Written questions

531 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Accidents: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase public awareness of (a) frailty of and (b) fall prevention among people aged 65 and over.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain, published on 5 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Departme

4 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Administration of Justice and Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote (a) human rights and (b) justice in (i) fragile and (ii) conflict-affected states.

4 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has produced an impact assessment on the potential impact of reductions in UK Official Development Assistance spending on international programmes that support wom

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is for her Department to respond to Mandatory Reconsideration requests.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Attendance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to promote take-up of Attendance Allowance.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Cystic Fibrosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will exempt people with cystic fibrosis from proposed changes to disability benefits.

3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on (a) levels of staff costs for homecare providers and (b) the delivery of social care

3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting lists for audiology assessments.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Languages: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of students taking heritage language GCSEs in the academic year 2024-25.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for cardiology services.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer test results requested by secondary care are routinely shared with patients' GPs in a timely manner.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review its policy on freezing state pensions for people who move abroad.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Ukrainian Language: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce a Ukrainian language GCSE.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Nurseries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many specialist SEND nurseries have (a) closed and (b) been replaced by a mobile SEND service since 2015.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Eastleigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of trains were delayed between London Waterloo and Eastleigh in each financial year between 2015 and 2025.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce staffing shortages in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cricket: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces multi-million pound boost for grassroots cricket, published on 5 April 2024, how much and what proportion of that funding was

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Banks: Access

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of bank branches moving to a counter-free system on accessibility.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will reintroduce a NHS dementia diagnosis target.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding certainty for schools over a multi-year period.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many dedicated mental health professionals are employed in secondary schools in (a) Hampshire and (b) Eastleigh constituency.

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK is on track to meet United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Police Remuneration Review Body

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered reviewing Police Remuneration Review Body processes to help increase (a) trust and (b) transparency in that system.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the daily messing rate for a soldier in the British army in each quarter in each of the past five years

20 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on publishing a timeline to bring forward legislative measures to end trail hunting.

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce indefinite leave to remain for Ukrainians living in the UK.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Pedestrian Areas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce additional safety requirements for (a) temporary events and (b) fan zones to protect pedestrians from vehicle access.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Pedestrian Areas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of existing measures to prevent vehicles from entering areas with high pedestrian footfall.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Pedestrian Areas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve pedestrian safety in areas of high footfall from potential vehicle incursions.

Source: official written-questions record.