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.