Written questions

301 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neighbourhood Health Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who has been commissioned to develop the business case for the proposed public private partnerships for neighbourhood health centres in the NHS 10 year plan; which (a) companies and (b) other organ

18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) increase dental student training places (i) at Peninsula Dental School and (ii) in the South West and (b) ensure that dental workforce planning includes recruitm

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the ratio between revenue raised by the Building Safety Levy, and building remediation expenditure, in rural areas.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when dental contracts will be uplifted in England; and what that uplift will be in percentage terms.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Boeing E-7: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of procuring additional E-7A Wedgetail AEW Mk1 aircraft beyond those specified in the 2021 Integrated Defence Review.

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to ensure that serving armed forces personnel living alone in service accommodation who are parents have time with their children.

7 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to amend the eligibility requirements for free NHS prescriptions, in the context of increases to the State Pension age.

3 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces recruits have received a conditional offer letter within 10 days from the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force since 1 January 2025.

3 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, what steps his Department will take to ensure British Overseas Territories implement public registers of b

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Parental Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of Shared Parental Leave.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Paternity Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of statutory paternity leave.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether children who become eligible for free school meals in 2026 will also be eligible for pupil premium funding.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for driving tests; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of waiting times on driving test (a) candidates and (b) examiners.

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the New Hospital Programme Review on NHS staffing levels in Wave 2 and Wave 3 hospitals.

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Estates Safety Fund.

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase intake numbers at dental schools (a) for dental (i) hygienists and (ii) therapists and (b) in general.

18 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the functions of the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator will be extended to align with those of the Grocery Code Adjudicator.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electric Vehicles: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57799 on Electric Vehicles: Exports, whether the environmental contribution made by British-manufactured electric vehicles exported overseas

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of improving regulations for non-quota species in UK waters.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the recommendation on Feedback on accountability and implementation on page 18 of the report by NCVO and

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the report by NCVO and ACEVO entitled A new partnership: Building a Covenant for Civil Society and Government section 6 page 7, published in May 2025, whether she has made an as

10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 55942 on Drugs, what steps his Department is taking to source medications from other manufacturers; and for what reason there has been a shortage o

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendation on the right of charities to hold Government to account within the forthcoming Civil Society Covenant fra

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of recommendation 2 of the report by NCVO and ACEVO entitled A new partnership.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of UK-manufactured electric vehicles exported to foreign countries on UK environmental targets.

4 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Voluntary Service Overseas: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to continue funding Voluntary Service Overseas.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Swimming: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the number of schools which do not meet their statutory duty to teach swimming and water safety during (a) Key Stage 1 and (b) Key Stage 2.

3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which private companies were given advance sight of the Strategic Defence Review before 5.04pm on 2 June 2025.

3 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Strategic Defence Review: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Spending Review will fund all of the recommendations of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which bodies are responsible for (a) monitoring (i) shortages and (ii) unavailability of NHS prescription medicines, (b) overseeing the manufacturing locations of brands licensed for use in the UK

Source: official written-questions record.