Written questions
1,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to to publish annual workforce totals for each organisation on the register of licensed sponsors (workers).
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to publish the number of visas sponsored by each organisation on the register of licensed sponsors (workers) since 2021.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Care Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who entered the UK on a social care work visa in each of the past ten years remain (a) in the UK and (b) working in social care.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number of visas which have expired without (a) renewal, (b) transfer to another visa type and (c) acquiring indefinite leave to remain in each of the past five years
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the difference in saving between (a) a clustered ICB and (b) an ICB merger, in the context of ICB re-organisation in the East of England.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an impact assessment on the proposed creation of a Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Hertfordshire ICB.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement he has had with local authorities in Bedfordshire on plans for ICB re-organisation in the East of England.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Resident Doctors: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to (a) the NHS and (b) the public purse of the resident doctor strikes in 2025.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Resident Doctors: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the causes of the resident doctor strikes in 2025.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Millions more appointments as more than 2,000 extra GPs recruited, published on 24 July 2025, what proportion of additional GP appointments
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Millions more appointments as more than 2,000 extra GPs recruited, published on 24 July 2025, how many of those GPs are working in Bedfords
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled £75 million boost for hospices to transform end-of-life care, published on 20 July 2025, whether he has made an assessment of the revenue i
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2025 to Question 62005 on Care Workers: Migrant Workers, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on visa status and ongoing emplo
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many face-to-face GP appointments were there in each of the past three years.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of face-to-face GP appointments in 2025/26.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 139 of his Department's 10 Year Health Plan, published on 3 July 2025, whether bridging loan capabilities will be permitted in order to allow the provision of new GP surgerie
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Genomics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of being able to view the risk of major conditions on people with poor mental health.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Genomics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 73 of his Department's 10 Year Health Plan, published on 3 July 2025, whether patients will be able to opt out of viewing their risk of major conditions.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 10-Year Health Plan, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government about the role of placemaking in improving public h
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 10-Year Health Plan, what assessment he has made of public trust in AI for use in AI diagnosis tools.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Genomics: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 10-Year Health Plan, what safeguards will be put in place to prevent hostile actors from accessing genomic data held by the NHS.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neighbourhood Health Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 36 of the NHS 10 Year Health Plan, published on 3 July 2025, how the cost of operating Neighbourhood Health Centres will be shared amongst (a) local government, (b) the volun
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neighbourhood Health Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 15 of the policy paper entitled 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 36 of the policy paper entitled 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, what his definition is of community, in this context.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of restoring the
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of GPs per head of population in Bedfordshire by 2035, in the context of the 10 Year Health Plan.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing ongoing access to therapy for people with complex mental health needs.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how new GP surgeries will be set up under his 10 Year Health Plan.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of non-healthcare professionals in his plans for the NHS; and how this compares to the current figure.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out how the role of multi-neighbourhood providers will differ from that of ICBs, in the context of the 10 Year Health Plan.
Source: official written-questions record.