Written questions
182 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of low digital literacy on patients ability to access GP services.
15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Incentives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) payments and (b) incentives are made to General practitioners in respect of removing patients from waiting lists who have failed to respond to communications.
15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds the data of the number of NHS dental appointments cancelled as a result of practices converting to private provision.
14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of residential property transactions that have fallen through due to delays in the conveyancing process in the past 12 months;
10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Conveyancing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the average time taken to complete a residential property purchase from offer acceptance to completion.
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport
Highway Code: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Road Safety Strategy, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of launching a public information campaign to raise awareness of recent changes to the Highway Code.
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Trust Fund: Mental Capacity
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of amending the Social Security Administration (Representation) Regulations 1999 to allow appointees to manage child trust fun
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eye Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current average waiting time is for diagnosis to treatment for ocular melanoma.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eye Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS England meets the 62-day referral to treatment target for patients diagnosed with rare eye cancers.
18 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recourse is available to consumers where an installation of Solar Panels fails to meet safety standards.
18 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of regulatory frameworks of private solar panel installations in tackling fire risks.
18 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will reform NHS dental contracts to help increase practitioner remuneration and expand patient access in underserved areas.
18 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is implementing contract reforms to help support NHS dental provision and recruitment.
18 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Department holds on NHS dentists transitioning to private-only practice in the past 12 months.
9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS bodies are permitted to award contracts in which the contractor's remuneration is linked to reductions in patient care expenditure.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of instances in the Capacity Market where consumers paid for capacity that did not materialise.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heat Batteries: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making a formal recommendation to HM Treasury on extending VAT relief to Microgeneration Certification Scheme-certifie
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Oil: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps is the Government taking to protect rural and semi-rural households from fuel poverty resulting from increases in heating oil prices.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process her Department has in place to help ensure that Plan 2 student loan borrowers are informed of any changes made to their repayment terms.
4 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Heat Batteries: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the VAT treatment of heat batteries.
26 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made towards meeting the statutory fuel poverty targets by 2030.
26 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the projected funding required to meet the fuel poverty targets set out in the Fuel Poverty Strategy for England by 2030.
26 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Park Homes: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has any plans to review or abolish the mandatory 10% resale levy payable by park home residents to site owners upon the sale of their homes.
26 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Park Homes: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the mandatory 10% resale levy payable by park home residents to site owners upon the sale of their homes.
25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility criteria of the Shared Prosperity Fund to include extracurricular and volunteering organisations
24 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Growth and Skills Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to extend the Growth and Skills Levy to help increase flexibility for businesses seeking to offer apprenticeships.
24 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help increase apprenticeship uptake among small businesses.
24 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to increase financial incentives available to employers to provide apprenticeships.
24 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Warm Homes Plan: Low Incomes
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the low-income allocation within the Warm Homes Plan.
23 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Motorways: Road Traffic Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of amending legislation to enable local transport authorities to divert traffic onto national highways where (a) local and (b) network conditions make it (i)
Source: official written-questions record.