the NHS estate was in the latest period for which data is available.
Source: official written-questions record.