Written questions
143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) applications have been received under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme from people reporting disabilities resulting from the COVID-19 vaccination and (b) awards related to covid-19 va
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to support the continued (a) development and (b) implementation of NHS England’s elective toolkit given NHS England's planned abolition.
16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Aortic Dissection: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to continue supporting the implementation of NHS England’s acute aortic dissection toolkit after the proposed abolition of NHS England.
4 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pets: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential impact of pet pesticide products on the environment.
4 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support local authorities to (a) reduce and (b) replace their use of pesticides.
4 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to increase transparency around use of pesticides by local authorities.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Cannabis: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the most recent assessment of the classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was conducted; and what evidence base was considered in reaching the conclusions of that as
16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthwatch England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to maintain the collective patient voice function supported by Healthwatch England in the reformed NHS structures.
16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthwatch England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timescale is for the abolition of Healthwatch England.
11 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health on the potential merits of providing full spectrum medical cannabis to veterans with specific PTSD symptoms under the medical exemption certif
11 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Veterans: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of treating post traumatic stress disorder in veterans with (a) medical cannabis and (b) MDMA assisted therapy.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Climate Change: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve young people's understanding of climate change through the national curriculum.
1 Jul 2025 · Home Office
Motor Vehicles: Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have the police issued to people smoking in private vehicles in which children are present (a) in total and (b) in each year since this became an offence.
1 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Music and Dance Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people accessed the Music and Dance Scheme in each of the last five academic years; and how many students will be supported by the scheme in the academic year 2025-26.
1 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Culture: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including capital purchase costs for the acquisition of (a) run-down or (b) former cultural venues within the eligibility criteria of the C
1 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Music Venues: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been raised for grassroot music venues to date via the voluntary ticket levy; and what steps her Department plans to take monitor progress of the grassroots ticket levy.
11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help local authorities reduce the number of void properties in their social housing stock.
11 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles without valid Vehicle Excise Duty have been identified through automatic number plate recognition systems in the most recent 12 month period for which data is available; and what steps her Dep
11 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Mileage Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Approved Mileage Allowance Payments rates in meeting the costs incurred by employees using their own vehicles for work-related travel.
22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid: Remdesivir
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with the University of Derby on the development of the drug Remdesivir for the treatment of long Covid.
22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support people living with long covid, (b) retain the services provided by the long covid clinic and (c) develop systems of treatment and diagnosis to ide
21 May 2025 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending business rates relief for small businesses.
21 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Historic Environment Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42631 on Historic Environment Records, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of historic environment records in
16 May 2025 · Treasury
Banking Hubs: Standards
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a (a) minimum and (b) standardised level of service for banking providers at banking hubs.
16 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hydroelectric Power: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is taking steps to streamline the (a) application and (b) determination process for (i) abstraction and (ii) impoundment licenses for new hydropower proj
16 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hydroelectric Power: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the value-for-money of levels of abstraction license fees for hydropower schemes in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) other
16 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of time was between the Environment Agency receiving a flood risk activity permit application and starting the determination process for the approval of said pe
16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure that non-mRNA covid vaccines are made available via the NHS to people unable to receive mRNA vaccines.
13 May 2025 · Northern Ireland Office
Technology: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions his Department has had with businesses on investment in technology in Northern Ireland.
Source: official written-questions record.