Written questions

64 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of health services for women.

5 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities

Candidates: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to enact Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010.

12 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has investigated and reviewed licenses of arms components in the context of arms used by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.

12 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Landmines: Bomb Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that UK-funded mine action and demining programmes include (a) child-focused victim assistance, (b) access to prosthetics, (c) physica

12 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will call for an end to the military detention of Palestinian children on the basis international juvenile justice standards.

12 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Protective Clothing: Standards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there has been any uptake of BS30417 standards in Government procurement specifications.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Protective Clothing: Trading Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions on trading standards has the Office for Product Safety and Standards had with the British Safety Industry Federation on Personal Protective Equipment.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Protective Clothing: Electronic Commerce

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his proposed timeline is for introducing regulations for online retailing of Personal Protective Equipment under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure freight drivers have adequate secure facilities for overnight and welfare stops.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that there is adequate lorry parking provision and welfare facilities for freight drivers.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the status of endometriosis as a possible condition for the NHS outcomes and registry programme.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of endometriosis healthcare services on the waiting times for receiving such services in the past year.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on reducing gynaecological waiting times in the last year.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on the weighting that Ofgem gives (a) social value, (b) domestic economic impact and (c) onshore manufacturing when allocating the first round of the cap

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with community groups on the implementation of the Local Power Plan.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.

2 Jan 2026 · Church Commissioners

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions she has had with colleagues in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the long-term future of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Protective Clothing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will endorse the new BS30417 standard on PPE.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Protective Clothing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many personal protective equipment products were tested against regulatory standards by the Office for Product Safety and Standards in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Protective Clothing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many personal protective equipment products were reported to the Office for Product Safety and Standards in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Protective Clothing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many personal protective equipment products tested by the Office for Product Safety and Standards failed regulatory standards in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Protective Clothing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many personal protective equipment products were tested by the Office for Product Safety and Standards in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many actions the Health and Safety Executive took against companies for failing to meet personal protective equipment legal standards in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many investigations the Health and Safety Executive undertook into companies for failing to meet personal protective equipment legal standards in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incidents of companies failing to provide adequate personal protective equipment to their employees were reported to the Health and Safety Executive in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 repor

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reports of inadequacy in the provision of personal protective equipment were received by the Health and Safety Executive in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many checks of the adequacy of the provision of personal protective equipment were carried out by the Health and Safety Executive in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Accidents: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of injuries that occurred in the workplace and were investigated by the Health and Safety Executive involved inadequate provision of personal protective equipment the (a) 2022, (b) 2023

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of injuries that occurred in the workplace were investigated by the Health and Safety Executive in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many injuries occurred in the workplace in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

Source: official written-questions record.