Written questions

476 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussion she has had with the video games industry on the availability of business training for entrepreneurs in that sector.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Video Games: National Vocational Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the video games industry on the number of vocational qualifications for 16 to 18 year olds.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: Tax Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Independent Game Developers’ Association on the adequacy of the level of the Games Expenditure Credit for smaller studios.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK Games Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of potential impact of the UK Games Fund on (a) employment, (b) investment, (c) studio formation and (d) IP development over the next 12 months.

11 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Communication Service: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will set out the appointment process for the Permanent Secretary, Director of Government Communications.

11 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Infrastructure Levy and Planning Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to local authorities of developers successfully contesting (a) section 106 agreements and (b) a Community Infrastructure Levy.

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of specialist (a) wheelchairs, (b) beds and (c) armchairs for tall disabled people.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK Games Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many video games studios have been supported by the UK Games Fund.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Animation and Video Games: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on the number of students that undertook undergraduate degrees in Games and Animation in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2023-24 academic years.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Video Games: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage students to study video game design degrees.

11 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Video Games: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of potential impact of the Video Games Expenditure Credit on levels of (a) employment, (b) investment, (c) studio formation and (d) IP development.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of Video Games Expenditure Credit on levels of inward investment into the video games industry.

11 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Video Games: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many video games studios have received (a) Video Games Tax Relief and (b) Video Games Expenditure Credit since they were introduced.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grant funding is available to help support training in small and medium-sized enterprises in the video games development sector.

8 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department to ensure that 5% of GDP is spent on defence before 2035.

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of pay for resident doctors.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential benefit of changing the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence test by (a) using CCTV on test vehicles and (b) introducing detailed written feedback for fail

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support defence companies.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is her Department's policy on targets for net migration.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the solar industry.

4 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of conducting efficiency savings to fund more (a) clinical staff and (b) equipment in the NHS.

4 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to review NHS outsourcing contracts.

4 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs have (a) been hired and (b) left practice since July 2024.

4 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver a pay restoration framework for resident doctors.

4 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for increasing the annual provision of specialty training places for resident doctors.

4 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to GP practices to hire more GPs.

4 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the recruitment of GPs.

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parish and Town Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether at any stage of the local government reorganisation process she will bar the formation of new (a) town and (b) parish councils.

22 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Xinjiang: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that British businesses follow human rights obligations set out in the Second Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Session

22 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Xinjiang: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what response he received from his Chinese counterparts on the concerns he raised about human rights abuses in Xinjiang in October 2024.

Source: official written-questions record.