Written questions
2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Authority: Registration
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Infected Blood Compensation Authority’s new registration service is accessible to claimants who (a) are digitally excluded and (b) have limited digital lite
16 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Care Workers: Living Wage
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of care workers working for less than the National Living Wage in Fylde constituency.
16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Malnutrition: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of levels of malnutrition in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
16 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Security Guards: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that SMEs in the private security sector that are not (a) Approved Contractor Scheme accredited and (b) members of the S12 Security Leadership Group are able to contri
16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the use of temporary escalation spaces in the NHS.
16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy of staffing levels and (b) potential impact of workforce levels on service delivery in hospices.
16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated to hospice services in each of the last five financial years; and what information his Department holds on the proportion of that funding from (a) central government,
16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equitable regional access to hospice care.
16 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Business: Secondary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to increase business coaching in schools; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a named business coach in secondary schools.
16 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Business Rates: Lancashire
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
15 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Infrastructure: Judicial Review
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the news story entitled Chancellor takes on the blockers to get Britain building, published on 15 October 2025, what the 34 infrastructure projects are; and what the (a) outcome and (b) duration wa
15 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Judicial Review: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that reforms to judicial review do not adversely impact access to justice for local communities challenging Government decisions on infrastructure projects.
15 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Infrastructure: Judicial Review
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the news story entitled Chancellor takes on the blockers to get Britain building, published on 15 October 2025, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed jud
15 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Infrastructure: Judicial Review
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the news story entitled Chancellor takes on the blockers to get Britain building, published on 15 October 2025, what discussions she has had with the Lord Chief Justice on proposed reductions in ju
15 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Cybercrime: Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Minister for Security's speech entitled Minister calls on business leaders to act now against cyber risks, published on 14 October 2025, what steps she is taking to encourage bus
15 Oct 2025 · Attorney General
Winter Fuel Payment: Fraud
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effective prosecution of the perpetrators of winter fuel payment scams targeting pensioners.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness among pensioners of winter fuel payment scams.
15 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Ethics and Integrity Commission
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2025 to Question 79077 on Ethics and Integrity Commission, if he will set out the nature of the advice the Cabinet Office will provide to the Prime Minister before the establ
14 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Ethics and Integrity Commission: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Government of Service, HCWS939, what criteria will be used in the recruitment process for the three new independent members of the Ethics and I
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) take-up of the covid-19 vaccine for eligible people in the latest period for which data is available.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she plans to take to encourage continued private investment in rural broadband infrastructure.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the potential impact of its Passive Infrastructure Access pricing model on the economic viability of rural gigabit-capable broadband network b
13 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Disclosure and Barring Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of requiring Disclosure and Barring Service checks to include civil offences where a safeguarding issue was involved.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with local councils to help (a) prevent over-licensing and (b) to maintain (i) quality and (ii) safety standards for private hire vehicle drivers.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that all private hire vehicle drivers meet minimum (a) driving and(b) language proficiency standards.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Fleetwood Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reopening the Poulton-le-Fylde to Fleetwood rail line.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Mobile Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Transport to help improve internet access across the rail network.
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of he Lobular Moonshot project.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Fair Work Charter provisions will be statutory.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of clean energy jobs created by the Great British Energy solar programme to date.
Source: official written-questions record.