Written questions

208 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of local variation in access to and quality of palliative and end of life care.

5 Nov 2025 · Attorney General

People Smuggling: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people smugglers.

28 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many registered food banks were created between 2010 and 2024.

27 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Police Stations: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police front counters were closed between 2010 and 2024.

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Developing Countries: Debts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of outstanding (a) loans and (b) debts liable to the UK from lower-income countries.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish the (a) recoveries, (b) write-offs and (c) associated costs for each supplier of PPE as part of his investigation into PPE procurement.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Personal Records: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the personal data of UK citizens held by UK companies but stored on US-based servers is protected from access under (a) the Uniting and Stren

20 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels and Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) asylum hotel and (b) community accommodation in each year between 2010 and 2024.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Bicycles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with British Transport Police on its decision to not investigate bike thefts outside stations in cases where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Renewable Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to provide support for rural households to switch renewable liquid heating fuels in the Warm Homes Plan.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to support GPs (a) with professional training and (b) to update their clinical knowledge on the less survivable cancers.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the powers of employment tribunals to seize and destroy lists of blacklisted workers.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is being provided by (a) the Legal Aid Agency and (b) her Department to people whose data was compromised in the April 2025 cyber-attack; and whether those affected have been offered access to (i) cr

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Legal Aid Agency informed the Information Commissioner’s Office of the April 2025 data breach within the required statutory timescale; what investigations have been launched by her Department or the I

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were impacted by the cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s IT systems on 23 April 2025; what categories of (a) personal and (b) sensitive data were (i) accessed and (ii) taken; and what security

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department and the Legal Aid Agency have taken to notify individuals whose personal data was compromised in the April 2025 cyber-attack; whether the Legal Aid Agency has notified affected people di

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds information on the number of independent UK veterinary practices that offer out-of-hours emergency care.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with a diagnosis of dementia have needed to sell their home to pay for care costs in each of the last five years.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total expenditure of NHS England on agency staff was in each of the last three years; and what plans his Department has to reduce the use of agency employees.

9 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of aid from the UK destined for Gaza that has reached its intended recipients.

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: UNRWA

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure that UNWRA's work in Gaza can resume.

2 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Women: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of maintaining a consistent interpretation and application of the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations across different business s

2 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Women

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Civil Service of implementing the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of implementing the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations on public transport providers.

2 Jun 2025 · Women and Equalities

Business: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent estimate she has made of the costs for businesses to train staff on the requirements of the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the British Parking Association on the recommended size of car parking spaces.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pineal Cysts: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to fund a review to explore the extent to which surgical intervention can alleviate the symptoms experienced by individuals with pineal cysts.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lyme Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support research to develop an early-diagnosis test for Lyme disease infection.

16 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the merits of placing job centre staff in supported housing sites.

15 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to build affordable homes for young people.

Source: official written-questions record.