Written questions

301 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in deprived communities.

26 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled Major defence reforms launched, with new National Armaments Director to tackle waste and boost industry, published on 25 October 2024, what steps he is taking to (a) ha

26 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what process his Department used to determine the advertised prospective salary of the new National Armaments Director.

24 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Digital Services Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Digital Services Tax.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department will review the results of funding given to local authorities for road repairs under the Plan for Change.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Incapacity Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timetable is for restarting mandatory reassessments of incapacity benefits.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Small Businesses and Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) the tourism industry and (b) small businesses affected by seasonal trends.

14 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the detailed results of each hospital's funding bid scoring against the Multi Factorial Review of the New Hospital Programme.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

North Devon Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his oral contribution in response to the Question from the hon. Member for North Devon on 20 January 2025, Official Report, column 769, when he will visit North Devon District Hospital.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure improved access to NHS dentistry for people in rural areas.

12 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of corporate insolvencies.

12 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Defence Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that equipment used by the armed forces is interoperable with that of NATO allies.

10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Type 23 Frigates: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has (a) spent and (b) committed to spend on Life Extension refits of Royal Navy Type 23 Frigates since October 2014.

7 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Service Charges: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to regulate increases in service charges; and what steps she is taking to bring into force the legislative provisions of the Leasehold and Fre

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of defence spending went to SMEs in 2023-24 by region.

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Argyll

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Royal Navy has for the future of HMS Argyll.

26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to GP practices in England on giving patients access to copies of their records.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to provide an Answer to Question 26922 on Waste Disposal: Monitoring, tabled on 28 January 2025.

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

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help Ukrainian refugees on the Homes for Ukraine Scheme secure private rented accommodation.

24 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

EU Countries: Youth Mobility Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is for the introduction of a new UK Youth Mobility scheme in partnership with the European Union.

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

Food: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress he has made towards his Department's target of 50% of food procurement in the public sector being locally sourced.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a TV licence exemption for UK Armed Forces personnel resident n service accommodation.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the readiness of the construction industry to help meet her housing targets.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Supermarkets: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory healthiness targets for large supermarket retailers.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the gap in healthy life expectancy between regions in England.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Television Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had discussions with the TV Licensing Agency on (a) discounts and (b) exemptions from the TV licence for armed forces personnel in service accommodation.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to make the process of tending for his Department's contracts is more accessible to SMEs.

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel live in service accommodation.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with Skills England on potential changes to the funding of apprenticeships.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the introduction of the Digital Waste Tracking Service.

Source: official written-questions record.