Written questions

1,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 34 of his Department's policy paper entitled 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, what the outcome will be if a patient needs to spe

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 34 of his Department's policy paper entitled 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, what the outcome will be if a patient and care tea

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners and Neighbourhood Health Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the maximum distance a patient should be from a (a) neighbourhood health centre and (b) GP surgery is under the 10 Year Health Plan.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Trails UK: Icknield Way

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting National Trail status to the Icknield Way.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of student visa holders attending universities are in the (a) top and (b) bottom quartile of education standards.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Universities: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the value for money to students of each UK university.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Universities: Economic Growth and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the value for money of the (a) economic growth contribution and (b) research output provided by each university.

8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to provide capital funding to local authorities on an annual basis.

8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Town Development Corporations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will require New Towns Development Corporations to produce a design code for new towns.

8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of planning permissions granted since July 2024 that have led to house building starts.

8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the average time since planning was granted for house building starts in each of the last five years.

8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 62017 on Housing, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential impact of Part O on internal temperatures.

8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt: Maps

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 61248 on Green Belt: Maps, whether local authorities will be required to publish a map of grey belt areas within their areas du

8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Fairer funding for councils across the country in major reform, published on 20 June 2025, what steps he is taking to ensure the effe

8 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often her Department checks that UK visa holders are living at the address provided.

8 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of social care visa holders have transferred to another visa type since July 2024.

8 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been issued where a public sector body is the sponsoring employer since July 2024; and how many of those visa holders are still employed by those bodies.

8 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been issued where the National Health Service is the sponsoring employer since July 2024; and how many of those visa holders are still employed by the NHS.

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to p.81 of the 10 Year Health Plan, published on 3 July 2025, what steps he is taking to ensure the accuracy of triage using AI on the NHS App for each patient.

8 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Economic Growth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2025 Issue 1, published on 3 June 2025, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the OECD's growth forecast for the UK

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release New drainage standards tackle pollution in England’s communities, published on 19 June 2025, if he will list the (a) flooding and (b) drainage exper

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled New drainage standards tackle pollution in England’s communities, published on 19 June 2025, if he will list the stakeholders that were con

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Rooftop solar for new builds to save people money, published on 6 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the potenti

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Rooftop solar for new builds to save people money, published on 6 June 2025, if she has made an estimate of the potentia

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Personal Independence Payments Bill on public finances.

5 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Capital Markets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June to Written Question 61630 on Investment, what steps she is taking to talking to support retail participation in UK capital markets following the cancellation of the retail sale of N

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regional Planning and Development: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Chancellor announces record investment to rebuild National Health Service, published on 11 June 2025, when he plans to confirm the 35

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Employment Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 14 of the policy paper entitled 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, if he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Emp

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the percentage of NHS services provided by private healthcare providers (a) on 6 September 2025 and (b) at the end of the 10 Year Health Plan period.

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which areas he plans to designate as integrated health organisations in 2026; and what criteria he will use to identify those areas.

Source: official written-questions record.