Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 May 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Devon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of a reduction of the VAT costs of public EV chargers on the take-up of EV cars in Devon.

21 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling people below the retirement age with a terminal diagnosis to claim their pension earlier.

21 May 2026 · Home Office

British Nationality: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how (a) Homes for Ukraine and (b) UPE visas may be translated into UK citizenship.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase early diagnosis rates for osteoporosis.

20 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching a government backed screening of the 'National Emergency Briefing' to the nation.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of (a) stroke risks, (b) stroke signs and (c) support for stroke survivors and their families.

20 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Blood: Lead

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes by the Health and Safety Executive on safe lead-in-blood levels on women in the stained glass making industry.

20 May 2026 · Treasury

Developing Countries: Debts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support global debt relief.

20 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of PFAS chemicals on the environment in Devon.

19 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Humanitarian Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote international humanitarian law abroad.

19 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans for any changes made as a consequence of the Timms review to be either laid as a negative, or positive, statutory instrument, or as a bill.

19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of opening a dedicated clinic for nuclear test veterans.

19 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a compensation scheme for a) veterans and b) their descendants who may have been irradiated during nuclear tests.

19 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect marine conservation areas.

19 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department will take to enforce the proposed ban on bottom trawling in marine conservation areas.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 60619, from what date external contractors have been granted elevated or admin-level access to identifiable patient data within the Federated Data

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 88027, whether the Data Protection Impact Assessment for the Federated Data Platform has been updated to reflect broader access roles fo

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 60619, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expanding high-level access permissions on the NHS principle of data minimisati

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 88027 on NHS: Databases, what logging systems are used to record and review access to identifiable patient data within the National Data

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 60619 on NHS: Databases, how many external contractors have been granted elevated access permissions within the Federated Data Platform, broken dow

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 88027 on NHS: Databases, how compliance with access controls for external contractors to NHS patient data is enforced and verified.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 65983 on NHS: Databases, what restrictions apply to external suppliers’ personnel accessing identifiable NHS patient data; and whether those restr

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 60619 on NHS: Databases, if he will implement an independent audit arrangement to monitor access to identifiable patient data by external con

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 88027, to introduce safeguards to govern access to identifiable patient data by non-NHS personnel within the Federated Data Platform.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 60619, what assessment his Department has made of the necessity of granting elevated “admin-level” access to identifiable patient data to external

18 May 2026 · Home Office

Missing Persons: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to, a) reduce the number of children that go missing, and b) find children who have gone missing, in Devon.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps they are taking to improve access to disability equipment.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Houses: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to HC6 of the National Planning Policy Framework on local pubs.

18 May 2026 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support victims of coercive control.

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to support councils and people to retrofit older housing stock to make it more carbon neutral.

Source: official written-questions record.