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

Source: official written-questions record.