Written questions

301 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: North Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has allocated to improving the resilience of passenger rail services on the North Devon branch line in each of the last 10 years.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of passenger rail lines against flooding.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Bulwark: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on the refit and repair of HMS Bulwark during the last five years.

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

Landlords: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the resources available to local authorities to pursue enforcement measures against rogue landlords.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Universal Service Obligation: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that postal workers and trade unions are consulted on reforms to the Universal Service Obligation.

20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Department has to ensure continuity of funding for Early Support Hubs beyond March 2026; and how will they be integrated into the introduction of Young Futures Hubs from next year.

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Hazardous Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) nurses and (b) other healthcare professionals currently exposed to hazardous medicinal products; and if he will publish an estimate of how

17 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of abolishing the office of Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall on savings to her Department.

14 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israeli Settlements: Demolition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Israeli counterpart on demolition orders in Umm Al Khair in the South Hebron Hills.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Hazardous Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to (a) adopt a list of hazardous medicinal products and (b) require safety data sheets for finished medicines.

10 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding her Department has committed to the Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme in each of the last five financial years.

5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many procurement contracts exceeding £5 million have been issued by his Department in the last five years.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health Professions: Hazardous Substances

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

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: 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) other long-term health effects of occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products among nursing staff

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health Services: Hazardous Substances

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

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health Services: Hazardous Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will review the adequacy of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic effects are controlled to the same sta

29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department plans to measure the impact of the UK Offset Policy proposed in the Defence Industrial Strategy.

28 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the rebate provided under the Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme in line with inflation.

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

Regional Planning and Development: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to allocate funding to support the Great South West Partnership from April 2026.

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

Regional Planning and Development: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to allocate funding to support the Great South West Partnership from April 2026.

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

Regional Planning and Development: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending funding for the Great South West Partnership in April 2026 on (a) regional representation and (b) economic growth.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress his Department has made on the implementation of the Local Power Plan.

22 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the police are able to enforce bail conditions for people released on post-charge bail.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hill Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure land management schemes are designed to support hill and upland farming.

21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

National Armaments Director: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42382 on National Armaments Director: Standards, what steps his Department will take to assess the job performance of the National Armaments Director.

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many private delivery partners have declined to deliver a contract for his Department on the basis of concern for protection of intellectual property or private commercial interest in the last

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what due diligence his Department undertakes before the selection of contract delivery partners for major programmes.

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of data provided by (a) NHS England Estate Return Information Collection and (b) Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department required any private commercial suppliers or delivery partners previously contracted to work on the New Hospital Programme to be excluded from working on the New Hospital Pro

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions his Department has withheld information due to the risk of prejudicing private commercial interest under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in this Parliamen

Source: official written-questions record.