Written questions
145 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, if he will set out
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, whether his Depart
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, how many meetings
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, what estimate his
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, for what reason hi
5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Treatments: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve patient awareness of the potential risks of undergoing medical procedures overseas.
5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Treatments: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people travelling abroad for medical treatment; what estimate he has made of the number of complications caused by overseas treatment requirin
5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Amyloidosis: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of provision of SAP scanning for amyloidosis diagnosis for patients; and what assessment he has made of potential challenges to
5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Amyloidosis: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to SAP scanning for amyloidosis diagnosis for NHS patients in England; and what steps he is taking to ensure such diagnostic testin
29 May 2026 · Home Office
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enhancing the regulatory oversight of the harm-benefit analysis process for service licences issued by the Animals in Science Regulat
29 May 2026 · Home Office
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason service licences issued by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit do not require information on the exact substance that is being tested in the tests they authorise.
29 May 2026 · Home Office
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that service licences issued by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit accurately assess the harms and benefits of the tests they authorise.
21 May 2026 · Treasury
Taxation: Self-assessment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of HMRC-recognised software available for the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment, including the availability of free and low-cost options;
18 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether regarding the reduction of food waste, (a) her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of current requirements for the legibility of use by and best before dates on f
18 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the cut-off date for eligibility for receipt of winter fuel payment is in June.
23 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Motor Vehicles: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet with the UK plastics recycling industry to discuss the exclusion of UK recyclate from the End of Life Vehicles regulations.
23 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plastics: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding UK recyclate from the Single Use Plastics Directive on (a) the environment and (b) the plastics industry.
23 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Motor Vehicles: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding UK recyclate from the End of Life Vehicles regulations on (a) the environment and (b) the plastics industry.
25 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Digital Service Providers: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the data protection practices of overseas third-party age-verification providers operating under the Online Safety Act.
25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 115765, on NHS: Redundancy Pay, whether he will consider giving the NHS Staff Council a mandate to negotiate NHS partial retirement and statutory
24 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities
Disability
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the avenues available to disabled persons to (a) access and (b) enforce their rights as prescribed by the Equality Act 2010.
24 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered the potential merits of creating a dedicated disability rights enforcement body.
18 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Salford and Wigan
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan were assessed as owed homelessness duty, broken down into (i) prevention duty, (ii) relief duty and (iii) main duty in each year
16 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation: Salford and Wigan
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households were living in temporary accommodation in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan in each year since 2020.
16 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Salford and Wigan
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of dwellings in the private rented sector in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan in each year since 2020.
24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of giving the NHS Staff Council a mandate to negotiate NHS partial retirement and statutory redundancy payments with trade unio
24 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Workplace Pensions: Index Linking
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing measures outside of the Pension Schemes Bill to protect the real terms value of pre-1997 defined benefit pension schemes.
23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2026 to Question 110592, whether his Department has made an estimate of the earliest date nerandomilist could become available to patients after NICE publishes
12 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Pride in Place Programme: Worsley and Eccles
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to ensure that communities are consulted on the use of Pride in Place funding in Worsley and Eccles constituency.
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the RPI plus 3 per cent interest rate on Plan 2 student loan debt on the ability of graduates earning the UK median wage to begin to pay down t
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