Written questions

839 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to raise cases of detained Christian religious leaders with Chinese authorities.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure changes to driving test booking rules mean booking driving tests will be accessible to everyone.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to driving test booking rules on intensive driving schools.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with driving instructor bodies such as National Associations Strategic Partnership on the consultation on Improving car driving test booking rules.

17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: First Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase awareness and (b) increase training for first aid for epilepsy.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Back Pain and Musculoskeletal Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support those with back pain and musculoskeletal sick notes to get back to the workplace.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Musculoskeletal Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on utilising spare capacity in the chiropractic sector to support those with back pain and musculoskeletal sick notes b

17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Back Pain: Chiropractic

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to utilise spare capacity in the chiropractic sector to support those with back pain.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help support fire and rescue services (a) in Nottinghamshire and (b) nationally via financial investment.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Law Reporting

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to make court and tribunal transcripts more accessible and affordable.

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Kinship Care: Parental Leave and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to include kinship parents in its Parental leave and pay review.

4 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will set out the timeline for publishing the spending allocations for Official Development Assistance up to 2028/29; and what steps she is taking to ensure funding for

3 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her department has made on the number of children on the British National (Overseas) visa who would face delays in attaining settled status due to their parents’ inability to meet new

3 Mar 2026 · Treasury

BrewDog: Shares

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had any discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority regarding the valuation transparency of BrewDog's Equity for Punks scheme.

3 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Independent Review of the Loan Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department will offer the same settlement terms from the implementation of the McCann Review to people that have settled with HMRC.

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department are taking to improve recognition and provision for people with long COVID.

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department are taking to improve A) diagnosis and B) treatment of children with long COVID.

3 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Taxation: Repayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the process of providing reimbursements to people who have over paid their tax in the context of the Loan Charge review conducted HMRC.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been made to the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme for children born in the UK to Ukrainian national parents; and what the approval rate has been.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to communicate with Ukraine Permission Extension holders on applying before their permission expires; and how many people have been contacted by (a) email, (b) SMS

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme are awaiting a decision.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of excluding Ukraine schemes from counting towards settlement on Ukrainian nationals in the UK.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide further information on long-term arrangements for (a) settlement, (b) a longer-term temporary route and (c) switching into other immigration routes for Ukrainians in the UK.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish further information on long-term steps to help support people using the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of paragraph HK 23.5 of the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa route on applicants who hold permission as BN(O) Adult Dependent Relat

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure the Access to Work scheme supports people with multiple sclerosis.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to engage disabled people in the process of the Timms Review of the Personal Independence Payment system.

24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Achalasia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15949 on Achalasia: Health Services, when the NHS England Specialised Commissioning Paediatric Medicine: Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutri

24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Achalasia: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of achalasia.

24 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Astronomy and Nuclear Physics: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed cuts to funding for particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics research on levels of such research

Source: official written-questions record.