Written questions

1,408 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to implement the Women's Health Strategy for England.

17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to affordable medicines on the NHS.

17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve cancer outcomes.

17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent industrial action in the NHS.

17 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of sentencing outcomes in grooming gang cases.

17 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support victims of grooming gangs throughout the criminal justice process.

17 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that victims of grooming gangs have timely access to (a) justice and (b) compensation.

17 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of court processes for handling grooming gang cases.

17 Oct 2025 · Attorney General

Offences against Children: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps her Department is taking to improve prosecution rates for grooming gang offences.

17 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that lessons learned from grooming gang cases are applied nationally.

17 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with police forces on improving the (a) identification and (b) protection of children at risk of sexual exploitation.

17 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure police forces have sufficient resources to investigate grooming gang offences.

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

Animal Welfare: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to raise public awareness of (a) the potential impact of low-welfare animal attractions abroad and (b) encourage responsible tourism through (i) education and

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

Animal Welfare: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the implementation Animal (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023, what discussions she had has with travel and tourism sector on preventing UK-based companies from

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

Animals (Low-welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's timetable is for introducing the activity regulations required to bring the Animal (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 fully into force.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Older Workers: Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to encourage retraining into hospitality careers for older workers.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the UK is a global hub for (a) relocation and (b) investment by generative artificial intelligence firms seeking to license creative c

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

University Hospital of North Tees

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of funding a new hospital to replace the University Hospital of North Tees.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the information available on the NHS website for patients with Ehlers Danlos syndromes.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS leaders on NHS workforce deployment from areas with staff surpluses to those with acute staffing deficits.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions her Department has had with international counterparts on approaches to protecting intellectual property rights in the context of generative artificial intellige

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of the UK’s creative industries on (a) the Government’s proposed exception to copyright for text and data mining and (b) the

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of stimulating a licensing market for the use of copyrighted creative content by generative artificial intelligence firms.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the feasibility of introducing mandatory transparency obligations requiring generative artificial intelligence developers to disclose which co

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that existing copyright law is (a) upheld and (b) enforced in relation to the scraping and use of creative content by generative artificial intelligen

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the level of copyright protections in relation to the use of creative works for training generative artificial intelligenc

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS England on improving (a) referral pathways and (b) specialist service provision for people with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) time taken to diagnose and (b) management of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome on (i) the economy and (ii) w

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that healthcare professionals receive appropriate training on (a) identifying and (b) managing postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome effectively.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of people diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in England in (a) 2020 and (b) 2025.

Source: official written-questions record.