Written questions

100 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Windrush Generation: Advocacy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the eligibility criteria will be for the Windrush advocacy support fund; and whether Windrush groups providing advocacy will be able to apply.

18 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Windrush Lessons Learned Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for the implementation of the Windrush lessons learned review recommendations.

18 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for the review of the Windrush compensation scheme.

18 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing the level of legal aid provision and (b) providing alternative funding for legal representation to support Windrush compensatio

12 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cricket: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the English Cricket Board on the recent sale of its equity in the Hundred cricket franchises.

11 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Tenants: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to support renters.

11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cardiovascular Diseases: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support NHS patients on the waiting list with Cardiovascular Disease.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

School Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on adding the collection of school library data to the school census.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to encourage pupils to read at breakfast clubs in primary schools.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance entitled The reading framework, published on 10 July 2021, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that schools develop a strong reading-for-pleasure culture.

8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of cancer symptoms in teenagers and young adults to improve early detection rates.

8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that teenagers and young adults with cancer have consistent access to specialist psychological support; and how such plans will be implemented as part of the

8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle barriers to (a) teenagers and (b) young adults accessing clinical trials; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of this on UK

8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the use of rapid diagnostic centres and (b) otherwise help improve early diagnosis rates for (i) teenagers and (ii) young adults with cancer.

8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the unique (a) medical, (b) psychological and (c) social needs of (i) teenagers and (ii) young adults with cancer are included within the NHS Long

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Urgent Treatment Centres: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional interim healthcare services to people affected by the relocation of the North Birmingham Urgent Treatment Centre to Good Hope Hospital.

3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Birmingham Erdington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the relocation of the North Birmingham Urgent Treatment Centre to Sutton Coldfield is intended to be permanent; and what steps his Department plans to take to ensure equitable healthcare ac

3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Urgent Treatment Centres: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any consultation took place between the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System and (a) local stakeholders, (b) elected officials, (c) the police and (d) community organisations prio

3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Urgent Treatment Centres: Birmingham Erdington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to to help establish alternative urgent care facilities in Birmingham Erdington constituency, in the context of the emergency relocation of the North Birmingham Urgent

3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Urgent Treatment Centres: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to help mitigate the impact of increased travel requirements for patients following the relocation of the North Birmingham Urgent Treatment Centre to Good

3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Urgent Treatment Centres: Birmingham Erdington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the emergency relocation of the North Birmingham Urgent Treatment Centre to Good Hope Hospital on patient access to urgent treatment services

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle workforce shortages in respiratory care and (b) ensure (i) GPs and (ii) their teams have access to (A) training and (B) accreditation for (1) spiro

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) Birmingham Erdington constituency and (b) other areas covered by the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board to address the barriers to resp

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle rates of respiratory-related hospital admissions in Birmingham.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that Community Diagnostic Centres are accessible to everyone in (a) Birmingham Erdington constiituency and (b) England.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the capacity of secondary care to support primary care with essential respiratory diagnostics.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure spirometry testing is (a) funded and (b) available in areas covered by the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board.

27 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) include spirometry and FeNO testing in the GP contract and (b) to provide dedicated funding through a Directed Enhanced Service.

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Morocco

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase trade and business support to Moroccan-British entrepreneurs in local communities; and whether he has plans to help promote UK-Morocco small business exchange p

20 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Morocco: Cultural Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help promote (a) cultural exchange and (b) community engagement initiatives between the UK and Moroccan diaspora communities.

Source: official written-questions record.