Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of dedicated Care Home Teams on the quality and timeliness of clinical support provided to care home residents.

29 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Creative Foundations Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 28 May 2026 to question 2879, what steps she is taking to ensure that organisations in constituencies such as Fylde are not disadvantaged by competition with larger metr

29 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Creative Foundations Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 28 May 2026 to question 2879, what the geographic distribution of applications to the first round of the Creative Foundations Fund was by region and local authority.

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Sentencing: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer on 29 July 2026 to question 3142 on youth reoffending rates, what comparative assessment he has made of the reoffending rate for (a) short custodial sentences, (b) longer custodial sentence

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase the accountability of Integrated Care Boards in relation to mental health prevention under the Health Bill.

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of provisions in the Railways Bill on existing and future open access rail services; and what steps are being taken to ensure that such services are support

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether steps are being taken to ensure that online marketplaces apply verification tools and buyer protection systems to reduce counterfeit sales.

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Organised Crime: Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit in tackling organised counterfeit networks.

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Retail Trade: Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Trading Standards and police enforcement bodies on the seizure of counterfeit luxury goods.

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Intellectual Property Office’s new guidance for second-hand shoppers in reducing the purchase of counterfeit goods online.

29 May 2026 · Department for Education

Private Education: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the VAT increase on private schools on demand for school places in state schools.

29 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Government policies on the (i) availability and (ii) cost of tourist accommodation in Fylde constituency.

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Government policies on house prices in (i) Fylde constituency and (ii) Lancashire.

29 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers affected by recent extreme high temperatures.

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the readiness levels of the armed forces.

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on court digitisation; and what steps he is taking to ensure data processing is secure and accurate.

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment has been made of trends in the level of prison overcrowding.

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Listeria Monocytogenes: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether guidance is being issued to pregnant people to reduce the risk of infection from Listeriosis, including from ready-to-eat and chilled foods.

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food Poisoning

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role the Food Standards Agency is playing in reducing cases of food poisoning linked to contaminated poultry, meat, eggs and dairy products.

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food Poisoning

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the latest data published by the UK Health Security Agency indicating high levels of Salmonella and Campylobacter infections in England; and what steps are being take

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment has been made of the potential impact of consolidation of operations under Great British Railways compared with the previous franchising model on (a) operational competition and (b)

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) measure and (b) publish changes in (i) punctuality and (ii) cancellation rates following the transfer of services into public ownership.

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Greater Thameslink Railway: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what independent economic assessment has been made of the cost to the Exchequer of transferring the operations of Govia Thameslink Railways into public ownership compared with retaining the existing contractual

29 May 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school suspensions in Lancashire over the last five years.

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Integrated Care Boards have powers to revise indicative units of dental activity values where existing contracts are considered significantly below local averages.

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of variation in Unit of Dental Activity (UDA) values between NHS dental contracts within the same Integrated Care Board area on

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Sweden: Military Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Swedish fighter jet agreement on the future of the Global Combat Air Programme.

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Sweden: Military Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Swedish fighter jet deal on defence jobs in (i) the UK and (ii) Lancashire.

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether councils identified as at risk under new powers on financial mismanagement in local government will be excluded from merging with other authorities under local government

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Regeneration

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed powers to prevent financial mismanagement in local government on local authority borrowing for infrastructure and

Source: official written-questions record.