Written questions

144 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to review the pay structure for probation officers.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of real-terms pay on the recruitment and retention of probation staff since 2010.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of real-terms pay reductions on the recruitment and retention of probation staff since 2010.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve coordination of care for long covid patients who require multi-disciplinary support.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research is being commissioned by the NHS into potential treatments for long covid.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that referrals for ME/CFS are not rejected solely on the basis of a long covid diagnosis being mentioned in GP notes.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) reinstate and (b) establish dedicated long covid support services in St Helier and Epsom.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to establish a national database of long covid patients.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Repossession Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of an increase in the number of leasehold flat forfeitures due to leaseholders being unable to pay costs arising from buildin

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Flats: Home Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of leasehold flats containing combustible material with higher insurance costs that will be classified as permanently impaired under the Basel 3.1 requirements; and if she wi

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department considers the (a) have regard duty on the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) guidance provided in the Government’s remit letter, published on 14 November 2024, to be sufficient basis for the

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what outcomes her Department has set for the Financial Conduct Authority to deliver under the forthcoming National Financial Inclusion Strategy; and how will these be (a) measured and (b) reported.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to review the (a) necessity and (b) frequency of annual reviews within NHS Continuing Health Care; and whether he plans to adjust those requirements.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

CCTV and Video Recordings: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to introduce measures to ensure that (a) privacy and (b) data protection standards are maintained for the use of (i) CCTV and (ii) other video recording devices on dome

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

CCTV and Video Recordings: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations governing the use of (a) CCTV and (b) other video recording devices on domestic buildings.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce a national (a) framework and (b) funding stream to support local authorities in purchasing ex-council homes in areas of (i) high vacancy and (ii) v

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to produce an integrated legislative plan to help reach (a) climate and (b) nature targets.

15 May 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate (i) young people's financial literacy and (ii) financial education initiatives.

15 May 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will participate in the 2029 PISA financial literacy assessment.

15 May 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to develop a national financial education strategy.

12 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of disputes involving the Child Maintenance Service on the backlog of cases in the family courts; and what steps she is taking to reduce t

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mortgages

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that mortgage lenders do not require EWS1 forms where there is no legal requirement; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact o

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many eye care professionals are delivering NHS Special School Eye Care Service under Primary Ophthalmic Service contracts as of March 2025; and how many special schools are in receipt of that s

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the rollout of the NHS special schools eye care service will begin; and what his planned timeline is to offer this to all special schools in England.

1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to meet his target for GP appointment waiting times.

1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is on track to meet its target for GP appointment waiting times by the end of the Parliament.

1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his target is for GP wait times by the end of this Parliament.

1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of mental health waiting lists on levels of people out of work.

1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting lists for mental health treatment.

24 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Canada: Minerals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK-Canadian Critical Mineral Dialogue is still on-going.

Source: official written-questions record.