Written questions
504 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Court of Protection: Vulnerable Adults
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the he is taking to help ensure transparency in Court of Protection proceedings while safeguarding the privacy of vulnerable individuals.
20 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Court of Protection: Vulnerable Adults
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has been made of the average costs incurred by individuals subject to professional deputyship orders in the last five years.
6 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a national standard for providing (a) full and (b) timely responses to complaints made within healthcare settings across England.
6 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Schools: Restraint Techniques
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of the use of (i) physical restraint and (ii) isolation practices in schools; what steps her Department
2 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of HMRC’s approach to dealing with disguised remuneration schemes.
2 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Independent Review of the Loan Charge
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will offer the same settlement terms that will be provided in the settlement opportunity resulting from the implementation of the McCann Review to those that have already settled with HMRC.
2 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the value-for-money to the taxpayer of the Loan Charge.
27 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has provided guidance to Local Authorities on the forthcoming changes to Simpler Recycling for households.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Musical Instruments: Customs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance is available to musicians to ensure compliance with CITES Appendix I and II species rules when travelling for performances.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Musical Instruments: Certification
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to review the operation of Musical Instrument Certificates for touring musicians following recent feedback from the sector.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Musical Instruments: Customs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of CITES regulations on musicians travelling internationally with instruments containing protected materials.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
School Milk
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to extend free school milk provision in 2026 to the additional 500,000 children newly eligible for free school meals.
11 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average response time is for repairing Category 1 road defects; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure compliance with (i) statutory and (ii) recommended repair times.
11 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to hold local highway authorities accountable when roads are left unrepaired for extended periods despite being reported as hazardous.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Foie Gras: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish a timetable for introducing a ban on the import of foie gras.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Foie Gras: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will introduce a ban on the importation of foie gras into the UK during this Parliament.
4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: Homes for Ukraine Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has given to amending the NHS Charges to Overseas Visitors Regulations 2015 to remove the exclusion of assisted conception services for Ukrainian nationals who are lawfully re
4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: Homes for Ukraine Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason assisted conception services are excluded from the exemption from NHS charges for people in the UK under (a) the Homes for Ukraine and (b) Ukraine Permission to Extend visa schemes.
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle organised crime networks involved in fly-tipping in rural areas.
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Swans: Avian Influenza
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed a risk of localised extinction of swan populations as a result of outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in (a) England, (b) Warwickshire, and (c) Stratf
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Avian Influenza: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered treating static populations of wild birds, including swans and wildfowl that remain in defined local areas, as eligible for vaccination against av
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Avian Influenza: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the policy reason is for limiting avian influenza vaccination to birds kept in zoological settings.
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Children's Play: School Day
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the University of Manchester article entitled The right to play: making play a policy and practice priority, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard (a) break and (b) lunchtimes in sc
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Children's Play
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the recommendations from The University of Manchester article entitled The right to play: making play a policy and practice priority published in September 2025.
3 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate: Side Effects
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle the harm caused by sodium valproate to people in (a) England, (b) Warwickshire, and (c) Stratford-on-Avon.
2 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will formally re-establish the Advisory Committee on Packaging as a forum for (a) industry, (b) government and (c) regulators to oversee the operation of the Packaging Recovery
28 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Funds
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in relation to the statutory guidance on fiduciary duties announced during Report stage of the Pension Schemes Bill on 3 December 2025, when he will consult on the guidance; and when the guidance will t
28 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department of Health and Social Care: Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent changes to Apprenticeship Levy funding on Level 7 Senior Leader apprenticeships.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
GCE A-level: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the cumulative burden of A-level examination timetable compression on students with exam access arrangements.
27 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on how to balance (a) disability determinations made by (i) the Department for Work and Pensions and (ii) the NHS, and
Source: official written-questions record.