Written questions
531 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of mental health support within universities.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Literature: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue updated guidance to schools on the inclusion of (a) authors and (b) perspectives from diverse backgrounds on reading lists.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Performing Arts: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the use of acting performances to train AI-generated performers without (a) permission and (b)
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Tactile Installation Programme on rail accessibility for people with sight loss.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of telephone-based disability benefit assessments.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horses: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to review the welfare of racehorses sent to slaughter in abattoirs.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Care Homes: Audit
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to review the exemption of small care companies from submitting audited accounts under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to homeowners of removing spray foam insulation.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Consent to Medical Treatment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review protocols around medical consent.
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Royal Mint: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial performance of the Royal Mint in the last financial year.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made in reaching its target to reduce average driving test waiting times to seven weeks by summer 2026.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new driving examiners have (a) been recruited and (b) completed training since the reforms to driving test availability announced in April 2025.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Post Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to (a) expand the role of post offices as one-stop-shops for a range of needs and (b) enhance their role in government service delivery.
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Fraud: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner has made in recovering public money lost through pandemic-related (a) fraud and (b) non-delivered contracts.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gaming Machines
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of gambling-related harms linked to slot machines in adult gaming centres.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish statistics for the time for blood cancer to be diagnosed.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken to deploy partial electrification on the rail network.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is an adequate supply of age-appropriate housing for people over 65.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Retirement: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of housing costs on the ability of people over 65 to retire.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Fire and Rescue Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a national fire and rescue service statutory advisory body to oversee national standards on (a) fire cover, (b
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Tirzepatide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the proactive management of Mounjaro shortages for patients with Type 2 diabetes.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Music and Dance Scheme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reintroduce three-year grant settlements for schools participating in the music and dance scheme.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of (a) recent trends in levels of prevalence of assaults against railway staff and (b) the effectiveness of body-worn video cameras in helping to deter those assaults.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Music and Dance Scheme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for the Music and Dance Scheme.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with international sporting bodies on the use of dynamic pricing for major sporting events.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of households currently in fuel debt.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the condition of court buildings.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Speech and Language Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools have access to speech and language specialists.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve coordination between children’s and adult mental health services to support young people transitioning between them.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring into force the legislative provisions of the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023.
Source: official written-questions record.