Written questions

368 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much money the Government has committed for the Digital Inclusion Fund; and how it will be allocated.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made with the Digital Poverty Alliance on providing re-purposed Government laptops to people who need them.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund, announced in February 2025.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include measures on reforming funding allocations for (a) palliative and (b) other end of life care services in the comprehensive spending review.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using the transformation fund announced in the Spring Statement 2025 on support for the palliative and end of life care sector

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to repurpose spending on (a) hospital care and (b) emergency admissions for people at the end of life into community care services.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with palliative care providers on the adequacy of funding for (a) palliative and (b) other end-of-life care services.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the increase in the number of people that will need palliative care over the next 10 years.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is planning to take in the 10-year NHS Plan to improve (a) palliative and (b) end of life care.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Child Maintenance Service has made of the potential merits of working with authorities with investigatory powers to help paying parents to find supporting information.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Child Maintenance Service has made of the potential impact of GDPR legislation on the ability of paying parents to find proof that their child is still in full-time education.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Child Maintenance Service deems receipt of Child Benefit to be sufficient evidence that a child is still in full-time education.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason child maintenance arrears are not offset against the amount owed by a paying parent after they have moved from being a receiving parent.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which stakeholders (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department had discussions with on the consultation on copyright and artificial intelligence between 1 September 2024 and 4 April 2025.

1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research on the outcomes following gender affirming surgery on young adults under the age of 25.

1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children are not prescribed cross-sex hormones by private medical providers.

31 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the exchequer of extending the Air Passenger Duty exemption for children under 16 years old to (a) Premium Economy and (b) any other cabin class travel.

31 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of total revenue generated by Air Passenger Duty from children aged under 16 years old who travelled in Premium Economy in each of the last three years?.

31 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reform Air Passenger Duty to extend the exemption for children under 16 years old to travel in Premium Economy or any other cabin classes.

31 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reform Air Passenger Duty to prevent passengers travelling in a Premium Economy cabin from paying the same rate as passengers travelling in a First Class and Business Class cabin.

31 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of the Standard Rate of Air Passenger Duty between the UK and (a) Germany, (b) France, (c) Italy and (d) Spain.

31 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the international competitiveness of air passenger duty.

28 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Motor Vehicles: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is considering retaliatory tariffs in response to US tariffs on UK car imports.

28 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with his US counterparts on tariffs.

28 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Motor Vehicles: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support car manufacturers in the UK in the context of US tariffs.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Streaming

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025, to Question 33995, on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Internet what proportion of spending on the First Draft podcast was allocated to its (a) pro

7 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to ringfence official development assistance for women and girls in Afghanistan.

7 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of official development assistance to Afghanistan is being spent on programmes supporting Afghan women and girls.

7 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed reduction of the proportion of gross national income spent on official development assistance on women a

6 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the request by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs to call in the planning application for the new Chinese

Source: official written-questions record.