Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to enable Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB to allow GP to make referrals to adult ADHD assessment waiting lists.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Research and Development tax relief disclosures have been made in each month since 31 December 2024.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average time taken from claim to decision was for Research and Development tax relief in (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2024-25.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum age requirement for children to travel on a motorbike as a pillion passenger.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Occupational Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,with reference to the consultation entitled Proposals to extend medicines responsibilities for paramedics, physiotherapists, operating department practitioners and diagnostic radiographers published

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to process the settlement protection ILR applications from Syrian nationals.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to create a standardised pathway for the genetic testing of people with motor neurone disease.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Disabled Facilities Grants: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of waiting times for the processing of Disabled Facilities Grants for people with (a) motor neurone disease and (b) other

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's proposal for pharmacists to be granted additional powers to make minor substitutions to prescribed medica

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's correspondence entitled ACMD 3-year work programme 2025 to 2028: commissioning letter, published on 2 June 2025, if she will consult families of people reliant on me

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Third Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights of Session 2022-23 on The Violation of Family Life: Adoption of Children of Unmarried Women 1949–1976, HC 270, published on 15 July 2022

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of proposals from Stop Killing Games to require video game publishers to (a) permit and (b) facilitate the use of third party online servers

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Response to the Pre Action Protocol letter of from Wilson Solicitors LLP of 18 February, whether she intends to amend guidance for Home Office caseworkers on the Good character r

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ballistic Missile Defence: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s ballistic missile defence capability in light of the emerging threat environment.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Valuation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting shared ownership staircasing valuations to be (a) appealed or (b) negotiated by shared owners, using evidence

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Motor Insurance: Complaints

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the scope of the Financial Ombudsman to permit investigation of complaints about motor insurance companies where the claimant is not a direct custo

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Conditions of Employment: Women

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the open letter from Young Women's Trust entitled For the Employment Rights Bill to work for young women and their employers, the Spending Review must increase funding for enforcement of

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fair Work Agency: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether young women will be represented on the Advisory Board for the Fair Work Agency.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: Women's Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Factsheet: The Fair Work Agency, whether the agency will be specifically mandated to uphold the rights of young women in the workplace.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fair Work Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will include further consultation on the scope of the Fair Work Agency in the roadmap for delivering the Employment Rights Bill.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the role of a Fair Work Commissioner to ensure the independent enforcement of workers' rights.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an estimate of the amount of non-residential building roof space that is (a) available and (b) suitable for the installation of solar panels.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovate UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how unsuccessful applicants to Innovate UK funding streams can seek feedback on their applications.

21 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July to Question 63598 on Immigration: Hong Kong, what the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average waiting time is for a biometric enrolment appointment from the date of

21 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63598 on Immigration: Hong Kong, how many and what proportion of applications to the priority visa service for BNO (British National Overseas) Indefin

21 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Impact Assessments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will carry out sector-specific impact assessments for proposed non-domestic rate multipliers ahead of the Autumn Budget 2025.

21 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Disability Aids: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the guidance entitled Get VAT relief on certain goods if you have a disability, updated on 22 January 2019, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting (a) sports clubs and

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability for patients to message their GP practice using the NHS app for medical and appointment enquiries over lunchtime periods.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the thresholds for determining the interest rate on student loan repayments for people living abroad in the context of local taxation levels.

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Glyphosate

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Network Rail on the potential merits of (a) reducing and (b) eliminating the use of glyphosate herbicides on railway property.

Source: official written-questions record.