Written questions
1,462 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Department will consider the flow of the academic year and how exams are scheduled in light of extreme weather events.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is the Department taking to learn about the impacts of the 2026 heatwaves to inform the future needs of schools during extreme temperatures.
16 Jul 2026 · Home Office
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her French counterpart on steps to ensure adequate passport control staff at the Eurotunnel and Calais Port.
16 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance NHS England provides to balance disorder services on signposting patients to voluntary sector and peer-support organisations.
16 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of chronic balance disorders on employment outcomes and economic productivity.
16 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve GP awareness and recognition of serious balance disorders.
16 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered establishing regional centres for the diagnosis and treatment of complex balance disorders.
16 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variation in access to specialist diagnosis and treatment services for patients with vestibular and balance disorders.
16 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for a patient referred for specialist assessment of a vestibular or balance disorder in each of the last five years.
14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the funding required to achieve the aims set out in the interim update to the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life.
14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care will be accompanied by a costed delivery plan.
13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding online chat facilities as a means for pensioners to raise pension-related queries with the DWP.
13 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Rolls Royce: Engines
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Rolls Royce regarding the (a) progress of the Ultrafan project in the UK and (b) potential opportunities for a commercial Ultrafan Engine to be built in the UK.
13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an investment package to support apprenticeship brokerage pilots in non-developed mayoral authorities, modelled on the £140 million fun
10 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 12047 on Employment: Disability, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of employment advisors in (a) NHS Talking Therapies, (b) Connect to Wo
10 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 12047 on Employment: Disability, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of (a) work coaches, (b) disability employment advisers at Jobcentres
10 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 12047 on Employment: Disability, what recent conversations he has had with (a) other government departments and (b) third party bodies to support effort
10 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 12047 on Employment: Disability, what assessment he has made of the potential challenges faced by his Department to support people with disabilities int
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care Modern Service Framework will include provisions relating to the timeliness of diagnostic results and communication for patients with a
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients with recognised palliative or end-of-life care needs are subject to specific identification or prioritisation processes within accident and emergency departments.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tomography: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether NHS England’s diagnostic imaging turnaround time guidance is sufficient to meet the needs of patients with a recognised terminal diagnosis.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tomography: Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance exists for NHS providers on the timely communication of significant diagnostic findings to patients and their families where deterioration or recurrence of cancer is suspected.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment on the potential impact of introducing specific diagnostic or reporting time standards for patients with a limited or terminal prognosis.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much undergraduate medical tariff funding has been withheld or unaccounted for, for each of the past five years.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that undergraduate medical tariff funding is spent on frontline teaching and training for medical students.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of undergraduate medical tariff funding is used to support (a) wider NHS service delivery and (b) educational activities.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason NHS England ceased collecting accountability reports on undergraduate medical tariff funding, and what alternative oversight arrangements are in place.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England continues to collect annual accountability reports from NHS trusts on the expenditure of undergraduate medical tariff funding.
7 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Fezolinetant
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with NHS England on access to fezolinetant within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board.
7 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients are not disadvantaged when accessing NHS care after accessing treatment privately due to a previous lack of NHS availability.
Source: official written-questions record.