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.