Written questions

333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the New Medium Helicopter programme.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Skynet

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the SKYNET 6 programme.

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when people with brain cancer will have access to personalised vaccines as part of their NHS treatment.

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Glioblastoma: Mortality Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve glioblastoma survival rates.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help prevent retaliatory actions against staff who have made internal disclosures about disability discrimination.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Government Departments: Reasonable Adjustments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether government departments meet duties to provide reasonable adjustments for disabled staff.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department will introduce Access to Work Adjustment Passports for all claimants.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Health Adjustment Passport in supporting disabled people to (a) enter and (b) remain in employment.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87510 on Internet: Children and Young People, when the Media Literacy Vision Statement will be published.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Pride in Place Programme: North Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Pride in Place funding on the Stanley South neighbourhood in North Durham constituency.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme: North Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential economic benefits to North Durham constituency of returning the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Investment Reserve to members.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the backlog of cases within the Child Maintenance Service; and what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to (a) process new applications and (b) resolve d

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in Child Maintenance Service (a) calculations and (b) deductions (i) in general and (ii) where deductions from earnings orders are applied.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to Child Maintenance Service caseworkers to ensure fair treatment of non-resident parents for (a) complex or disputed and (b) other cases.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Child Maintenance Service does not deduct excessive amounts from non-resident parents.

10 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations have been opened under the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme into (a) the Islamic Human Rights Commission, in the context of Iran’s Al-Quds Day in the UK, (b) David Miller,

10 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Islamic Human Rights Commission: Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Islamic Human Rights Commission is required to register under the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

10 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Press TV: Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people who act as (a) anchors, (b) presenters and (c) regular contributors for Press TV are required to register under the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October to Question 79968 on Palestine: Education, what discussions his Department has had with the Palestinian Authority on seeking an independe

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which (a) Department and (b) Minister will lead on the online guidance hub for parents and carers on children and young people’s online safety and the Media Literacy Vision Statement.

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Crisis and Resilience Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the importance of furniture provision as an element of the Crisis and Resilience Fund.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Furniture

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to make provision for a portion 1.5 million homes planned to be built over the course of the Parliament to be let as furnished.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Furniture

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to mandate that at least 10% of social homes be let as furnished; and if his Department will make an assessment of the feasibility of such a policy.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Furniture Poverty: North Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department have made of the levels of furniture poverty in North Durham; and what assessment he has made of the potential role of furnished tenancies in tacklin

22 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether the Palestinian Authority's decision to end the martyr payment system, announced in February 2025, has been implemented.

22 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Hazardous Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on (a) reproductive health outcomes and (b) long-term health effects of the occupational exposure of nursing staff to hazardous medicinal products; and

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Hazardous Substances: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will require NHS employers to provide ongoing (a) education, (b) training and (c) health surveillance for all staff who (i) handle and (ii) may be exposed to hazardous medicinal products.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health Services: Hazardous Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of (a) engineering controls, (b) biological safety cabinets and (c) closed-system drug-transfer devices during the (i) preparation and (ii) administration of h

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Hazardous Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic e

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Hazardous Substances: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) (i) develop and (ii) adopt a list of hazardous medicinal products and (b) require safety data sheets for finished medicines; and if he will take steps with the Health

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