Written questions

114 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medway NHS Foundation Trust: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients waiting to start treatment with Medway NHS Foundation Trust in (a) July 2024 and (b) December 2025.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with schools to help reduce the number of minors being treated for drug use, including in Medway.

13 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients waiting to start treatment with Maidstone and Tunbridge NHS Foundation Trust in (a) July 2024 and (b) December 2025.

13 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Ketamine: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reclassifying Ketamine from a Class B to Class A drug.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy is aligned with the Critical Minerals Strategy and the Circular Economy Growth Plan.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemical Engineering: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to help support the upskilling of the chemical and materials science and engineering workforce to enable the delivery of a circular economy and gree

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Chemical Engineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the UK’s chemical and materials science and engineering sectors have access to the infrastructure necessary to support the trans

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Chemical Engineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration her Department has given to the report Jobs and skills for a circular economy: a cross-sector perspective from the chemical and materials science and engineering com

8 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Cryptoassets: Capital Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to help ensure the UK is an attractive destination for cryptoasset capital.

8 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Cryptoassets: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing clearer regulatory and tax frameworks for cryptoasset investment on a) high-skilled job creation and b) assets under management.

8 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts: Cryptoassets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of simplifying tax-compliant investment structures for cryptoassets in innovative finance ISAs to include all cryptoassets; and if she will make an assessme

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Quantum Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support the development of Quantum Computing, including research at Universities.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

SS Richard Montgomery

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to manage risks associated with the SS Richard Montgomery in the Thames Estuary.

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Footwear and Textiles: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of banning the destruction of (a) textiles and (b) footwear.

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Textiles: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing environmental impact labelling for all textile goods in the UK.

28 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Exchange Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the value of the pound since the UK left the EU on the UK economy.

28 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of 30 hours free childcare on (a) Job Centre operations and (b) levels of returns to employment.

28 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the early release of prisoners on Job Centre operations.

28 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Recycling: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has undertaken research into the potential impact of VAT reductions on (a) the re-use of goods, (b) minimum warranty periods and (c) other circular economic practices in industry.

14 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with international partners to encourage the Government of Pakistan to prevent mob violence against (a) the Ahmadiyya Muslim community and

14 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her Department’s human rights priorities of recent attacks against Ahmadi Muslims in the Punjab province

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Skilled Workers: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a digital creativity GCSE on skills shortages in the digital sector.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to ensure that her proposals for curriculum reform align with the needs of the creative industries.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Arts: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to support the introduction of a new digital creativity GCSE.

9 Sep 2025 · Home Office

National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help counter hostile state threats.

9 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Stocks and Shares

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to introduce (a) semi-transparent and (b) non-transparent Exchange Traded Funds.

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to deploy drone technologies carrying (a) defibrillators and (b) other emergency medical equipment.

4 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Stocks and Shares: Foreign Companies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is considering steps to incentivise domicile Exchange Traded Funds in the UK if they have a significant corporate footprint in country.

4 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Stocks and Shares

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to establish an Exchange Traded Fund.

2 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that visa applications for injured Palestinian children are processed without delay; and whether those visas applications can be fast-tracked.

Source: official written-questions record.