Written questions
531 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Refugees: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness in meeting the 8-week processing deadline for applications under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme.
8 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how her Department will monitor and evaluate the effects of the DVSA’s move to individualised booking of driving tests.
7 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Childcare: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of increasing the 3- and 4-year-old childcare funded hours rate.
7 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Local Housing Allowance: Eastleigh
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Local Housing Allowance for residents in Eastleigh constituency.
7 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Charities: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Salary Sacrifice Pension arrangements from 2029 on employer National Insurance costs for charities.
7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of potential merits of establishing a single National Dementia Care Pathway supported by minimum service standards in the forthcoming Dementia and Frailty Modern Servi
7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing national dementia outcomes for neighbourhood health services and requiring integrated care boards to demonstrate timely acces
7 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Keep Britain Working Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Keep Britain Working Vanguard Taskforce will adequately factor in the challenges of living with fluctuating conditions.
7 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Extracurricular Activities: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support families of disadvantaged pupils with the cost of school trips.
7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the recruitment and retention of staff in women’s health services in Hampshire.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Birds of Prey: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has her department made of exisiting legislation to restrict illegal trade of birds of prey.
6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce delays in cancer diagnosis, specifically for blood cancers such as leukaemia.
18 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horticulture: Peat
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on introducing measures to end the use of peat in horticulture.
18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Allergies: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability and quality of data held by Integrated Care Boards on the prevalence of clinically diagnosed allergic conditions and the specialist aller
17 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will confirm funding for perpetrator intervention services for the next financial year.
17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Shared Ownership Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the regulatory and charitable framework governing housing associations that operate shared ownership schemes.
17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the proposed Modern Service Frameworks for palliative and end of life care will mandate Integrated Care Boards to commission hospice services in an equitable way.
16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Profession: Civil Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ascertain the position of Chartered Institute of Legal Executives practitioners who qualified through work-based routes, following the judgement in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [20
16 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Postal Workers: Dangerous Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of dog attacks on postal workers.
12 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor the success of the NHS scheme to identify breast cancer risk by testing for the BRCA gene.
10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Insolvency: Privacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve the clarity of guidance available to individuals applying for non-disclosure of address orders in insolvency cases.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Postal Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to monitor the level of administrative charges by Royal Mail applied to unstamped mail.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Attendance Allowance: Advisory Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to monitor the quality of paid services offering assistance with Attendance Allowance applications.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Speech and Language Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve (a) universal, (b) targeted and (c) specialist speech, language and communication support for children in schools.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hunting: Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in addition to banning trophy hunting imports, what further plans she has to prevent British firms from selling hunting holidays.
8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase support for voluntary and charitable organisations providing dementia support services in Hampshire.
8 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Retail Trade: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of the removal of business rates relief and the business rates revaluation on high street businesses.
2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Gurkhas: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to review documentation made public following the expiry of the 20-year confidentiality period relating to gurkha pensions and their alignment to British military standards.
1 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Trade: Directories
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of compelling online trade directories to require tradespeople to verify and display waste carrier licences.
1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Podiatry: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure ICBs offer routine podiatry surgeries.
Source: official written-questions record.