Written questions

825 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Apr 2025 · Women and Equalities

Castes: Discrimination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make caste-based discrimination illegal.

17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nicaragua: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Nicaraguan counterpart on the detention of (a) Carmen María Sáenz Martinez and (b) Lesbia del Socorro Gutiérrez Poveda.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of cutting ICB running costs by 50% on (a) Nottingham, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) other areas with higher levels of deprivation.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) recruitment of nurses and (b) availability of jobs for newly qualified nurses.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a cross-government mental health strategy for children and young people.

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: West Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to help prevent the forced transfer of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Personal Care Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support apprenticeships in the hairdressing industry.

8 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Personal Care Services: Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to ensure that those operating under disguised employment models in the hairdressing industry do not receive tax advantages compared to traditional employers since the Minister for Employmen

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Social Services: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for councils in the East Midlands to provide (a) accessible and (b) integrated family support services for children in the first 1,001 days of

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Children's Centres: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many council-run children’s centres have closed in the East Midlands since 2010.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including absences for religious observances within the category of absences entitled unable to attend school because of unavoidable cause.

7 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) UK Finance, (b) individual lenders, (c) credit reference agencies and (d) other relevant organisations to ensure that (i) credit reference agencies and (ii) lenders differentiat

28 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) take steps to help reduce financial pressures on pharmacy students and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of including pharmacy students in the Learning Support Fund sche

28 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of the level of funding for independent pharmacies.

28 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with independent pharmacy owners on the contracts offered to community pharmacies.

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: Nottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families are receiving Healthy Start support in Nottingham East constituency.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Racial Discrimination: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of incidents of anti-Palestinian racism (a) on university campuses, (b) in further education colleges and (c) in schools in each of the last 18 months.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Racial Discrimination: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 38689 on Racial Discrimination: Palestinians, if she will hold discussions with Educate against Hate on developing resources to tackle anti-Palestinian racism.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Class Sizes: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress she has made on reducing school class sizes in (a) the East Midlands and (b) Nottingham East constituency.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Adult Education: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to expand the availability of evening school classes for (a) plumbing, (b) bricklaying, (c) electrical work and (d) other building trades in Nottinghamshire.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force and Army: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help reduce the time it takes for (a) Army and (b) RAF applicants to complete the recruitment process.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Racial Discrimination: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle anti-Palestinian racism in (a) schools and (b) universities.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Alternative Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a new funding stream for students who have been educated in registered alternative provision to continue in that setting after t

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve waiting times for the Personal Independence Payment helpline.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping and Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to education people on the potential impact of (a) littering and (b) fly-tipping on local communities.

7 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iraq and Kurds: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Iraqi Government and (b) Kurdish Regional Government on (i) resolving the teachers’ dispute and (ii) protecting workers'

7 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Dual Carriageways and Motorways: Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle litter along (a) motorways and (b) dual carriageways.

7 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a new national strategy for tackling littering.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to require periodic redeclaration of circumstances every six months for Universal Credit claimants from April 2025.

3 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Overseas Territories' registers of beneficial ownership accessible only to those with a legitimate interest (a) support tra

Source: official written-questions record.