Written questions

629 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 May 2026 · Treasury

Shares: Sales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the level of use of subsidiary structures by overseas fund managers to hold short positions in UK-listed companies; and what assessment her Department has made of the adequ

21 May 2026 · Treasury

Shares: Sales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made in the level of short-selling activity in UK-listed companies; and what steps the Financial Conduct Authority is taking to monitor the potential impact of short positions held

21 May 2026 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Ministry of Justice regarding the consistency and frequency of communication between police forces and victims of financial abuse and coercive control.

21 May 2026 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Ministry of Justice on the urgency with which police forces tackle financial abuse and coercive control.

21 May 2026 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence: Crime Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle the root causes of and (b) use a prevention based approach to violence against women and girls.

21 May 2026 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further plans she has to increase funding for violence against women and girls (VAWG) since the latest VAWG strategy was published.

21 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Women's Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Office for Equalities and Opportunities on the potential impact of the shortening of custodial sentences on women's centres' (a) resources and (b) capacity, in relation to wom

21 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to ensure there is an adequate supply of social homes for women fleeing abuse with enough bedrooms for their children in Greater Manchester.

21 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Women's Centres: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help councils provide index-linked grants to women's centres that take account of changes in costs.

21 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Women's Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to provide councils with sufficient funds to support women's centres.

21 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle and reduce corridor care in accident and emergency departments in Greater Manchester.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Missing Persons: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of a potential link between children going missing and the risk of exploitation, including child criminal exploitation and child sexual exploitation.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Missing Persons: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the police and safeguarding partners on reducing the number of repeat missing episodes among children aged 12 to 17 years.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues is taking to improve outcomes for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who go missing from care.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health support available to children who are at risk of going missing.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve data sharing between schools, local authorities and safeguarding agencies to support the identification of children at risk of going missing.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, a) what steps he is taking to support parents to have 3 cycles of free NHS IVF in all areas of the country b) what steps he is taking to help reduce financial barriers to becoming a parent and c) w

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the recent decision that all Greater Manchester boroughs offer 1 cycle of free NHS IVF, in the context of the NICE guideline advising 3+ cycles and some boroughs such

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Injuries: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to help prevent delays to spinal operations including where infrastructure such as operating room seals are broken leading to operations being cancelled and del

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Injuries: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of delayed and cancelled spinal operations on patients' lives and b) what support is available to patients awaiting spinal operations for months or years.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Injuries: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that delays to spinal operations are mitigated against and minimised.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Maladministration

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the child maintenance service a) minimises and mitigates administrative or otherwise errors and b) that parents using the child maintenance service are not in

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is currently taking to improve the training of staff and quality of service for users of the child maintenance service.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of removing the 4% collection fees for receiving parents using the child maintenance service.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Aphasia: Speech and Language Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered the potential merits of providing funding for speech therapy for those suffering from primary progressive aphasia.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Aphasia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support those suffering from primary progressive aphasia.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Aphasia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for those suffering from primary progressive aphasia.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider the potential merits of introducing a national duty of care for bailiffs.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve standards in relation to bailiffs.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support research into myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Source: official written-questions record.