Steve Darling

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prisons: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support prisoners with long term dependency on drugs or alcohol with the management of withdrawal of drugs and alcohol.

23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Systems: Torbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the referral from Torbay Council of the likely decision by Torbay Hospital to end the Integrated Care Organisation joint health and social care arrangements.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 95517, whether the Department has conducted a review or internal audit the consistency of decision-making applied within Access to Work since Januar

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 95517 on Access to Work Programme, what data his Department has used to determine that there should be a focus on ensuring consistency in decision-m

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report entitled Evaluation of pupil attainment and progression in Maths Schools, published in October 2025 by The Observatory for Mathema

10 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with regard to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, how many unannounced audits were there in 2024; and whether she plans to increase the number of un

10 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, between 1 January 2026 and 28 February 2026, how many licences have been granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 for projects that use a) cats b) dogs c) horses and d) non-human pri

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to help ensure that emerging transport technologies, including electric and autonomous vehicles, are accessible and affordable for disabled people.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the accessibility of transport on barriers to employment experienced by disabled people.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential benefits of amending the Bathing Water regulations to include a wider range of recreational users.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department plans to establish the public health task force recommended by the Independent Water Commission prior to the introduction of the Water Reform Bill.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of safeguards included in the Transition Plan for recreational water users, including those using waters outside designated bath

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the welfare of teachers while they are suspended.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what oversight exists to ensure schools comply with national procedures when suspending teachers.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review how teacher suspensions are used in disciplinary investigations.

2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to help ensure that lessons identified in (a) inspections and (b) reports are implemented consistently across relevant agencies.

2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Transfers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the accuracy of documentation used during transfers between custodial settings.

2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what processes are used to assess risks presented by people on admission to custodial facilities.

2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escorts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of cases in which there have been miscommunications with respect to the Person Escort Record in the last 12 months.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent front-line customer support staff worked on his Department's bereavement line in each year between 2021 and 2026.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average and (b) longest recorded wait time was on his Department's bereavement line in each year between 2021 and 2026.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many graduates who graduated in the last five years are registered as claimants at jobcentres.

24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken sampling of patient experiences since changes to the Patient Access Charter in October 2025.

24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Pharmacy First on (a) patient satisfaction, (b) GP access and (c) pharmacy outcomes.

24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to reward high-performing GP practices.

24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will amend the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 to enable the Public Health and Service Ombudsman to stop requiring an hon. Member's signature before members of the public can refer a complaint to them.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of NICE condition severity ratings on the accessibility of drugs for those with secondary breast cancer.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the prognosis of those with secondary breast cancer.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to standardise delay repay thresholds across operators.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Torquay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has undertaken modelling of wastewater discharges from the Meadfoot sewage outfall in Torquay to assess the interaction of those discharges with tidal mo