Written questions

531 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

2 May 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) collect and (b) publish annual statistics on the number of animals bred for scientific purposes but not used in scientific procedures.

1 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abiraterone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS plans to fund abiraterone for patients with high-risk non-metastatic prostate cancer.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to (a) mandate allergy safety policies in all schools, (b) ensure the provision of individual healthcare plans for every child with an allergy, (c) mandate staff training on (i) allergy a

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Personal Care Services: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to monitor levels of disguised employment in the hair and beauty sector.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hyperemesis Gravidarum

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide diagnostic training for GPs to recognise the symptoms of hyperemesis gravidarum.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve access to investment and funding for video game developers in the UK.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK Games Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the UK Games Fund in supporting the (a) long-term growth and (b) global competitiveness of the UK video game industry.

24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure proactive management of medicine shortages.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential barriers to accessible finance faced by video game developers.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in energy bills on consumers.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure all schools have the recommended allergy safeguards in place.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to introduce transparency obligations on generative AI developers to disclose information on creative works used in AI training.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people receiving disability benefits for Ménière's disease will be exempt from her proposed reforms to the benefits system.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to visa rules for dependants of Master's students on international student recruitment.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Eastleigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for driving tests is in Eastleigh constituency.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support parents caring for children with long covid; and whether his Department plans to develop a long-term strategy to fund (a) biomedical research and (b)

7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of maternity unit closures; and what steps he is taking to prevent the closure of maternity units.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

VisitBritain

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the reduction in VisitBritain's budget.

7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards provide gluten free bread prescriptions for patients with coeliac disease.

7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mefloquine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the (a) licensing and (b) prescribing guidelines for the anti-malarial drug Lariam.

7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mefloquine: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential side effects of the anti-malarial drug Lariam on civilian patients prescribed it in the UK.

3 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators and Heart Pacemakers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the provision of pacemakers and implanted defibrillators.

3 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Home Country Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to monitor the safety and well-being of family members of individuals who worked with the UK Government in Afghanistan prior to Taliban rule.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed reforms to Personal Independence Payments on blind and partially sighted people.

2 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for an administrative review of a visa decision between July 2024 and March 2025.

2 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the administrative review backlog.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Meat Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Trade Strategy will establish animal welfare standards that imports will be required to meet.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled Supporting people to work through jobcentres, published on 31 March 2025, what steps her Department plans to take to increase the number of jo

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to provide bespoke protections for (a) the River Itchen and (b) other chalk streams; whether he plans to use planning reforms to support the protection of chalk stream

Source: official written-questions record.