Written questions

323 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gambling: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Local Authorities commissioning gambling harms prevention; and of their capacity to do so.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of Local Authorities commissioning gambling harms prevention; and of their capacity to do so.

27 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Gambling: Addictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Local Authorities commissioning gambling harms prevention; and of their capacity to do so.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

School Games: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made in appointing a delivery partner for the PE and School Sport Partnerships Network; and whether her Department plans to provide funding for the School Games Organisers Network after t

13 Jan 2026 · Women and Equalities

Women: Public Places

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with organisations impacted by the delay in the publication of the EHRC Code of Practice on single-sex spaces.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the difference between (a) harm caused by gambling and (b) harm associated with gambling; and if she will set out which of these measures is the policy objective o

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the statutory consultee role of Sport England in the planning system on the level of provision of (a) pitches, (b) courts and (c

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 96315 on Sports: Finance, how much of the £400 million announced for investment into grassroots sports facilities she anticipates will be spe

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December to Question 96978 on Sports: Facilities, what data relating to non-pitch-based sports infrastructure her Department holds; and whether it holds datasets on lo

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the £400 million announced for grassroots sports facilities on 19 June 2025 will include Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

17 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Embassies: Tolls

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November to Question 92039 on Embassies: Tolls, if she will publish the data on all outstanding debts; and what steps she is taking to recover ou

17 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Emigration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96307 on Emigration, if her Department will make an assessment of of the potential impact of the emigration of people aged (a) 18-25, (b) 26-35, (c) 36-49, and (

17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December to Question 96967 on Sports: Facilities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions Commission

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December to Question 96308 on State Retirement Pensions, if he will publish a timeline for the Pensions Commission's work.

15 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department’s webpage entitled Transforming business rates, published on 30 October 2024, whether it remains her policy that the business rate system should level the playing field between high

10 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Gambling: Gibraltar

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to gambling duties on Gibraltar's economy.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Gibraltar

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from the Government of Gibraltar regarding the potential impact of changes to gambling levies on its economy.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Playing Fields

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 December, to question 96967 on Sports: Facilities, if he will make an assessment of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by loc

10 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 November to question 91059 on Doctors: Training, if he will publish a timeline of HM Government's next steps.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Horse Racing: Bookmakers

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of gambling harms at racecourse bookmakers compared to other forms of gambling; and if she will make it her policy to change the rate charged under

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Horse Racing: Bookmakers

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support racecourse bookmakers.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Black Economy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on the number of gamblers accessing the black market.

8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding domestic training places compared instead of continuing current levels of international recruitment.

8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on training UK medical students in each of the last five years, and how many of those publicly-funded graduates did not secure Foundation or speciality training places in th

8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will issue guidance to the NHS on recruitment the recruitment of domestic graduates and non-UK applicants.

8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the loss of UK-trained medical graduates to (a) alternative careers and (b) emigration.

8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to prioritise UK-trained medical graduates over overseas-trained applicants when allocating (a) Foundation Years and (b) speciality training posts; and if he

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to reduce youth unemployment in the context of recent job losses in the hospitality sector.

8 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) the combined effect of higher rateable values and (b) reduced business rates relief on the number of (i) hospitality closures and (ii) empty units on high

8 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025. what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed change to (a) rateable value and (b) business rates relief on (i) vacancy rates, (ii) job losses, (iii)

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