Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to establish new offshore Marine Protected Areas.

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

Fisheries and Nature Conservation: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to report on the (a) adequacy of and (b) potential impact of new free trade agreements on (i) fishing stocks, (ii) fishing fleets, (iii) nature conservati

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Trade: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to place further restrictions on trade with Russia.

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

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department made an assessment of the potential merits of holding a public consultation prior to the passing of the 2022 Private Parking Code of Practice.

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Harassment and Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with PTSD Resolution on tackling (a) harassment and (b) sexual assault in the armed forces.

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Veterans Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will fully implement the findings of the Etherton Review.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to (a) the minimum wage and (b) employer National Insurance contributions on the ability of companies to hire workers for long term skil

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the cost to UK businesses of having agents in individual EU member states.

3 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Overseas Trade: Russia

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the value of goods traded from the UK to third countries with a final destination in Russia.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Trade: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the amount of trade insured by UK-based companies with a final destination in Russia.

28 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend Ukrainian’s UK student visas.

28 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to establish a single code of practice for private parking.

28 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to create a single independent appeals process for parking.

28 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings she has had with the private parking industry since 5 July 2024.

28 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish an impact assessment for the private parking code of practice.

28 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Cars: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to introduce measures to limit the brightness of LED car headlights.

28 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Business: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support businesses to meet their legal duties to the environment.

28 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Environment Protection and Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to require regulators to help support businesses to meet their fiduciary responsibilities to (a) employees and (b) the environment.

28 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled, Universal Credit: further information for families, updated on 18 December 2024, how her Department defines the terms (a) available, (b) free, (c) a

28 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Egyptian Government on consular access for Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

28 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of prescription charges on patients with long-term health conditions; and whether he has made an estimate of the number individuals not taking pr

28 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the prescription charge exemption list to increase the support for patients with chronic illness.

28 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of the level of NHS prescription charges on (a) patients' health outcomes and (b) numbers of (i) hospital admissions and (ii) GP visits

28 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Cancers: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will appoint a named lead in the Department with a responsibility to support research and innovation for rare cancers.

28 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Cancers: Clinical Trials and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure patients can (a) get better access to and (b) find out about (i) research and (ii) clinical trials for rare cancers.

28 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to strengthen the Orphan drug regulations to encourage research into rare diseases.

28 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of his Department's adherence to Access to Work scheme guidelines, published in May 2024, when working with outside organisations providing one-to-one job coaches in Devon.

28 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Satellites

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the level of US government control of Starlink in Ukraine.

28 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Elon Musk's business interests in connection with his role as head of the US Department of Government Efficiency on U

28 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Boxes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28323 on Post Boxes, if he will hold discussions with Ofcom on the potential merits of implementing an enforcement mechanism to require Royal Mail

Source: official written-questions record.