Written questions

783 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to develop a modern service framework for frailty and dementia; and if he will take steps to ensure that it includes national standards for diagnostic

27 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Voluntary Contributions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK citizens living abroad were making voluntary Class 2 National Insurance contributions in each of the last five years.

27 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Voluntary Contributions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration her Department gave to transition arrangements for UK citizens living abroad who have been making voluntary Class 2 National Insurance contributions but have not yet qualified for a full State Pen

27 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Down's Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of diagnostic overshadowing on people with Down syndrome; and if he will take steps to include expectations on condition-specific tra

27 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Down's Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the final guidance under the Down Syndrome Act 2022 provides direction on required provision, including speech and language support and transition to adulthood;

27 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Public Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of Government decarbonisation support for medium-sized community buildings that are not classified as public sector bodies.

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the grey belt policy on speculative development proposals on village edges in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency, while

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Commercial Centre of Excellence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress the Digital Commercial Centre of Excellence within her Department has made in improving the procurement of digital services, including cloud, since its establishment.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure dementia diagnosis pathways align with NHS access standards for timely assessment and treatment.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the backlog of medical driving licence applications; whether this includes (a) staffing and (b) other resource changes; and whether target processing times hav

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) reduce the time taken to process medical driving licence applications and (b) ensure applicants receive timely updates on the status of their applications.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the impact of breast density on the reliability of mammogram screening for breast cancer; and what steps hi

23 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Refugees: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for refugee family reunion submitted before the route was temporarily suspended have been awaiting a decision for longer than the published service standard.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the MHRA is taking to address circumstances in which a previously used GMDN Level 2 code has been obsoleted or materially amended at the point of mandatory device registration renewal.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight his Department exercises over the MHRA’s use of GMDN Level 2 classifications in the registration and regulation of medical devices in the UK.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what process is available to manufacturers to seek reassignment or review of a GMDN Level 2 classification used by the MHRA where the published description no longer reflects the device’s intended

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase access to GP appointments.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Endometriosis: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help support people with endometriosis in the workplace in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

10 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Children's Play: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on soft play centres in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Institute for Health and Care Research's news story entitled NIHR launches £13.7 million investment into brain tumour research, published on 19 December 2025, what as

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Institute for Health and Care Research's news story entitled NIHR launches £13.7 million investment into brain tumour research, published on 19 December 2025, whether

6 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Children's Play: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on soft play centres in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress her Department has made to help improve the energy efficiency of homes in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Dance and Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the levels of funding for music and dance schools on the adequacy of the provision of music and dance training.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Music and Dance Scheme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to provide support to schools that face financial challenges to participate in the Music and Dance Scheme Schools.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Music and Dance Scheme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to provide long-term funding for schools supported by the Music and Dance Scheme.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Dance and Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure children from non-privileged backgrounds can access music and dance training (a) through the Music and Dance Scheme Schools and (b) any other schemes.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Technology: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of foreign acquisition of UK technology companies in the last five years.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK technology startups and scale-ups were acquired by foreign companies in each of the last three years; and what the total value of those acquisitions was in each of the last three years.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

New Businesses: Economic Growth

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK technology company acquired by foreign buyers were of (a) pre-revenue startups and (b) companies with revenues (i) under £10 million, (ii) between £10-50 million and (iii) £50 million in th

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