Written questions
163 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a targeted national screening programme for prostate cancer for men identified as high risk.
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Epilepsy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of research funding is allocated to epilepsy research; and if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of this proportion.
17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Epilepsy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of epilepsy to (a) the NHS and (b) the wider economy; and how this estimate informs decisions on funding for epilepsy research.
17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Epilepsy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's funding for epilepsy research.
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish changes in bus funding allocations by local transport authority for 2025–26 and 2026–27.
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the changes to the bus funding allocations formula between 2025-26 and 2026-27.
15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Social Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that councils with above-average demand for children’s social care receive adequate resources under the revised needs-based formula.
15 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Child Trust Fund
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of Child Trust Fund accounts that remain unclaimed and (b) value of funds held in those unclaimed Child Trust Fund accounts.
11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Influenza: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are in place to reduce pressure on the NHS from flu-related hospital admissions this winter.
11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Influenza: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has made to ensure sufficient NHS staffing and resources during the 2025–26 flu season.
11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Influenza: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the NHS is appropriately prepared for winter flu-related admissions in 2025 and early 2026.
11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms exist to provide emergency support to councils in instances where their Fair Funding allocation does not cover their costs.
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the Government ensures that increases in core spending power per head accurately reflect trends in levels of costs for councils in deprived areas.
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms his Department plans to use to monitor the effectiveness of the multi-year Settlement in reducing disparities in funding between more and less deprived local auth
9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance: Deprivation Indicators
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an analysis of how the updated deprivation indicators have altered funding allocations to individual councils under the new Local Government Finance Settlement
8 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) variables and (b) indicators are included in the Fair Funding 2.0 formula; how is each factor weighted; and if he will publish the full methodology underpinning Fair Fun
3 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with HM Treasury on the potential merits of ringfencing funding received from fines levied on tech platforms by Ofcom under the Online Safety Act to fund sp
3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Internet: Abuse and Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has committed to providing specialist support services for survivors of technology-facilitated abuse and online violence against women and girls.
3 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have undergone specialist technology-facilitated domestic abuse training in each of the last five years.
3 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of technology-facilitated abuse incidents reported to the police in each of the last five years.
3 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the forthcoming Violence Against Women and Girls strategy and its delivery plan will include (a) funding and (b) measures to address technology-facilitated domestic abuse.
2 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Young People: Knowsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on the distribution of young people of A-level-studying age across different neighbourhoods in Knowsley.
24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Recovery Grant on local authorities' ability to maintain essential services and introduce new suppor
24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) potential merits of continuing the Recovery Grant within the Local Government Finance Settlement and (b) the criteria use
24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Recovery Grant on local authorities in areas with high levels of deprivation.
24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that the Fair Funding Review will ensure that the most deprived areas of the country will see the biggest increase
21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to implement Council Tax equalisation as part of proposed funding reforms; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of those reforms on c
21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Deprivation Indicators: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the inclusion of housing costs in the Indices of Multiple Deprivation does not disadvantage more deprived areas with lower hous
21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is for the inclusion of the Remoteness Adjustment within the Area Cost Adjustment of proposed funding formulas.
Source: official written-questions record.