Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Zoos: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the upcoming negotiation with the European Union on Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary arrangements will include zoo breeding programmes.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Aquariums and Zoos: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to support endangered species breeding programmes in (a) zoos and (b) aquariums.

6 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Addictions: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help patients with a (a) history and (b) risk of addiction; and if he will take steps to identify that risk before addictive medication is prescribed.

6 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase in secondary Class 1 National Insurance contributions to 15% on (a) care provider employees, (b) the contr

5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring large pharmacies to hold several months of reserve stock of medication.

5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Quetiapine: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the shortage of quetiapine modified-release tablets on Bipolar patients.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the waiting times for (a) SEND assessments, (b) EHCP packages, (c) places at SEND schools and (d) total SEND provision in Devon.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of SEND places in schools in Devon.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide wage support to the lowest paid teaching (a) staff and (b) assistants in SEND schools in Devon.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional SEND (a) funding and (b) assistance has been made available for Devon since 5 July 2024.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Classroom Assistants: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to increase (a) salaries for and (b) retention of teaching assistants in Devon.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to make additional increases in (a) funding and (b) placements for special schools in Devon .

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the number of special school places available in Devon.

5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity and Tourette's Syndrome: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of assessment times for (a) ADHD, (b) autism and (c) Tourette's syndrome in Devon.

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the level of (a) training, (b) standards and (c) pay required for (i) staff and (ii) clerks following local government restructuring.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Devon and Somerset

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Connecting Devon and Cornwall's news story Airband’s full fibre broadband delivery for CDS scaled back, published on 31 October 2024, what assessment he has made of th

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: South Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with (a) the hon. Member for Newton Abbott, (b) Devon County Council, (c) Project Gigabit and (d) Airband on improving broadband speeds in (i) Ideford, (ii)

5 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of the rate of Beer Duty (a) in the UK and (b) in Europe.

5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the NHS to offer pocket-sized trauma cards for patients to show during appointments.

5 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will offer indefinite right to remain for Ukrainians on the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish a breakdown of projected defence spending on US (a) goods, (b) services and (c) land rents in the next five years.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to comments by President Trump on support for Ukraine, whether he is taking steps to re-allocate funding to domestic (a) procurement, (b) services and (c) other defence expenditure.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to divest from defence procurement from the US.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Ammunition

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what munitions the UK sources (a) directly and (b) via supply chains from the United States.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the (a) UK pays the US and (b) US pays the UK in defence-related expenditure each year.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the UK defence budget is spent on the procurement of (a) items and (b) services from the US.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Allied Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of specialist therapeutic providers.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the adoption and special guardianship support fund on families.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional support for adopted children impacted by (a) abuse, (b) neglect and (c) violence before adoption.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of social supermarkets on (a) alleviating food poverty and (b) supporting community activities.

Source: official written-questions record.