Written questions

1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include targets to improve the diagnosis times for myeloma in the forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils receiving provision in special needs primary schools live in locations from which it takes longer than 45 minutes to travel to school broken down by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary con

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils receiving provision in special needs secondary schools live in locations from which it takes longer than 75 minutes to travel to school broken down by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary c

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Ritual Slaughter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78992, how much meat was processed by each slaughterhouse using the (a) halal and (b) shechita methods in each year since 2020.

4 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) total cost and (b) average cost per asylum seeker of adopting Crowborough Training Camp to house asylum seekers; and how much funding her Department pl

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet representatives from the UK mechanical recycling industry to discuss government support for the industry.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the mechanical recycling industry.

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of safeguards for restricted private hire vehicle licences issued by local authorities.

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the compliance of East Cambridgeshire District Council with her Department's guidance on the provision of restricted private hire vehicle licences.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on whether to undertake a (a) consultation and (b) safeguarding assessment in the context of the application of vehicle plate-exemption powers.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

5G: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance her Department has issued to fire and rescue services on safety standards in relation to 5G masts.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

5G: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of fire safety standards for 5G masts.

14 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain for 2024; and what funding her Department has allocated for research into alternative testing method

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Energy: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 65935 on Private Rented Housing: Energy Performance Certificates, what his Department's timetable is for publishing the (a) Gov

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lipoedema and Lymphoedema

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve (a) training and (b) awareness of (i) Lymphoedema and (ii) Lipoedema for (A) GPs and (B) other medical professionals.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

City of Sanctuary UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2025 to Question 72845 on City of Sanctuary UK, on which dates officials from her Department met with Schools of Sanctuary since July 2024; and what was discussed at each mee

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 5 September 2025 from the hon. Member for West Suffolk.

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 14 August 2025 from the hon. Member for West Suffolk.

14 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 7 September 2025 from the hon. Member for West Suffolk.

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a list of the (a) people and (b) organisations who were invited to contribute towards the final report from the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobi

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the final report from the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition in full and without redactions.

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the final report from the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition.

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has received the final report from the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition.

14 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for launching a national inquiry into grooming gangs.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time for asylum claims was broken down by (a) individual route and (b) month since July 2024.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the headcount number of caseworkers for processing asylum claims was broken down by (a) individual route and (b) month since July 2024.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the headcount number was of caseworkers processing visas by (a) each visa route and (b) month since July 2024.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for visas broken down by (a) each visa route and (b) month since July 2024.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Decorations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a medal for servicemen and women who leave the armed forces before becoming eligible for medals under existing schemes.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Company Liquidations

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the practice of voluntary liquidation by companies with (a) liabilities and (b) outstanding contractual obligations that begin operations under another

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