Written questions

1,495 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department's animal welfare strategy will include a plan for reviewing progress towards meeting the goals of that strategy.

10 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the National Audit Office's report of 16 June 2025 entitled Investigation into the administration of the Civil Service Pension Sch

10 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review the decision to outsource Civil Service Pension Scheme administration, in the context of performance levels under the present contract.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has (a) made an assessment of the barriers faced by Hong Kong BNO visa holders in transferring professional qualifications into the British labour market and (b) issued guidance

10 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to exempt the BNO visa scheme from the proposed extension of the standard qualifying period for settlement.

10 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is his planned timetable is for commencing the remaining provisions in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Means Tested Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of categorising military compensation as exempt from eligibility criteria for means-tested benefits.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alzheimer's Disease: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support hs Department is providing to people caring for family members with advanced Alzheimer’s disease.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Wildlife Crime Unit: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the National Wildlife Crime Unit in tackling wildlife crime in the North West.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fertility: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve (a) awareness, (b) diagnosis and (c) access to fertility treatment for men affected by infertility.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to fund research into treatments for psychosis.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to support the maintenance and continued operation of swimming facilities in Stockport constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Assistants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the public is made aware of the change from Physician Associate to Physician Assistant.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into the UK’s international (a) climate adaptation and (b) resilience programmes.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Preventive Medicine: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide preventative health services in Stockport constituency's most deprived wards.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce differences in life expectancy between different areas within the Stockport constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether any funding will be available to deliver the Digital Inclusion Action Plan beyond the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish a full impact assessment for the most recent statement of changes to the immigration rules on the care sector.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Import controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the ban on hunting trophy imports (a) is robust and (b) does not allow any hunting trophies to enter the UK.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 62269 on IVF: Finance, whether his Department has had discussions with NHS Greater Manchester on the proposed reduction in the number of NHS-funded

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will make an assessment of the availability of secondary school places in Stockport constituency.

14 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Fujitsu: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review Government contracts with Fujitsu.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tinnitus: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are on the waiting list for tinnitus treatment in Stockport constituency.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on the adequacy of waiting times for audiology appointments in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) Greater Manchester.

9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more people from ethnic minority backgrounds to become blood donors in Greater Manchester.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Horizon IT System: Fujitsu

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions his Department has had with Fujitsu Ltd on its involvement in the Horizon IT system failures; and whether his Department plans to pursue accountability for the company’s involve

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2025 to Question 58271 on Driving Tests: Stockport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the average waiting time at the Bredbury driving test centre.

7 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Greater Manchester Police: Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will have discussions with Greater Manchester Police on the potential impact of not supplying naloxone to frontline officers on levels of drug-related deaths.

2 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Religious Buildings: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help protect places of worship in Greater Manchester.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Exercise: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support disabled people from lower socioeconomic groups to be more physically active.

Source: official written-questions record.