Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the report from Liverpool and Sheffield Hallam Universities on the impact of a change in the maxi

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conversations she has had with the British wool industry about the impact of the Home Office's withdrawal of the visa concession for temporary employment as sheep shearers on the

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sheep: Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conversations she has had with the British wool industry about addressing challenges in sourcing sufficient numbers of trained shearers each year.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sheep: Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Questions 112298 and 112296, what steps her Department is taking with the British sheep industry to help address workforce availability of sheep shearers.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Orthopaedics: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on delays to the supply of Heraeus bone cement.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Orthopaedics: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data relating to the number of surgeries affected by delays to the supply of Heraeus bone cement.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Orthopaedics: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) minimise disruption caused by delays to the supply of bone cement and (b) ensure the availability of adequate supplies of bone cement in the future.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress has been made on the implementation of the remaining provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the number of critical incidents declared at hospitals between November and January for each of the last 10 financial years.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palantir: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he has received advice that the cost-benefit analysis of the contract with Palantir for the NHS Federated Data Platform should be reviewed and (b) whether this analysis has been updated

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted an investigation into the reasons for the delayed adoption of the Federated Data Platform within the NHS.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palantir: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he received advice about the continued viability of the contract with Palantir for the NHS Federated Data Platform.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palantir: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice he has received from officials on the value for money of the contract with Palantir for the NHS Federated Data Platform.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department and NHS hospital trusts are collecting data on the numbers of patients receiving corridor care in NHS hospitals.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish data on the numbers of patients receiving corridor care in NHS hospitals before the end of the financial year.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has shared a definition of corridor care to (a) NHS trusts and (b) ICBs.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of covid vaccinations were administered by community pharmacies in the winter 2025-26 programme.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of foundation pharmacists beginning their training in 2025 had been assigned a Designated Prescribing Practitioner.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided to community pharmacies through the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework in real terms in each year since 2016.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will be providing guidance to local authorities on the floods funding criteria that will be in place for the 2026-27 financial year.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her letter to the Environmental Audit Committee dated 30 January 2026, what steps she is taking to increase funding for flood risk management in local authority areas

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Business Rates and Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to mitigate the impact of upcoming living wage, national insurance and business rates changes on community pharmacies.

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that all patients in England have access to Minor Eye Conditions Services (MECS) and Community Urgent Eyecare Services (CUES).

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance to NHS commissioners to help ensure community eyecare services are commissioned across England to help improve equality in access to care.

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role he intends for optometry practices to play in delivering the 10 Year Plan.

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure equitable access to community eye care services across England.

10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Buildings and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of (a) court buildings and (b) technology used in courts.

10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve co-ordination between court staff, prison staff and policing staff.

10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escorts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to reduce the number of delays to court hearings caused by the late arrival of prisoners.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sheep: Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the contribution of British Wool's (a) sheep shearing training and (b) exchange with shearers and sheep farmers in Australia and New Zealand to farming

Source: official written-questions record.