Written questions
376 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collaborates with the Health Innovation Network to support local innovation in NHS care pathways.
30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Government Departments: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 on Government software procurement.
30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Digital Technology: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) usage, (b) year-over-year spend and (c) potential dependencies of the Government's current software assets on cost efficiencies.
30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Digital Technology: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of restrictive software licensing on the ability to achieve the digital transformation of public services.
22 May 2025 · Home Office
Vetting: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on what steps self employed professionals should take to obtain Enhanced DBS checking to enable them to provide services to vulnerable clients where there is no
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication entitled Health Technical Memorandum 04-01: Safe water in healthcare premises, updated on 27 August 2024, what processes are in place to help support the (a) NHS a
16 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Freehold: Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to (a) abolish and (b) impose a (i) freeze and (ii) maximum cap on increases in service charges for freehold properties.
16 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Overtime
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Access to Work funding is not provided for overtime.
14 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Directors: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to prevent company directors from dissolving indebted businesses and then establishing a similar business without paying former debts.
12 May 2025 · Department for Education
Free Schools: South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when decisions will be made on the future of (a) Infinity Park Spencer Academy and (b) New House Farm Church of England Primary in South Derbyshire constituency.
12 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) develop a circular economy for historically un-recyclable waste streams, (b) tackle the composite waste burden and (c) support the recycling
8 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to allow pensioners not in receipt of benefits to access ECO4 scheme funding for solar panels.
8 May 2025 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure good quality therapy for care experienced children in a timely manner that meets the needs of families.
8 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Mobility Scooters: Buses
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure people using mobility scooters (class 2) have the right to ride on all buses.
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Visas: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 46303 on Visas: Ukraine, what steps Ukrainian people who will have been living here for four and a half years by the end of the extension need to ta
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to enable all day booking at GP surgeries.
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Public Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to abolish (a) Primary Care Support England and (b) any other NHS organisations, in the context of the abolition of NHS England.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is available for young people where a temporary break in post 16 education due to mental health leads to the removal of the child and disability element of Universal Credit.
17 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Visas: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support Ukrainians whose visas are due to expire without automatic renewal.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests.
1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Energy Performance Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that purchasers are not financially disadvantaged by incorrect EPC certificates.
31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Levetiracetam
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 40872 on Epilepsy: Drugs, what steps he is taking to support patients whose neurologist has specified that Levetiracetam must come from Millfarm.
24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Epilepsy: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the availability of (a) Levetiracetam and (b) other medications in the supply chain.
19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to ensure a multi-year funding agreement for social care to cover the full cost of care and enable care providers to plan long term.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances benefits are paid to foreign nationals.
13 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mirtazapine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available to patients where tapering off of Mirtazapine has been unsuccessful and subsequently they find themselves taking a drug that they know is causing them harm.
12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to encourage Integrated Care Boards to commission Referral Management Systems to reduce the significant time taken by primary care in chasing secondary care referrals and appointm
12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the The Getting It Right First Time programme.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support early years providers with increases in employer National Insurance contributions.
11 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Visas: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to enter a reciprocal agreement with the EU to enable visa-free travel entry for six months to EU Member States for UK citizens.
Source: official written-questions record.