Written questions
434 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the effectiveness of the internal NHS complaints system.
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Urinary Tract Infections
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) diagnoses, (b) treatment options and (c) support for people living with chronic urinary tract infections; and whether he plans to increase levels
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Payment Systems Regulator on the enforcement of the Authorised Push Payment fraud reimbursement rules introduced on 7 October 2024.
8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the experiences of rape and sexual assault victims in the criminal justice system.
8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that levels of adult social care funding are adequate to (a) meet care requirements, (b) support people at risk of being placed into residential homes and (c) ensu
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for the provision of SEND services by Hampshire Council.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to meet the demand for specialist SEND school places.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support Hampshire County Council in its provision of SEND support.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Hospitals: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of public transport to hospitals in Hampshire and Surrey.
8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for ministerial visits to hospitals in Hampshire.
8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the estimated cost to the public purse of maintenance on Basingstoke Hospital before its rebuild in 2037.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) simplify the paperwork and (b) make online submissions possible for Access to Work Plus applications.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is between submitting an application for Access to Work Plus and (a) an in-person assessment, (b) a funding decision and (c) payment.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all DWP caseworkers assessing employees in the Access to Work Plus scheme are fully trained on the scheme’s requirements.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Export Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the he plans to take to improve the system of (a) applying for and (b) receiving export licences.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Childcare: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Early education and childcare (effective from 1 April 2025), published on 21 February 2025, what steps her Department is taking to maintain access to childca
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Resident Doctors: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are adequate numbers of specialty training places for junior doctors who have completed foundation years one and two; and what steps he is taking to ens
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the capacity of spaces in the Overseas Registration Exam for dentists residing in the UK.
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce mental health waiting times; and whether he plans to set specific targets to ensure that people in full time work receive timely access to therapy and
2 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Spring Statement published on 26 March 2025, where the 37,000 new military homes will be located.
2 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that companies and charities are paid on time in the Access to Work Plus Scheme.
25 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Immigration: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prioritise children from conflict areas re-joining parents who have legally moved to the UK.
25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Earwax: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS Integrated Care Boards provide community-based ear wax removal services.
25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase social care funding and (b) support local authorities with increases in demand for care services in North East Hampshire constituency.
25 Mar 2025 · Home Office
British Nationality: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of the Life in the UK test for people with (a) learning difficulties and (b) special needs.
21 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) support and (b) compensate vulnerable victims of organised criminal fraud groups.
19 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department (a) monitors and (b) regulates the use of AI in apps aimed at children and teenagers.
12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) the proportion of babies and families who require specialist parent-infant relationship and infant mental health support and (b) the availability of services to m
12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government have to ensure specialist parent-infant relationship and infant mental health support is available across England.
4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nicotine and Oral Tobacco: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) safety and (b) regulation of (i) snus and (ii) nicotine pouches.
Source: official written-questions record.