Written questions
1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmology: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with local optometrists to support eye care services within neighbourhood health systems.
25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria were used to determine which providers were included in the Neighbourhood Health Framework.
25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmology: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with local optometrists to ensure that neighbourhood-level eye care services are supported.
25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmology: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of optometrists on neighbourhood-level health planning; and whether he considered including optometrists as a listed provider in the
24 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of hospital handover delays on the budgets of ambulance trusts.
24 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of volatility in the prices of petrol and diesel on the budgets of hospital trusts and ambulance trusts.
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the referral to treatment clock start date is where a GP resubmits a referral following a Single Point of Access triage outcome with which they disagree; and what guidance NHS England has issu
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has engaged formally with the General Medical Council about the interaction between mandatory pre-referral Advice and Guidance requirements and the professional duty of GPs unde
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patient Choice Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements NHS England has made to ensure that patients retain the statutory right to choose a provider where a mandatory Single Point of Access triage process operates; and what guidance ha
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what quality assurance arrangements NHS England has put in place for mandatory Single Point of Access triage decisions from 1 April 2026; what monitoring will be conducted of triage outcomes by spe
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of mandatory pre-referral Advice and Guidance requirements from 1 April 2026 on workload transferred to GP practices, including the w
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the consistency of the mandatory Single Point of Access triage process with NHS England's Jess's Rule guidance; and what safeguards are in place to
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS England: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many days were taken by NHS England staff as sick leave in total in each of the last ten years; and what the average number was.
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS England: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many days were taken by NHS England staff as sick leave in total in each month since January 2024; and what the average number was.
20 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Time Limits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that SMEs not party to (a) NFU Mutual and (b) Bath Racecourse litigation are not permanently deprived of the right to an indemnity due to the expiration of limitation pe
20 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Insurance: Discrimination
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that policyholders with protected characteristics are not discriminated against by insurance companies.
20 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Financial Conduct Authority
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure adherence to the FCA’s Consumer Duty requirement for firms to avoid causing foreseeable harm.
20 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Financial Conduct Authority
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the FCA on stop the clock guidance and related litigation.
20 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of valid Covid-19 business interruption claims becoming time-barred in March 2026 on the insurance sector.
20 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Wheelchairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to provide guidance to bus manufacturers on the legislative requirements on size and location of wheelchair space, in the context of the consultation on the Public Service Ve
20 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Wheelchairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase wheelchair accessibility on buses.
20 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to announce new legislative standards for vehicle accessibility requirements, in the context of the review of the Public Service Vehicles Access Regulations .
20 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish a response to her Department's consultation on Public Service Vehicles Access Regulations, which closed on 4 September 2023.
20 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Greater London and Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reconnecting London to the Marches by rail on the economy.
20 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve rail connectivity in North Shropshire.
19 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of agricultural land egg producers will require to comply with the proposed ban on colony cages.
19 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a ban on colony cages on the agricultural land market.
18 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Air Force: Cadets
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds relating to the closure of air cadet squadrons due to insufficient electrical compliance documentation.
18 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Equitable Members' Action Group’s analysis of Government spending on the compensation package for people affected by financial los
18 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that contingency funding linked to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme will be used to compensate Equitable Life policyholders.
Source: official written-questions record.