Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the adoption and special guardianship support fund permanent.

22 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Law Reporting

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress her Department is making on reducing the (a) cost and (b) time to taken to produce court transcripts for victims who request them.

22 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Law Reporting

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average price quoted was for court transcripts for victims in each of the last five years.

22 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Law Reporting

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much income her Department has received from the sale of court transcripts to victims in each of the last five years.

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Nitrous Oxide: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require the introduction of traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to track the point of sale.

29 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Nitrous Oxide: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to allow the authorities to know the point of sale.

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Lancet entitled Impact of an international HIV funding crisis on H

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to encourage (a) the private sector and (b) other donors to increase funding for global HIV prevention and treatment.

7 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to help tackle the potential impact of aid cuts on (a) South Africa, (b) Kenya, (c) Nigeria and (d) other countries of strategic im

7 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

HIV/AIDS: Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support the scale up of the provision of long-acting HIV prevention medicines now entering the market.

7 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps with (a) G7 and (b) European donors to return to previous levels of Official Development Assistance.

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the levelised cost of energy for communicating the true cost of energy production to consumers.

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many successful applicants there will be to the Great British Nuclear small modular reactor selection process.

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power Stations: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to build any more gigawatt nuclear plants after Sizewell C.

27 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider transferring responsibility for the misuse of drugs to the Department of Health and Social Care.

10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of access to dental services for children with SEND.

24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he taking to increase the recycling rates of soft plastics not normally collected at the kerbside.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT for all school uniform sold to primary school-aged children irrespective of whether it is labelled for children under 14.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Extended Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure wraparound childcare is sufficiently funded in areas with high SEND staffing requirements.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on the potential merits of expanding the Online Safety Act 2023 to tackle violence against women ans

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence: Young Futures Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role Young Futures Hubs and Young Futures Prevention Partnerships will play in the government's plans to tackle violence against women and girls.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence: Youth Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the contribution of youth services in preventing and tackling violence against women and girls.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Menopause: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to launch a public health information campaign for menopause.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Menopause

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that GPs have the necessary (a) equipment and (b) training to (i) support people experiencing the menopause and (ii) signpost the appropriate support for each pati

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Menopause

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Understanding Menopause guidance by Menopause Support UK will be published.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Menopause: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will conduct a review of surgical menopause care.

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to increase capacity in appointments for NHS dental treatment for pregnant and postpartum women who are entitled to free NHS dental care.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Extended Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase funding for wraparound care.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) increase recycling rates and (b) reduce littering of containers not included in the Deposit Return Scheme.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Further Education: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether teaching staff at colleges providing 16-19 education will be awarded the same pay increase as staff at (a) schools and (b) academies providing 16-19 education.

Source: official written-questions record.