Written questions

669 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breasts: Plastic Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women in the UK have received Allergan breast implants.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breasts: Plastic Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the research programmes that are underway on the safety of breast implants.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breasts: Plastic Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) breast implants and (b) PIP breast implants have ruptured and had to be removed in the last 10 years; and how many of those ruptured implants were not listed on the breast and cosmetic

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Poverty: Children

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing child poverty on the economy.

1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nursing and Midwifery Council: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on wait times for (a) general cases and (b) cases before the case examiner.

21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Playing Fields: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the impact of Sport England’s consultee status on planning applications for playing field

12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Property Management Compnaies and Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect leaseholders from (a) poor-performing managing agents and (b) excessive service charges.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support victims of rape and sexual violence through the court system.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure fire safety for new (a) high rise buildings, (b) complex or mixed use developments and (c) sites with known access or water-supply c

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Preventive Medicine: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote (a) culturally competent and (b) community-led prevention measures for older black men.

15 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

X Corp: Government Departments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the use of X for Government communications is in accordance with the (a) propriety and ethics guidance of the Government Communications Service, (b) Civil Service Code, and (c) Public Sector Equality Dut

12 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Nurses: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on pay for specialist community public health nurses.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports Competitors: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with UK Deaf Sport on funding for athletes competing in the Tokyo 25 Summer Deaflympics.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports Competitors: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding (a) her Department and (b) Sport England have allocated to support elite Deaf sportspeople to attend the Tokyo 2025 Summer Deaflympics.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports Competitors: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding (a) her Department and (b) Sport England have allocated to support elite Deaf sportspeople in each of the last five years.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent progress has been made on cross-departmental plans to phase-out animal testing in the UK.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Resident Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether British citizens who receive undergraduate medical training overseas will be considered as part of plans to prioritise UK medical graduates for foundation postgraduate training.

22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Tests: Administration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to stop the use of paper forms for blood tests ordered by (a) GPs and (b) hospitals.

21 Jul 2025 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Members' Staff: Pay

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether topping up statutory parental bereavement leave payment with occupational pay up to a staff member’s full pay

18 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle racism in sport.

18 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Visas: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to waive the Secure English Language Test requirement for foundation year students applying for study visas from the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

18 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to help support Palestinians with student visas to (a) travel to and (b) commence their studies in the UK.

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Leagrave Station: Lifts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2025 to Question 65380 on Leagrave Station: Lifts, whether the completed 2023 Network Rail feasibility study for lifts at Leagrave station will expedite the progress of upgrade

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Playing Fields

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to support local and combined authorities in producing up to date Playing Pitch Strategies.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Sport England’s Planning Statutory Consultee status on the provision of sporting facilities in new housing developments.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the protection of sporting facilities in the planning process.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Leagrave Station: Lifts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made with (a) Network Rail and (b) Govia Thameslink on the provision of lifts at Leagrave Station.

27 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Female Genital Mutilation: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has (a) allocated to and (b) spent on the treatment and care of individuals subject to female genital mutilation in each financial year since 2014-15.

27 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has (a) allocated to and (b) spent on prevention of female genital mutilation in each financial year since 2014-15.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made on consulting with (a) campaign groups and (b) industry on reviewing fireworks legislation.

Source: official written-questions record.