Written questions
2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in England are receiving treatment with the Optune Tumour Treating Fields device; and at which NHS Trusts such treatment is available.
24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to request that NICE begin an appraisal of the Optune Tumour Treating Fields device for the treatment of glioblastoma.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of water quality breaches have been reported by water suppliers in Lancashire in the last 12 months.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of pupils in Fylde constituency who are eligible for free school meals but do not take them.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Lancashire were eligible for free school meals in each of the last five years.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the income thresholds for eligibility for free school meals.
23 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Companies: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that reports of fraudulent company registrations made to Action Fraud are treated as criminal matters.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Companies: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the fraudulent registration of companies using private residential addresses through Companies House.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Video Games: Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the risk of skin gambling on young people.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Culture: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which towns will be eligible to bid for the UK Town of Culture; and what criteria will be used to define what a town is for the purposes of the competition.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Know Your Neighbourhood Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria her Department used to select the delivery areas for the Know Your Neighbourhood Fund; and how often the list of delivery areas is reviewed.
23 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Fraud: Criminal Investigation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on the adequacy of their capacity to investigate complex fraud cases.
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Private Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to ensure that private prosecutions do not contribute to existing court backlogs.
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Private Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many private prosecutions were brought before magistrates’ courts and Crown Courts in each of the past ten years.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the AI Growth Lab promotes (a) responsible and (b) ethical AI innovation.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
OpenAI: Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether OpenAI’s UK data storage facilities will be subject to routine government security audits.
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Law Reporting: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Justice Transcribe tool was developed (a) in-house or (b) in partnership with external technology providers.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what criteria his Department is using to select locations for AI Growth Zones.
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2025 to Question 73115 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection, whether (a) financial penalties and (b) contract management actions were taken against any delive
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many whistleblowing reports relating to HM Courts & Tribunals Service's digital systems have been received in each of the past five years.
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Social Security and Child Support Tribunal: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2025 to Question 73118 on Social Security and Child Support Tribunal: ICT, whether any (a) personal and (b) sensitive information was exposed.
23 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Stalking: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the independent review of stalking laws will engage with (a) survivors, (b) survivor organisations and (c) experts.
22 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Misophonia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of misophonia on the (a) social and (b) occupational outcomes of people diagnosed with that condition.
22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Reasonable Adjustments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to (a) employers and (b) service providers on making reasonable adjustments for people with (i) misophonia and (ii) other sensory conditions.
22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure funds raised through Extended Producer Responsibility are used by local authorities on advanced recycling infrastructure.
22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Engineering and ICT: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure short courses in (a) digital, (b) AI and (c) engineering are eligible for Growth and Skills Levy funding from April 2026.
22 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Nutrients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the Nutrient Profile Model on the availability of healthier (a) food and (b) drink products.
22 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Manufacturing Industries: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to simplify planning consent processes for (a) food and drink production facilities and (b) other manufacturing sites.
22 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Manufacturing Industries: Energy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on introducing a Tailored Energy Discount for manufacturers transitioning to electrification.
22 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much of the £10 billion investment pledged by private firms at the Regional Investment Summit on 21 October 2025 is new investment; and how much had been previously pledged.
Source: official written-questions record.