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.