Written questions

Steve Darling

630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Community Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand the use of community optometry services.

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to create capacity in hospital eye services by expanding the use of optometry-led diagnostic and treatment pathways.

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the October 2024 report entitled Key Interventions to Transform Eye Care & Eye Health; and what estimate hi

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) eye care services provision and (b) steps taken by Integrated Care Boards to ensure equality of access to eye care services in each re

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the (a) Minor Eye Conditions Service and (b) Community Urgent Eyecare Service.

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the regional provision of Minor Eye Conditions Services.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Government Departments: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Departments and schemes will include families with No Recourse to Public Funds within their eligibility criteria following the introduction of new guidance; and what steps she will take to monit

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish a fuller equalities impact assessment of the Child Poverty Strategy, including its impact on groups at highest risk of poverty.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Metamaterials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has a strategy to accelerate the development and adoption of metamaterials.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

STEM Subjects: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to improve the availability of high-quality STEM skills and support innovation in the South West, particularly in sectors critical to defence, ICT, and energy s

4 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the urgent correspondence from the hon. Member for Torbay dated 12 November 2025 on the potential closure of the custody suite in Torbay.

2 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Embassies: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department provides trauma informed training to their Embassies and Consulates.

1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the selection criteria was for the location of the 43 new neighbourhood hubs.

1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Wait 45 policy for ambulance wait times, including on corridor care and patients being looked after in sub-optimal areas.

27 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Identity Cards: Overseas Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend arrangements allowing UK-bound group travellers to use national identity cards to other major sending countries such as Italy, Spain and Switzerland.

19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Hospitality Industry: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and combined Mayoral Authorities on taxes relating to

19 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Visitor Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials in her Department have worked on proposals to provide Mayors with powers to introduce a visitor levy.

19 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Visitor Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has carried out modelling on a visitor levy.

19 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Visitor Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism during the debate on Hospitality Sector of 3 September 2025, Official Report, column 351WH, whether she plans to intr

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds: Torbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of patients in Torbay NHS Foundation Trust who had no criteria to reside but who were not discharged by the end of the day and (b) what proportion of acu