Written questions

531 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Housing Benefit (a) earnings disregard and (b) taper rate on the work incentives of young people in supported accommodation; and wh

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England will include measures to improve the early diagnosis of blood cancers.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Clean Air Zones: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of clean air zone enforcement policies.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report entitled Moved During Exams, published by the charity Become; and what steps her Department is taking to ensu

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tirzepatide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients prescribed Mounjaro privately are able to continue to access that treatment at an affordable cost.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Drugs: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the VAT rules that apply to the supply of medicines by (a) NHS and (b) private pharmacy services.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of NHS Trusts outsourcing pharmacy services to private providers on patient care.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his small business plan of research published by Intuit QuickBooks in August 2025 entitled Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Ind

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Eastleigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Office for National Statistics' dataset entitled CC02 Regional labour market, published on 12 August 2025, what steps she is taking to support young people into work in Eastleigh c

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Care Workers: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce processing times for Disclosure and Barring Service checks for care workers.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Capital Punishment and Torture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance guidance in the prohibition of UK involvement in (a) torture and (b) the death pen

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Public Spaces Protection Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made of potential impact of the public spaces protection orders process on taxi and professional drivers.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of outsourcing NHS trust pharmacy services to private pharmacies on the time taken to deliver prescriptions to customers.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase public awareness of (a) the causes of and (b) actions they can take to help prevent skin cancer.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is her Department taking to encourage schools to take part in active travel schemes in Hampshire.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to ensure that pension scheme trustees are able to use surplus funds to provide discretionary increases for pre-1997 pensioners whose pensions have not kept pace with inflat

21 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Business Rates and Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) business rates and (b) changes to employer national insurance contributions on the (i) hospitality sector and (ii) local pubs.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Measles

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to protect nurseries from measles outbreaks; what support he is providing to the early years sector to deal with cases; and whether he plans to introduce a publi

18 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Ukrainian Permission Extension Scheme will be extended automatically; and whether her Department is considering a visa route for Ukrainians that could could provide a pathway to permanent

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Mortality: Bereavement Counselling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support services for bereaved parents following baby loss.

7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of military promotion processes.

3 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to local authorities to (a) build and (b) maintain sports facilities.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Eastleigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to support the development of padel courts in Eastleigh constituency.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Areas: Parking and Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to (a) reduce pavement parking and (b) encourage the removal of obstacles for pedestrians with visual impairments.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Direct Selling

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle cold calls; and whether he plans to introduce financial penalties on people conducting cold calls.

1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Foods: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to update regulations on the (a) composition, (b) marketing and (c) labelling of commercial (i) infant and (ii) toddler foods.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Literacy: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the National Literacy Trust’s report entitled Children and young people's writing in 2025, published on 12 June 2025.

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on the causes of delays in the delivery of first class post by Royal Mail in (a) the UK (b) Hampshire.

24 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ear, Nose and Throat Conditions: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the document entitled Reforming elective care for patients, published on 6 January 2025, whether his Department's plans to (a) expand non-surgical community-based ear, nose and th

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Bipolar Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Personal Independence Payment assessment process for people living with bipolar disorder.

Source: official written-questions record.