Written questions
1,462 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Leicestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to provide funding for public transport in Leicestershire.
1 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 59764 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what estimate he has made of the cost of payments to Mauritius for the (a) FCDO and (
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Children: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of AI companion software on (a) children's mental health, (b) children's social skills and (c) trends in the level of children's loneliness.
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: LGBT+ people
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will facilitate increased sittings of the Independent Panel to assess payments for LGBTQ+ veterans.
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Neighbourhood Plans: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to fund support services for local neighbourhood plan development.
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Neighbourhood Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to ensure that neighbourhood plans continue to (a) determine and (b) deliver local housing needs.
23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that updates made to NHS England guidance help inform the NHS 10 Year Health Plan; and which stakeholders in the eating disorders sector have provided views in his
23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eating Disorders: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department expects NHS England to publish updated guidance on children's and young people's eating disorders; and which third party bodies were consulted on updates to that guidance.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for the Midlands Rail Hub project; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the Hub supports rail travellers from (a) Leicestershire and (b) Hinckley and Bosworth consistency.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57375 on Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group, on which dates the Responsible Dog Ownership Taskforce has met since July 2024; wha
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Education and Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the challenges faced by young carers in balancing their caring responsibilities with (a) education and (b) training.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that guidance and resources for School Attendance Support Teams includes young carers.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Education: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of teacher's awareness of young people's caring responsibilities.
17 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on reducing overprescribing.
16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the NHS 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance to include a target on dementia diagnosis.
16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of dementia diagnosis data.
16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has carried out an impact assessment for the removal of the dementia diagnosis target from NHS planning guidance.
16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a national carers strategy.
16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a dementia strategy.
13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2025 to Question 57372 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what the costs were to his Department of the Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia.
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2025 to Question 57372 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what the costs to his Department were of the Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipela
12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NICE on reducing overprescribing.
12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Royal Pharmaceutical society on reducing overprescribing.
12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Heart Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the recovery pathways for the care of sudden cardiac arrest survivors.
11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is to respond to the consultation on potential further regulation in the non-surgical cosmetic procedure sector.
11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54369 on Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Advertising, what options he is considering for further regulation in the non-surgical cosmetic procedur
11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54369 on Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Advertising, which bodies his Department has had discussions with on further regulation in the non-surgi
11 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Parking: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) local councils and (b) other local government bodies on using existing powers to (i) restrict and (ii) enforce restrictions on pavement parking.
11 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Anti-social Behaviour: North East Somerset and Hanham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54607 on Anti-social Behaviour: North East Somerset and Hanham, whether she has had recent discussions with police forces on initiating the recruitmen
11 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Anti-social Behaviour: North East Somerset and Hanham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54607 on Anti-social Behaviour: North East Somerset and Hanham, what geographical area would be covered by a local anti-social behaviour action plan.
Source: official written-questions record.