Written questions
629 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Fire and Rescue Services: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for fire and rescue services in Greater Manchester.
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 47907 on Community Health Services, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of clinical homecare to moving healthcare out of ho
30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 47908 on Community Health Services: Finance, what options to improve homecare services are under consideration; and what his planned timetable is fo
30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that local (a) planning committees and (b) communities are consulted as part of the planning process.
30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that all new housing developments have adequate access to infrastructure.
30 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Community Development: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what fiscal support she is providing to local authorities to help support (a) community sports clubs, (b) swimming pools and (c) grassroot facilities in Greater Manchester.
15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund is being used for (a) digitisation projects and (b) physical improvements to GP premises.
15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund has been allocated to practices in Greater Manchester.
15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards are able to support the revenue consequences of primary care estate expansions enabled by capital investment.
15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that GP practices with (a) poor building quality, (b) insufficient capacity and (c) other significant estate issues are allocated funding through future rounds of th
15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) integrated care boards and (b) local GP federations will be able to reprioritise bids for funding under the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund.
15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England held discussions with (a) NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board and (b) Place Leads in Stockport before finalising the list of GP practices funded through the Primary Car
15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria were used to determine which GP surgeries received funding under the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund in the 2025-26 financial year; and what role integrated care board
14 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Recognition of States
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to recognise the state of Palestine.
14 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on lifting the aid blockade of Gaza.
14 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make representations to his Israeli counterpart on complying with international (a) humanitarian and (b) criminal law.
14 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Israeli security cabinet’s plan to capture and hold territory within the Gaza strip.
14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the NHS 10 year plan to increase the number of NHS midwives.
14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the is taking to help increase the number of midwifery staff in hospitals in Greater Manchester.
14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Stepping Hill Hospital: Midwives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of midwives in Stepping Hill hospital.
14 May 2025 · Treasury
Employment Agencies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with recruitment agencies on compliance with their new responsibilities in relation to umbrella company legislation by April 2026.
14 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tennis
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the Lawn Tennis Association on the implementation of the 2024–2029 padel strategy.
14 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken to hold operators to account on their progress since the UK Network Operator industry roundtable discussion on 12 September 2024.
14 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness in providing adequate protection for residents from unsuitable apparatus and lines of (a) Part 11 and (b) Part 12 of the Electronic Comm
14 May 2025 · Treasury
Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to maintain the current residence nil rate inheritance tax band of £175,000.
14 May 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Home Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to enable parents who need to withdraw their child from school when SEND support is insufficient to do so.
8 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Telecommunications: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice 2016 on the number of complaints from residents about the proposed site locati
8 May 2025 · Treasury
Inheritance Tax: Divorced People
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an additional allowance for divorced persons before inheritance tax is payable by their next of kin.
8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact on waiting for an NHS dental appointment for (a) people in wheelchairs and (b) able- bodied people.
8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for a wheelchair-bound patient to access an NHS appointment in (a) Stockport Borough and (b) Greater Manchester in the latest period for which data is available.
Source: official written-questions record.