Written questions
66 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make e-cigarettes available on prescription for smoking cessation.
8 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Misconduct
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that wrongdoing within public services is (a) identified and (b) sanctioned in the context of the infected blood inquiry.
7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national healthcare worker register including training records to protect vulnerable clients.
25 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) social enterprises and (b) commercial organisations to (i) respond to the challenge of food surplus and waste and (ii) contribute to
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pets: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) help tackle the issue of dangerous dog breeds and (b) encourage responsible dog ownership.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation her Department has undertaken with the construction industry in advance of a reduction in the maximum operating weight for a volumetric concrete mobile plant.
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Overseas Students: Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that Hong Kong students do not experience Chinese (a) interference, (b) influence, (c) harassment and (d) repression whilst studying on UK campuses.
31 Mar 2025 · Home Office
British National (Overseas): Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the safety of Hong Kongers in the UK experiencing (a) bounties, (b) sanctions and (c) other forms of transnational repression.
31 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Journalism: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support British journalists who face arbitrary detention overseas.
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Universities: Local Growth Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) local authorities and (b) universities on ensuring universities are included in local growth plans.
13 Mar 2025 · Women and Equalities
LGBT+ people: Discrimination
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help end discrimination against LGBT+ people.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence
HMT Lancastria
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People will meet with (a) survivors, (b) relatives and (c) friends of people affected by the sinking of RMS Lancastria during the Second World War to
21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding NHS prenatal care to include three ultra-sound scans.
10 Feb 2025 · Treasury
BetIndex: Complaints
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the Financial Regulators Complaints Commission report on BetIndex Limited, published on 16 September 2024.
6 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Mature Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on financial support available for mature students with caring responsibilities.
6 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial support available through University Credit for students in full-time higher education with dependents.
9 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Civil Society
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the voluntary sector to introduce new ways of treating mental ill health.
9 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help prevent and (b) increase early intervention for mental ill health.
9 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the (a) NHS and (b) voluntary sector to introduce (i) clinical and (ii) non-clinical responses for young people with mental health needs.
4 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an Online Safety Act fee regime through which the fees charged to individual platforms is equal to the costs to Ofc
4 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the consultation document entitled Online Safety - fees and penalties: Consultation on implementing fees and penalties under the Online Safety Act 2023, published on 2
4 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the consultation document entitled Online Safety - fees and penalties: Consultation on implementing fees and penalties under the Online Safety Act 2023, published on 2
20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) maternal mental health services launched in 2019 and (b) maternal mental health services pregnancy and baby loss pathways in su
6 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities
Immigration: Windrush Generation
What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support victims of the Windrush scandal.
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Joint European Torus
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the UK Atomic Energy Authority on ensuring that expertise gained through the Joint European Torus (JET) experiment is (a) retained and (b) used by the UK STEP
17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Nottingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding had been (a) budgeted and (b) provided for (i) the Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital and (ii) the New Hospital Programme in total by 2 July 2024.
17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Nottingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding (a) the Queen's Medical Centre and (b) Nottingham City Hospital received from the National Hospital Programme until the end of the 2023-24 financial year.
16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Nottingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) business case status and (b) RIBA stage is for the delivery of works on (i) Queen's Medical Centre and (ii) Nottingham City Hospital as part of the New Hospital Programme.
16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Nottingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost to the public purse of work on (a) the Queen's Medical Centre and (b) Nottingham City Hospital via the New Hospital programme.
9 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Innovate UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to encourage collaboration between business and universities to increase economic growth.
Source: official written-questions record.