Written questions
293 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Delivery Services: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of postal deliveries across Northern Ireland.
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Royal Mail: Lagan Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will have discussions with Royal Mail to encourage timely deliveries in Lagan Valley.
3 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Department of Health and the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that families of children and young people with cancer in Northern Ireland ca
3 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what Barnett consequentials arise for Northern Ireland as a result of the £10 million per year funding announced to cover travel costs for children and young people with cancer in England.
2 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Schengen 90 days in any 180 rule on UK professional drivers and the businesses that depend on them.
2 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with her EU counterparts on the potential impact of the Schengen 90 days in any 180 rule on UK professional drivers.
2 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking to secure an exemption for UK professional HGV and coach drivers from the Schengen 90 days in any 180 rule.
28 Jan 2026 · Treasury
High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to reform the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
27 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding the Northern Ireland will receive through Barnett consequentials from the support package for pubs further to her Department's press release entitled Government announces support package that backs
26 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Warm Homes Plan will generate Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland.
21 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Abiraterone
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Northern Ireland being the only part of the UK without routine access to abiraterone for men with non-metastatic prostate cancer on patient
21 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Abiraterone
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with the Northern Ireland (a) Department of Health and (b) Health and Social Care Board on levels of accessibility to abiraterone for non-metastatic prost
21 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Abiraterone
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Northern Ireland being the only part of the UK unable to offer abiraterone routinely to eligible prostate cancer patien
21 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Childminding: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the removal of the 10 per cent wear-and-tear tax deduction for childminders as part of the move to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax on (a) childminders in No
21 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Childminding: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what engagement her Department had with the (a) Department of Education, (b) Department of Health and (c) Department of Finance in Northern Ireland in advance of the announcement of the phased removal of the 10% wea
19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Growth Fund: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will outline how community and voluntary sector organisations in Northern Ireland will be formally involved in the design of the Local Growth Fund delivery model.
19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Growth Fund: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help address changes to the level of funding for community and voluntary sector organisations in Northern Ireland during the transition fro
19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Growth Fund: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department will conduct an impact assessment of the transition from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to the Local Growth Fund in Northern Ireland, including on the loss
19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Growth Fund: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what engagement his Department has undertaken to date with community and voluntary sector organisations in Northern Ireland on the design and delivery of the Local Growth Fund, a
19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Growth Fund: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the transition from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to the Local Growth Fund on community and voluntary sector or
14 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any forthcoming additional support announced for pubs in England to mitigate increases in business rates will result in Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Online Safety Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Ofcom's performance in enforcing the Online Safety Act 2023.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on protecting children and young people online.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of Ofcom’s effectiveness in responding to harmful suicide, self-harm and depression-related content online.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of self-assessments provided by social media companies on risks of hosting suicide, self-harm and depression-related content in the co
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Phones and Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77809, whether her Department's report into the impact of smartphones and social media on children will be published before t
4 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential long-term economic impact of the proposed Agricultural Property Relief reforms on the viability of farm businesses where land has to be sold to meet inheritance tax liab
4 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed Agricultural Property Relief reforms on the level of productive farmland and food security; and whether she has consulted the Secretary of State for E
4 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed Agricultural Property Relief reforms on farms in Northern Ireland.
4 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on family farms which are passed to multiple children, including where land has t
Source: official written-questions record.