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.