Written questions

565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Resident Doctors: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that F1 doctors receive their (a) programme details and (b) work schedules well in advance of their start dates.

11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to place dedicated mental health practitioners in schools; and whether he plans to fund a nationwide rollout of such provision.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the sanitary and phytosanitary agreement referred to in the joint UK-EU statement of 19 May 2025 to come into effect.

5 Jun 2025 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Land

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners have a target for the proportion of the Church's land it plans to protect for nature by (a) 2030 and (b) other future dates.

5 Jun 2025 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Land

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Commissioners will publish a map of the land the Church owns in Lewes constituency; how much land the Church owns in that constituency broken down by land use; and what pr

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) import and (b) export checks have taken place by (i) port of entry and (ii) commodity type since 1 January 2021.

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the average cost of an (a) import check and (b) export check since the UK's departure from the EU.

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) import and (b) export checks have been conducted at the UK Border since 31 January 2020; and how many were undertaken in each of the five years prior to this.

22 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the terms for Network Railcards to enable them to be used by commuters who need to travel before 10am.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries she is negotiating with on the use of eGates; and what the status of those negotiations are.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeline is for UK travellers to start having expanded access to EU eGates.

12 May 2025 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that schools participating in the breakfast club programme can provide adequately nutritious free school meals within the allocated budget.

9 May 2025 · Department for Education

National School Breakfast Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that breakfasts provided through the National School Breakfast Programme are nutritious.

9 May 2025 · Department for Education

National School Breakfast Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the per-meal funding for schools participating in the National School Breakfast Programme.

9 May 2025 · Department for Education

National School Breakfast Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the funding received by schools participating in the National School Breakfast Programme to provide a nutritionally balanced breakfast to each child.

7 May 2025 · Department for Education

Absenteeism: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the system of fining parents for taking their children out of school; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of this system on famili

1 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will review the regulatory framework applied to small, local abattoirs to ensure that (a) food safety is maintained, (b) animal welfare standards are supported and (c

1 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the retention and replacement of small abattoirs in Sussex.

28 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44342 on UK Trade with EU: Public Consultation, what discussions he has had with the EU TCA Domestic Advisory Group on improving UK-EU trade relations; and wha

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to review the process by which councils allocate funding to mainstream schools to support children with EHCPs.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: East Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with East Sussex County Council on its ability to meet pupils' EHCP needs in mainstream primary schools.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of schools being directed to admit pupils with high levels of need without the provision of additional (a) funding and (b) support staff on (i) children’s sa

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that schools are adequately (a) funded and (b) staffed to meet the needs of children with EHCPs in cases where the school has deemed it unsafe for the child to attend due

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Sussex County Hospital: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with Sussex Police on their investigation into alleged medical negligence at the Royal Sussex County Hospital; and whether he has considered providing addition

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Temporomandibular Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on how to support individuals who develop temporomandibular disorder as a result of orthodontic treatment.

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Temporomandibular Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people diagnosed with temporomandibular disorder linked to orthodontic malpractice.

8 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of appointing cross-government leadership on the issue of missing persons.

8 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Missing Persons: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the number of repeat missing incidents amongst children.

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

Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 37889 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increased insurance premiu

4 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Trade with EU: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with EU-based businesses on UK-EU trade relations.

Source: official written-questions record.