Written questions
216 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards provide equal levels of funding for children's hospices.
18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to remove the requirement for a pre-visit notification (PVN) for eye care assessments for people experiencing homelessness.
18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact of the requirement for a pre-visit notification on access to eye care for a) people experiencing homelessness and b) care home reside
11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eyesight: Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the use of medical technologies to prevent sight loss.
11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Glaucoma: Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent irreversible sight loss caused by glaucoma.
11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Glaucoma: Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) trabecular bypass procedures at the time of cataract surgery and (b) other minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries in delaying g
11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Glaucoma: Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve patient access to innovative medical technologies designed to prevent glaucoma.
11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Glaucoma: Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) trabecular bypass procedures and (b) other minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries on preventing glaucoma progression.
11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Glaucoma: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking through the NHS 10 Year Health Plan to improve glaucoma care.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with stakeholders in the optometry sector on the future delivery of primary eye care services in the last 12 months.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the optometry sector on the future delivery of primary eye care services.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services and Primary Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled 100,000 more people get quicker care thanks to GP funding reform, published on 4 September 2025, whether he plans to allocate funding for advice and guid
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using existing high street optometry practices to deliver diagnostic services.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10 Year Health Plan for England will include primary care provision; and if he will make it his policy to work with (a) optometrists, (b) pharmacists and (c) dentists in delivering that
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase capacity in hospital eye services by expanding the use of optometry-led diagnostic and treatment pathways.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide NHS email accounts to (a) optometrists and (b) other NHS contractors to support more (i) efficient and (ii) secure communication across services.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on improving digital connectivity between primary and secondary eye care services through NHS England digital accelerator sites.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10-Year Plan for Health will include primary care provision; and if he will work with (a) optometrists, (b) pharmacists and (c) dentists to deliver that plan.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions on the development of a National Eye Care Framework in England; and whether patients and sector experts will be consulted as part of that process.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the use of the optometry workforce in (a) early intervention and (b) prevention of avoidable sight loss.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding primary eye care services through high street optometry practices to support early detection of eye conditions.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce regional variations in access to eye care services; and what discussions his Department has had with the optometry sector on increasing the use of
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with the hon. Member for Leicester South to discuss the role of the optometry sector as part of the NHS 10 Year Plan.
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on the rollout of the new NHS special schools eye care service.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with secondary breast cancer can access (a) new and (b) effective treatments; and if he will review National Institute for Health and Care Excellence a
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Social Work England: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Social Work England’s decision to raise annual registration fees on the (a) recruitment, (b) retention and (c) wellbeing of social workers; and whether he
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neighbourhood Health Centres: Public Private Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for developing the business case for public-private partnerships in Neighbourhood Health Centres.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to ensure greater (a) transparency and (b) accountability in private parking enforcement.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set targets for companies to provide accessible human customer service channels.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to regulate (a) SMART PARKING and (b) other private parking firms.
Source: official written-questions record.