Written questions

609 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Brixton: Restaurants

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to take steps to prevent the closure of The Clink Restaurant in HMP Brixton.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help increase awareness of irritable bowel syndrome.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that female asylum seekers who are victims of gender-based violence have access to (a) mental health support and (b) trauma-informed care.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide (a) safe and (b) supportive accommodation for female asylum seekers.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to help protect (a) female and (b) child asylum seekers against (i) sexual violence and (ii) other abuse in hotel accommodation.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: South Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help improve access to NHS dentistry in South Cambridgeshire constituency.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Universities: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support universities affected by the withdrawal of Medical Research Council funding.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Aerobic Vaginitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase awareness of aerobic vaginitis.

9 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Civil Liberties

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect civil liberties.

8 Sep 2025 · Women and Equalities

Equality and Human Rights Commission: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she plans to take to allow for the provision of parliamentary scrutiny of the revised draft Equality and Human Rights Commission code of practice.

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Court of Protection: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will exempt full time students from paying Court of Protection Fees.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce the regulations for the Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered the risks posed by (a) climate change and (b) nature destruction as factors for the Pensions Commission to take into account.

29 Aug 2025 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will list the energy performance certificate ratings recorded for each building within the Parliamentary estate in each of the last five

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with private sector health providers on the implementation of the NHS 10 Year Plan.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the availability of space in (a) surgeries and (b) community buildings on the implementation of the NHS 10 Year Plan.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for publishing guidance on the financial implications for GP partnerships of the NHS 10 Year Plan.

8 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the use of Defence Bonds for financing military expenditure; and whether her Department has had recent discussions with financial investors on their

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 39995 on Long Covid: Clinics, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the delivery of long covid care by integrated care boards.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Port of Felixstowe: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the freight throughput was in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) passing through Felixstowe port in the most recent 12 months for which data are available; and how many and what proportion of those TEUs w

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to remove parental rights from people convicted of rape in cases where a child has been conceived as a result of that offence.

3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many overheating incidents have been logged in NHS hospitals in the East of England in each of the last five years.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to publish a national strategy on community energy.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the merits of policy in (a) Denmark, (b) Germany and (c) other countries in increasing community energy.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to publish clear guidance on the definition of community energy; what steps he is taking to tackle (a) capacity and (b) skills shortages in its development; and what steps he

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) streamline and (b) better resource Neighbourhood Plans in (i) less affluent communities and (ii) other communities.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting a spatial energy planning approach to better align land use planning with net zero objectives.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that rural and off-grid communities are fully integrated into the UK’s grid transition.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to introduce additional regulatory mechanisms to ensure the financial viability of community energy schemes under the Great British Energy Bill.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing statutory Locally Determined Contributions; and what assessment he has made of the resources that would be

Source: official written-questions record.