Written questions
67 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the under-achievement of persistently disadvantaged pupils.
2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatohepatitis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of retiring the OHID Liver Disease Fingertips Profiles on the UK's ability to monitor steatotic liver disease indicators and meet the World Healt
2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatohepatitis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to integrate steatotic liver disease indicators into non-communicable disease policy and frameworks to meet the World Health Assembly resolution on steatotic liv
1 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a Roadmap to a Smokefree country to ensure that areas like Blackpool and Fleetwood, where smoking rates are higher than the national average, can support every smoker who wants t
1 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether smokefree 2030 remains his Department's target.
10 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of expanding existing NHS England funding for (a) national Armed Forces programmes and (b) staff training programmes on Armed Forces community awaren
10 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prepare guidance on applying the Armed Forces Covenant Duty to adult social care.
3 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the increase in the number of assessors to clear the Access to Work backlog will be funded from the current allocated fund for Access to Work.
3 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to develop the Access to Work Scheme.
21 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve sovereign defence capability.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Neurological Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) other progressive neurological conditions received Access to Work support in 2024-25 by provision type.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Assistance Animals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to services for disabled people with assistance dogs.
26 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Football: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase participation in women’s football.
20 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a cross-government alcohol strategy.
20 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to cease updates to fatty liver disease data on Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Fingertips profiles on trends in th
11 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department is using data to inform proposals for reform of Access to Work.
11 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that digital projects, such as OneLogin, are accessible for deaf people and people with hearing loss who use his Department's services.
11 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Hearing Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received funding through an Access to Work grant to purchase hearing aids in the last 12 months.
11 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who use Access to Work for the provision of British Sign Language interpretation receive funding for an additional condition to difficulty in hearing.
11 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many users of Access to Work received funding for a British Sign Language interpreter in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what was the average cost per person of thos
11 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many users of Access to Work who receive funding for British Sign Language interpreters have had their awards expire before their renewal is processed.
10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Diseases: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targeted interventions he plans to introduce to reduce the effects of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in areas with high levels of deprivation.
10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Diseases: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking, working with manufacturers of breakthrough treatments for fatty liver disease, to prepare the NHS to deliver such treatments as quickly as possible to eligible pat
10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Diseases: Blackpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle health inequalities in liver disease in Blackpool.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Assistance Animals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory definition for assistance dogs.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Assistance Animals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission a review of the (a) clarity and (b) consistency of legislation relating to disabled people with assistance dogs.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Assistance Animals: Public Places
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that constituents who are partnered with trained assistance dogs can access public spaces.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Thermal Energy Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of thermal energy storage within heat networks on the (a) need for grid reinforcement and (b) operation of the electricity system.
20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February to Question 110590 on Breast Cancer: Screening, whether the National Inherited Cancer Predisposition Registry will include women assessed as being at moderate
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were waiting for decisions on Access to Work scheme claims as of (a) February 2026, (b) October 2025 and (c) April 2025.
Source: official written-questions record.