Written questions

355 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polycystic Kidney Disease: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is undertaking into the treatment of Polycystic Kidney Disease.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of fireworks noise on the welfare of people living with PTSD and other noise-sensitive health conditions.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of fireworks noise on the welfare of pets.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he will review current fireworks legislation in relation to noise levels.

14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cancellation of some local election on (a) communities and (b) local authorities.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help people with food prices.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to require supermarkets to publish data comparing food price increases with payments to suppliers.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) customs checks and (b) regulatory barriers in UK-EU trade on food prices.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Groceries Code Adjudicator in protecting consumers from rising food prices.

8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the assessments his Department has made on the potential impact of the removal of the Resident Labour Market Test in 2020 on trends in the level of doctors.

7 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Greenland: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing security guarantees to Greenland outside the NATO framework alongside key European allies.

7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Digital Technology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of NHS digital-first services on access to care for older people who are not confident using online tools.

7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of car parking charges in hospital car parks on access to healthcare.

18 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Self-assessment: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional support HM Revenue and Customs can provide to visually impaired people using the Self Assessment system.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Peat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce legislation in 2026 to ban the sale and supply of peat for horticultural use.

17 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Ceasefires

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help bring about a ceasefire in Sudan.

17 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help ensure (a) unrestricted humanitarian access across the country and (b) the protection of humanitarian and aid workers in Sudan.

17 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what transitional support will be provided to the families who are already on Indefinite Leave to Remain.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Medicine: Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support the development and use of alternative methods to animal testing in medical research.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that future reforms to Personal Independence Payment are accompanied by the publication of impact assessments on (a) mental health and (b) poverty.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to provide compensation to women impacted by changes to the state pension age.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will implement the recommendations of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s 2025 report entitled Women’s state pension age: our findings for the Department for Work and Pensions’ commun

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS neurologists and geriatricians have specialist training to treat Parkinson’s disease.

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current number of specialist Parkinson’s disease nurses employed within the NHS.

2 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is planning to take to ensure Parliamentary oversight of the digital ID scheme in relation to the UN Agenda 2030.

2 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled New digital ID scheme to be rolled out across UK, published on 26 September 2025, what steps he is planning to take to ensure that the scheme cannot be (a) misused, (

2 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when will the mandatory digital ID scheme be introduced.

19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings: CAFCASS

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of CAFCASS in supporting children during family court proceedings who have (a) experienced or (b) witnessed domestic abuse.

18 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Technology: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase the level of taxation on tech companies in the forthcoming Budget.

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for the covid-19 vaccination booster people with (a) diabetes and (b) coeliac disease.

Source: official written-questions record.