Written questions
476 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's planned timetable is for the (a) commencement and (b) publication of its health needs review.
24 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her article in The Sun on 22 October 2025, on what evidential basis she said that the UK was the destination of choice for refugees.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the third-party data entry of NHS patient data is processed securely.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Gloucestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of GP services to meet demand in Gloucestershire.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of unlimited online consultations on the ability of GPs to meet patient demand.
17 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Hospitality Industry: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s approach to VAT on hospitality compared with EU member states.
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Older Workers
o ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with industry stakeholders on improving job prospects for people in their 60s.
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with business leaders on the potential impact of AI on the number of jobs in the next five years.
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make and assessment of the potential impact of AI related job losses on the level of unemployment benefit.
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of the pensions triple lock for each of the next ten year.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the severity modifier criteria on access to drugs for cancer patients.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of NICE's decision to restrict secondary breast cancer patient's access to Enhertu on the grounds of patient wellbeing.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Graduates: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the employment rate for graduates under the age of 25.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department plans to publish the Alternative Methods Strategy.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Deportation: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times a court has cited Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights as a reason for non-deportation in the last 12 months; and if she will provide a breakdown of those instances by l
16 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Early Retirement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for the civil service ill health retirement scheme.
16 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Gloucestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals to introduce unitary government in Gloucestershire on democratic representation in towns with a population of mor
16 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Regeneration: Economic Growth
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of property businesses that do not adequately renovate town centre commercial properties on economic growth.
15 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken for civil servants to access the ill health retirement scheme.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the cost of state pensions on other public spending priorities.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the 50 PLUS: Choices scheme.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Horse Racing: Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposals to harmonise tax rates on gambling on jobs in horse racing.
15 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Empty Property: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the pace of the regeneration of empty buildings on high streets.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Baggage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to amend regulations on luggage sizes for short haul air travel.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Driverless Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of self-driving taxis on local economies.
15 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered reviewing banding for vehicle excise duty based on emissions rather than registration date.
15 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Construction: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of lowering VAT on construction projects on town centre regeneration.
15 Sep 2025 · Treasury
VAT: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent VAT fraud by (a) misrepresentation and (b) impersonation.
15 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Consumers: Protection
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Conduct Authority plans to (a) investigate and (b) report on whether all firms’ (i) flood and (ii) storm definitions comply with the Consumer Duty.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) bringing forward legislative proposals to charge interest on outstanding debts of child maintenance of more than a year's standin
Source: official written-questions record.