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.