Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Animals in Science Regulation Unit: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, (1) what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of inspectors employed by the Un

8 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on all Home Office contractors and subcontractors operating HMOs for asylum accommodation on the Isle of Wight.

8 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Multiple Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commit to publishing regular, local authority–level data on asylum accommodation in HMOs, including numbers, capacity and duration of use.

8 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcement actions have been taken against providers of HMOs used for asylum accommodation on the Isle of Wight in the last five years.

8 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Multiple Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the location, size and occupancy of HMOs used for asylum accommodation by local authority area.

8 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many HMOs on the Isle of Wight are currently licensed for use as asylum accommodation; what the capacity of each is; and how many asylum seekers are currently housed in each property.

7 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the October 2025 publication of FCDO spending on government procurement cards over £500, a) what furniture was bought from SOHO HOME LTD for £28,979.00 and

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve quality of life for people being diagnosed, treated for or living with cancer under the National Cancer Plan .

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009; and whether any measures referred to in the House of Commons Hansard debate of 2 November 2009 (Vol. 49

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in December 2025.

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the month-by-month progress that will be needed to be compliant with the NHS' 92 per cent 18-week target by March 2029; and what progress has been made to date in 202

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of Activity Management Plans issued by NHS Integrated Care Boards on the commitment made in the NHS/Independent Sector Partnership Agreement signed in Janu

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data on how many Activity Management Plans have been issued by NHS Integrated Care Boards to (a) NHS Trusts and (b) independent providers, how many reduced procedures that will c

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of Activity Management Plans issued by NHS Integrated Care Boards and their impact on the NHS’ adherence with its constitutional access standards and patient choice rule

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish data collected by his Department on the use of corridor care.

18 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the level of independence of the complaint review process within the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Systems: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variation in access to NICE-approved medicines across Integrated Care Systems.

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NICE positive recommendations in each year since 2023 were issued as optimised decisions; and what proportion of the eligible patient population was able to access those medicines on the N

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs and Medical Treatments: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NICE appraisals were terminated in the five-year period from 2019 to 2024, and how this compares with the preceding five-year period.

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs and Medical Treatments: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NICE technology appraisals have been terminated in each year since 2019; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for these terminations.

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Family Hubs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on the roll-out of Best Start Family Hubs and wider neighbourhood health integration if local authorities without existing Start for

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Babies: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the decision to prioritise continuation funding for the existing 75 Start for Life local authority areas aligns with the commitment in the 10-Year Health Plan for England to expand Start for Li

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Babies: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of equity of access to to Start for Life services, including infant feeding, perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationship support across England.

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Babies: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government intends to provide Start for Life funding to new local authority areas.

18 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Music Venues: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help mitigate the impact of higher business rates bills on grassroots music venues arising from changes to business rates multipliers.

18 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Music Venues: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the number of grassroots music venues affected by the withdrawal of the 40% business rates relief.

18 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Music Venues: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of extending the 40% rate tax relief for film studios to grassroots music venues.

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of hospice funding for dementia end-of-life care is provided by central government and local authorities; and whether he plans to increase statutory funding for hospices.

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities about the funding of hospice services, including those providing end-of-life care for dementia patients.

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department plans to review the level of statutory funding provided to hospices that currently rely heavily on charitable donations to deliver core services.

Source: official written-questions record.