Written questions

502 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS South East London: Women's Health Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in NHS South East London ICB.

19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing and Economic Growth: Thamesmead

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential opportunities for housing and economic growth of Thamesmead Waterfront.

19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Docklands Light Railway: Thamesmead

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential economic growth and wider benefits of extending the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside.

19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Thamesmead

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the creation of a riverside settlement in Thamesmead, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, as one of at least three new

21 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 18 of the report by the National Audit Office entitled Progress in improving mental health services in England, published on 9 February 2023, HC 1082, how much funding her De

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many improvement and prohibition notices the Health and Safety Executive has issued on (a) workplace stress and (b) other mental health problems at work in each year since it took responsibility for

21 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Health and Safety Executive employees are dedicated to mental health related workplace matters.

7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Disparities Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the maternity disparities taskforce (a) last met and (b) is next scheduled to meet.

1 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Sanctions: Russia

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that UK-based companies are fully complying with the sanctions imposed on (a) Russian oil and (b) other Russian exports.

1 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Oil

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current sanctions regime on the flow of Russian oil into the UK; and whether he has plans to strengthen those measures.

2 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to amend the right of offenders sentenced to an Indefinite Hospital Order to apply for a review every 12 months; and whether he has made an assessment of the impact of those reviews on (a) victim

30 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Hospitals: Autism and Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help tackle variations between Integrated Care Boards in levels of adults in mental health hospitals with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism.

30 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Building the Right Support Delivery Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Building the Right Support Delivery Board will continue beyond March 2024.

30 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism and Learning Disability: Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to set targets from April 2024 on reducing the number of people in inpatient settings with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism.

30 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism and Learning Disability: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding NHS England plans to make available for housing for people with a learning disability and autism in the 2024-25 financial year; and if she will make an estimate of the numb

17 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8607 on Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists, if she will provide this data by NHS provider.

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of referrals to NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services waited less than (a) two, (b) four, (c) six and (d) 19 weeks to begin treatment by NHS provider

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the number of (a) clinical and (b) non-clinical staff employed in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services by NHS provider in each quarter between 2015 and 2023.

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the number of full time equivalent (a) trainee and (b) qualified psychological wellbeing practitioners employed by NHS provider in each quarter between 2015 and 2023.

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the number of full time equivalent (a) trainee and (b) qualified cognitive behavioural therapists employed by NHS provider in each quarter between 2015 and 2023.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS is on track to meet the target for NHS Talking Therapies of 1.9 million people in England accessing treatment by the end of 2023/24.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of maternal mental health services; and what steps she is taking to improve mental health services for women (a) during pregnancy, (b) post-pregnancy an

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Expenditure and Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on provision of maternity services in each of the last five years for which information is available; and how much was claimed for clinical negligence in maternity services i

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of women who have (a) been prescribed hormone replacement therapy for (i) perimenopausal and (ii) menopausal symptoms and (b) received other treatment f

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

UK Menopause Task Force

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the menopause taskforce last met; and if she will publish minutes of the meeting.

5 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Food Insecurity

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to tackle food insecurity in Sudan.

5 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Sexual Offences

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce rates of conflict-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

5 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Development Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is taking steps to help (a) the people displaced in eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and (b) reduce the outbreak of disease and hunger

5 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of regional diplomatic efforts to secure peace in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 since the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 was published on 6 December 2018; and what progress her Department has

Source: official written-questions record.