Written questions
45 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Jul 2026 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to lay commencement regulations for Sections 45-47 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026.
19 May 2026 · Treasury
ExcludedUK
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further her engagement her Department will have with the campaigning group, Excluded UK.
19 May 2026 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Directors
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the context of financial support for businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, what evidence her Department used to classify small limited company directors as a fraud risk.
18 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will consider the potential merits of more closely linking the Extended Producer Responsibility system to business profitability instead of packaging volume.
18 May 2026 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Plastic Packaging Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Plastic Packaging Tax on small and medium sized businesses.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many registered social care provider applications were rejected by the CQC due to issues with policies and procedures (a) in England, (b) by region, and (c) by local authority in each of the la
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding is being allocated to upgrade legacy IT systems in a) the NHS b) individual integrated care boards and c) local authorities responsible for delivering adult social care services.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if guidance is being updated to mandate the use of technology systems to support the delivery of Jess’s Rule across the NHS.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to rollout of Jess’s Rule across the NHS; and if he will set out how technology is being used to make sure problems in care are being spotted and acted upon immediately.
3 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Civil Proceedings: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the findings in the China Strategic Risks Institute report entitled The PRC’s Extraterritorial Legal Architecture, published in Januar
3 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Civil Proceedings: Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the assumption of judicial independence used to recognize civil judgments from Hong Kong, in light of the National Security Law and other developments.
3 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Civil Proceedings: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help prevent the principle of judicial comity from being used by the People’s Republic of China to conduct transnational repression against diaspora groups through UK civil courts.
28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Administration of Justice: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to help improve victims’ confidence in the justice system.
28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to regulate non-surgical aesthetic procedures.
16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Manufacturing Industries: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet the plastics manufacturing industry to discuss upskilling and the training of existing employees.
16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to bring down NHS ADHD assessment waiting lists.
28 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cans and Glass: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the extended producer responsibility regulations on the costs of (a) reporting, (b) compliance and (c) other matters for (i) sma
9 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Pharmacy: Crimes against the Person
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a standalone offence of assaulting a retail worker would apply to workers in community pharmacies.
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of new or redeveloped primary care facilities required following Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the NHS.
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding has been allocated by Government for the development of new NHS primary care facilities in each year since 2010.
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new NHS primary care facilities have been built using central Government funding in each year since 2010.
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS GP surgeries have closed in each year since 2010; and how many new NHS GP surgeries have been built in each of those years.
21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Birds: Animal Breeding
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure building construction sites secure cavity nesting bird habitats.
14 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Police: Paternity Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers (a) were eligible for and (b) took statutory paternity leave in each of the last five years; and what the average number of weeks taken were for the sam
14 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Police: Termination of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people left the police in each of the last five years; and whether her Department holds information on the five most common reasons given by those departing the police voluntarily.
9 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the national security risks of (a) electric vehicles and (b) connected cars using (i) Chinese and (ii) Russian software.
9 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Vehicles: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with European counterparts on joining the EU in applying tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
9 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the criteria are for automotive companies to access the support for transition to electric vehicles announced in the Budget.
2 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Electronic Travel Authorisations: Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using electronic travel authorisations on the speed in which Hong Kong (a) BNO status holders and (b) political prisoners can leave H
21 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will implement schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Source: official written-questions record.