Written questions
783 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect the (a) cost of the services they provide and (b) needs of the local population in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
27 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC has treated the (a) Palmrock and (b) Horizon loan schemes differently in relation to the application of PAYE credits.
27 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that HMRC issues closure notices showing no adjustment to tax returns for users of the Horizon loan scheme.
27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children's Play
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the availability of health play (a) services and (b) professionals for children.
27 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to review her Department's guidance entitled Mobile phones in schools, published in February 2024.
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome training in junior doctor specialty training programmes.
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome have access to (a) specialist (i) clinicians, (ii) nurses, (iii) physiotherapists, (iv) oc
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Children's Play
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle ensure that children have access to health play services in (a) children's hospitals and (b) children's wards in district general hospitals.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Companies: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps Companies House is taking to support (a) micro companies and (b) residents’ management companies with volunteer directors to complete its identity verification before 18 November 2025.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with Esther Ghey to discuss her campaign for a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Companies: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of Companies House identity verifications have used (a) assisted and (b) non-digital routes since 1 April 2025; and what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the access
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Pedestrian Areas: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department is providing to local authorities to improve the (a) quality and (b) accessibility of pavements for (i) wheelchair users, (ii) people with mobility impairments and (iii) other people
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heating: Fuel Oil
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) rural and (b) off-grid households that use heating oil in the context of the Warm Homes Plan; and what assessment she has made of the p
15 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Landfill Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to Landfill Tax on the (a) viability and (b) cost of (i) residential housebuilding and (ii) major infrastructure projects.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education and Schools: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) pupil and (b) parent survey data is used effectively to assess the inclusivity of (i) schools and (ii) early years settings.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Nurseries and Schools: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to require (a) schools and (b) nurseries to publish information on how they respond to feedback from (i) pupils and (ii) parents in inclusion-related surveys.
15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad includes clinical trials for brain cancer.
15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (b) NHS England, (c) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, (d) the National Institu
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the steps taken by NHS England to ensure (a) transparency when maternal and neonatal care goes wrong and (b) that bereaved parents receive
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to renew the National Maternity Safety Ambition at the end of 2025.
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will consider adopting new National Maternity Safety Ambitions to eliminate inequalities in maternal and neonatal outcomes based on ethnicity and deprivation.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring (a) taxis, (b) buses, (c) hire cars and (d) other vehicles used for (i) public and (ii) quasi-public purposes to carry automate
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Miscarriage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to establish routine data collection on miscarriages.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of neonatal death rates in (a) the UK and (b) other European countries in the last ten years.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Mortality: Bereavement Counselling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to specialist psychological support for parents following pregnancy or baby loss in each region; and what steps his Department is taking to ens
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Mortality: Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support families who have experienced baby loss in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update information on the commissioning framework within the NHS England guidance entitled Prescribing Gluten Free Foods in Primary Care: Guidance for CCGs, publishe
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
National Insurance Contributions: Exemptions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered extending National Insurance Contribution exemptions; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on levels of recruitment in the hospitality sector.
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Hospitality Industry: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing business rates for hospitality venues on high street regeneration in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Hospitality Industry: Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support hospitality businesses at risk of closure in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Source: official written-questions record.