Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Imports: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to meet with the British Retail Consortium to discuss its request that the UK’s de minimis limit on low value imports be reviewed.

23 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Imports: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the de minimis limit for low value imports in the context of US tariffs.

23 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Imports: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the British Retail Consortium’s publication entitled Trade Community Call - De Minimis Rule, published on 11 April 2025.

23 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Imports: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations she has received on reviewing the UK’s de minimis limit for low value imports.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support community pharmacy through the 10-year plan.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle instances of inequitable access to pharmacies across geographic areas.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent community pharmacy closures in (a) rural and (b) deprived areas.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure equitable access to pharmacies across geographic areas, in the context of pharmacy closures.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of brick-and-mortar pharmacies.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the Animal Welfare Committee’s report entitled Opinion on the welfare implications of current

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to ban deliberate breeding of domestic cats with non-domestic felid species.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure the adequacy of support for kinship care therapists for families on the Isle of Wight.

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on (a) the regulatory framework for Beyond Visual Line of Sight drone operations and (b) how this impacts NHS and emergency

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to integrate drone technology into existing NHS logistics and emergency response frameworks.

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Delivery Services and Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the cost-effectiveness of using (a) drones and (b) traditional delivery methods for medical logistics.

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of drone regulation to support the delivery of (a) blood, (b) organs, (c) pharmaceuticals and (d) other medical supplies within the NHS.

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism and Learning Disability: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which body will be responsible for allocating the existing NHS capital grant funding programme for housing for people with (a) a learning disability and (b) autism, in the context of the abolition

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Hospitals: Autism and Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 32596 on Psychiatric Hospitals: Autism and Learning Disability, where the commitment has been documented; and what steps his Department has taken

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Simpler recycling: workplace recycling in England, published on 29 November 2024, whether (a) waste collection businesses, (b) loca

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Simpler recycling: workplace recycling in England, published on 29 November 2024, whether offices are now required to rinse or wash

3 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken for coroner inquests on the issuing of Prevention of Future Death reports.

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy: Logos

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 40054 on Great British Energy: Logos, what the internal costs were for the redesign of the Great British Energy logo.

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators and Heart Diseases: Isle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and (b) the availability of defibrillators in Isle of Wight East constituency.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department takes to calculate compliance costs education-related regulations.

2 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on whether compliance costs reported for financial regulations should be subject to periodic independent verification.

2 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has assessed compliance costs associated with local authority planning approvals.

2 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how often her Department assesses compliance costs associated with local government administration.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to commission external reviews of digital compliance regulations.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Technology: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how frequently his Department reviews compliance costs for the technology sector.

2 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether compliance obligations related to defence procurement will be assessed for potential reduction.

Source: official written-questions record.