Written questions

531 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support hospitality businesses that made an economic and social contribution to towns and city centres.

23 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's changes to employers' National Insurance Contributions on trends in the level of employment in the hospitality sector.

23 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will exempt hospitality businesses from the business rates surcharge.

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will conduct a review of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Holiday Play Schemes: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of holiday clubs for parents of children with disabilities.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Video Games: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support innovation in the gaming industry.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is his Department taking to reduce waiting lists for gynaecology services (a) nationally and (b) in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of his policies in tackling global deforestation.

19 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parks: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the decision to remove The Gardens Trust as a statuatory consultee on planning applicati

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of mandatory in-person assessments on levels of likelihood of veterans seeking support.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will introduce mandatory training to ensure that all benefits assessors understand the impact of military service-related (a) injuries and (b) mental health conditions on claimants who have serve

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the funding into Parkinson's Disease research.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand audiology testing capacity.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to prioritise primary care audiology.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to HIV support services for people affected by HIV.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Vehicles: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of safety regulations on the storage of lithium-ion powered (a) e-bikes and (b) e-scooters.

16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cervical Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has conducted an impact assessment for the decision to extend cervical screening intervals.

13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Malaria

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of Overseas Development Assistance on projects preventing the spread of malaria.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that disabled students entering higher education receive (a) timely and (b) appropriate support from Student Finance England.

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve child vaccination uptakes rates.

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Eastleigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in Eastleigh constituency.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will (a) continue and (b) improve the Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy.

10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of patients previously without access to NHS dental care being able to register with an NHS dentist since July 2024.

10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of dental surgery closures in Hampshire since July 2024.

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Horizon Shortfall Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to clarify the new guidance sent to the Horizon Shortfall scheme by his Department on cases where a shortfall has previously not been identified; and what his planned timeline is

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include (a) community equipment services and (b) the timely provision of community care equipment in the NHS 10-Year Plan.

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of staff in the NHS cancer workforce.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect blue carbon ecosystems.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

English Language: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of not awarding marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar for exams in subjects other than English.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national dyslexia strategy.

Source: official written-questions record.