Written questions
1,102 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 May 2025 · Department for Education
Vocational Education: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to encourage small and medium businesses to take up technical education opportunities; and if she will take steps to consult with those businesses on shaping the curricul
8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to streamline diagnostics pathways for (a) companion and (b) other diagnostics.
8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the national cancer plan will include policies on improving the (a) collection, (b) sharing and (c) analysis of data for all cancer types to help (i) identify (A) variation and (B) blockage
8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the national cancer plan will include mechanisms for supporting the NHS to adopt upcoming innovations in cancer treatment.
8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the national cancer plan will include policies on equitable access to companion diagnostics for all (a) regions and (b) patient groups.
6 May 2025 · Department for Transport
High Speed Two
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the executive management team of HS2 Limited.
6 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken to protect people in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the UK from cyber attack.
6 May 2025 · Home Office
National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving homeland security.
6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving homeland security.
1 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help reduce energy prices for energy intensive industries.
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of UK energy security.
29 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
African Union
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve relations with the African Union.
29 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent engagement his Department has had with the Sudanese diaspora in the United Kingdom.
29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve the provision of criminal legal aid to people in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.
29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Intimate Image Abuse: Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to tackle intimate image abuse in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.
29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences: Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help support victims of sexual abuse living in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.
24 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for making available land acquired by the Government for cancelled northern legs of HS2.
23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Public Expenditure: Local Housing Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing Local Housing Allowance on other areas of public expenditure.
23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Local Housing Allowance: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of freezing levels of Local Housing Allowance on future levels of homelessness, in the context of her membership of the Inter-Ministerial
23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce musculoskeletal condition waiting times in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using chiropractors as r
23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the research entitled The Impact of Chiropractors on Workplace Productivity in NHS MSK Pathways, published on 19 Ma
23 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Food Insecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to increase the level of funding for supporting food-insecure people in Sudan.
23 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Ceasefires
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts who participated in the London Sudan Conference on 15 April 2025 to help ensure that the principles agreed at that
22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contraceptives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make the morning-after pill free at pharmacies in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Means-tested Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of disabled people in receipt of a means-tested benefit but not in receipt of Personal Independence Payment in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England.
7 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Bureaucracy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to reduce Government bureaucracy.
7 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Passports: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the affordability of the cost of a British passport.
7 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where British passports are (a) printed and (b) produced.
7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cholesterol and Hypertension: Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early (a) detection and (b) diagnosis of (ii) high blood pressure and (ii) raised cholesterol levels in (A) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (B) Staffordshire.
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individual representations her Department has received from Staffordshire County Council on the (a) adequacy and (b) reliability of public transport in (i) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (ii) North Staffords
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