Written questions

609 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to help end regional differences in domestic energy bills.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to take steps to decouple electricity prices from the wholesale gas price.

3 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Independent Review of the Loan Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she made an assessment of the potential merits of including the (a) role and (b) conduct of HMRC within the terms of reference of the independent review of the loan charge.

3 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Independent Review of the Loan Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with Ray McCann on including the role of people who (a) recommended and (b) operated disguised remuneration schemes with the Loan Charge review.

3 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Independent Review of the Loan Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Independent Review of the Loan Charge.

3 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.11 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of investments by occupational pension schemes on the (a) place, (b) peo

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Leukaemia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of leukaemia cases diagnosed in an emergency setting on (a) patient outcomes and (b) NHS resources.

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Leukaemia: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the level of participation in clinical trials for (a) leukaemia patients diagnosed with acute subtypes and (b) all leukaemia patients.

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve equity of access to CAR-T therapy; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making it available as a first-line treatment for e

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Domestic Waste: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with local authorities to maximise the recycling of household waste.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to increase the active travel budget.

27 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Inspectorate: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources of the Planning Inspectorate in dealing with (a) local and (b) national planning appeals within target timeframes.

24 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing a clawback mechanism into the proposed changes to APR and BPR.

24 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) the Country Land and Business Association and (b) other industry bodies to support working farms, in the context of her proposed changes to (i) agricultural property relief and

24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of specialist training opportunities for young doctors; and whether he has plans to increase the availability of these opportunities.

24 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Voice over Internet Protocol: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will meet with Silver Voices to discuss their safety concerns in relation to the digital switchover.

24 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Ali Kololo

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will formally apologise to Ali Kololo about the Metropolitan Police’s involvement in his overturned conviction.

24 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to encourage occupational pension schemes to invest in clean energy (a) projects and (b) infrastructure.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the supply of prescription medicines in (a) rural and (b) other areas.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patient Choice Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the NHS England Consultation on changes to Right to Choose under the NHS Payment Scheme Policy will take into account the views of patients and their families.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases to employers National Insurance contributions on home to school transport for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilit

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that the deployment of offshore renewables is not detrimental to blue carbon stores.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that the rollout of offshore wind is not detrimental to halting species decline by 2030.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support green technologies.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the use of nature-based solutions to help tackle climate change.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to promote nature-positive renewable energy.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve road safety for vulnerable road users.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS England in upholding (a) article 5 and (b) article 6 of the UK's General Data Protection Regulation.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that people in (a) low-paid and (b) insecure work receive an adequate income in retirement.

21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Local Government Pension Scheme on levels of economic growth in local communities.

Source: official written-questions record.