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.