Written questions
629 written questions tabled, most recent first.
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 an able-bodied patient to access an NHS appointment in (a) Stockport Borough and (b) Greater Manchester in the latest period for which data is available.
8 May 2025 · Department for Education
Home Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that home educators' right to privacy is protected, in the context of the proposed home schooling register.
8 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish an impact assessment on the potential impact of the proposed changes to disability benefits on voluntary organisations before the legislation is introduced.
8 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households claiming (a) income-based employment and support allowance and (b) new style employment and support allowance.
8 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households that claim Universal Credit and are affected by the two-child limit (a) were affected from the start of their claim and (b) were previously affected under a cl
8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the increase in the number of people that will have palliative care needs over the next 10 years.
8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on how to provide long term, sustainable funding for transforming palliative and end of life care services.
8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered increasing funding for the Environment Agency for (a) capital and (b) appraisal work for (i) upstream water storage at Bramhall Green in Cheadle and (ii) othe
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure staff in school-based nursery settings are adequately trained to care for infants under two years old.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) capacity and (b) preparedness of early years providers to safely care for babies under 12 months in the context of the expansion of funded childcare.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will require early years providers to demonstrate how they (a) assess and (b) manage risks associated with infant sleep practices.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue new guidance to early years providers on the use of sleep products not suitable for infants under two years of age.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to update the early years foundation stage statutory framework to include (a) explicit and (b) enforceable safe sleep guidance for children under two in group care settings.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will require Ofsted inspectors to undertake specialist training in safe sleep practices for infants during qualifications to inspect early years settings.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to make safer sleep training mandatory for early years staff working with babies under two years old.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to require Ofsted inspectors to review CCTV footage in assessments of infant sleep safety practices during inspections of early years settings.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce unannounced Ofsted inspections in early years settings where (a) safeguarding concerns and (b) whistleblowing allegations have been raised.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Ofsted inspections of early years settings adequately assess adherence to safe sleep guidance for babies under two years old.
28 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Journalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to respond to reports of the detention of journalists in Iran.
28 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect civil society organisations (a) within or (b) in exile from Iran.
28 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support human rights defenders in Iran.
28 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the level of religious freedom for (a) minority faith and (b) other groups in Iran.
28 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has evidence of human rights violations by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
28 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in cyber operations targeting UK infrastructure or citizens.
28 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for his polices of levels of (a) presence and activities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the UK and (b) potential threats to Iran
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Estradiol: Shortages
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the serious shortage protocols introduced for Estradot patches are (a) communicated clearly to (i) pharmacies and (ii) prescribers and (b) impleme
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Estradiol
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has provided to (a) GPs and (b) pharmacists to support patients unable to access Estradot patches.
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Estradiol: Shortages
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to resolve the shortage of Estradot hormone replacement therapy patches; and when supply is expected to return to normal levels.
28 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Off-payroll Working: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that umbrella companies operating in the UK temporary labour market are adequately transparent about (a) workers' pay, (b) wage deductions and (c) statutory entitle
28 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Off-payroll Working: Income Tax and National Insurance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that umbrella companies correctly (a) deduct and (b) remit (i) Income Tax and (ii) National Insurance contributions on behalf of temporary workers.
Source: official written-questions record.