Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on external consultants for the ongoing reorganisation of the NHS since 2024.

10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the NHS England voluntary redundancy scheme on its ability to deliver its functions.

10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any of NHS England's responsibilities or functions have been fully transferred to the Department of Health and Social Care since the announcement of NHS England abolition in March 2025.

10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many assaults on staff in NHS A&E departments have been recorded each year since 2019.

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS England employees there (a) are and (b) were on 13 March 2025; and what estimate he has made of the number of NHS England employees there will be following the first round of the volun

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS England employees have resigned, transferred or otherwise terminated their employment at NHS England since the announcement of its abolition.

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS England employees have opted to take the voluntary redundancy scheme commencing in April 2026.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Milk: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her department holds on the profit margins for producers, processors and retailers at each stage in the milk supply chain.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department is taking to help ensure that risk in the food supply chain, for example in relation to drought and flooding, is not disproportionately shouldered by producer

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dairy Farming: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department is taking to help increase transparency in the dairy industry's supply chain.

6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Voluntary Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closing of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund on the voluntary and community sector in (a) Shropshire, (b) England and (c) t

5 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities

Railway Stations: Access

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on ensuring step free access at railway stations.

5 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Insurance: Bereavement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure customers purchasing joint insurance policies are made aware of changes to cover and pricing when one policyholder dies by insurance companies.

5 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Insurance: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure transparency in the insurance industry's use of algorithmic and AI pricing models.

5 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Insurance: Bereavement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of introducing a mandatory bereavement grace period for insurers.

5 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Insurance: Bereavement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing statutory protections that would allow surviving policyholders, where the death of a partner has led to terminations of reissuing of joint insura

5 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indonesia: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support British nationals in Indonesia that are unable to travel home due to the conflict in the Middle East.

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuels: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to support consumers paying increased costs for (a) heating oil (b) petrol and (c) diesel, in the context of conflict in the Middle East.

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Oil: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of conflict in the Middle East on the cost of domestic heating oil in England.

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support people living in homes off the gas grid in North Shropshire with the cost of heating.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the production costs for UK egg producers that would be associated with a ban on colony eggs.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to laying hen welfare policy on the level of imports and exports of egg products.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK egg producers are not undercut by egg imports of lower welfare standards.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that imported egg products adhere to the same welfare standards as UK egg producers.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms to laying hen welfare policy on the competitiveness and viability of UK egg producers.

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community First Responders: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential safety benefits of providing warning lights for vehicles used by Community First Responders.

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community First Responders: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of Community First Responders.

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ambulance station closures on ambulance response times in (a) Shropshire (b) rural areas and (c) England.

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the longest hospital handover time recorded in each ambulance service area of England in each January of the past five years.

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the use of call-before-you-convey by ambulance services and hospital trusts.

Source: official written-questions record.