Written questions

347 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 10,910 additional urgent dental appointments allocated to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board have been delivered since April 2025.

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a public awareness campaign on endometriosis.

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of deploying specialist endometriosis nurses in GP surgeries.

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) physical, (b) mental and (c) financial support is available to people diagnosed with endometriosis.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Instro: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has exempted the company Instro Precision UK from applying for arms export licences for the sale of targeting equipment.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Physical Infrastructure Access fees on the rollout of high speed broadband in rural areas.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support the rollout of high speed broadband in rural areas.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of premises have access to gigabit-capable broadband in Cornwall.

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the GB Energy founding statement, published on 25 July 2024, when Local Power Plans will be published.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Gear: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to support fishers to adopt innovative gear with proven selectivity benefits.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Gear: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with devolved fisheries administrations on a coordinated approach to supporting the commercial uptake of innovative fishing gear.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Gear: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the report by Seafish entitled Supporting the Commercial Uptake of Innovative Fishing Gear, published on 10 Sept

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Appropriate Adults

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to the police on identifying whether someone they are interviewing has (a) autism spectrum disorder and (b) a learning difficulty and needs an appropriate ad

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Mortality: Bereavement Counselling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) fathers, (b) families from minority (i) ethnic and (ii) faith backgrounds and (c) other bereaved parents receive (A) timely, (B) equitable and (C) cu

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Women's Health Hubs: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the £25 million funding for the pilot Women’s Health Hubs was allocated to the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ICB.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK Commission on Covid Commemoration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 8706 on UK Commission on Covid Commemoration, when she plans to respond to the UK Commission on Covid Commemoration’s final report, published

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Coronavirus: Monuments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered providing funding for the creation of a covid-19 memorial in Truro and Falmouth constituency.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Driving: Audio Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making the use of headphones whilst (a) cycling and (b) driving a strict liability offence.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to deaf people who cannot read or write English and only use British Sign Language when moving from legacy benefits to Universal Credit.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Police: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the introduction of mandatory autism awareness training for staff working in the police.

10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the (a) quantity and (b) value of UK aid that has been denied entry to Gaza by Israel since March 2025; and what steps her Department

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shipping: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to establish a registration scheme for UK vessels to provide ring-fenced funds to tackle the issue of abandoned end of life boats.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shipping: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle the issue of abandoned boats in UK rivers.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of specialty training posts for UK-trained doctors in the South West.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Emigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of doctors leaving the UK due to a lack of specialty training posts.

10 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will consider including those veterans who were exposed to asbestos pre-1987 whilst on active service and who later contract lung cancer in the 2016 lump sum compensation scheme payable currently only

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Geology: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help make the process of moving geological samples between the UK and the EU (a) faster and (b) easier.

3 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure school bus travel is (a) affordable and (b) accessible in rural areas.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Certification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to prevent (a) insolvent and (b) financially restricted organisations in the Aircraft Engineering Industry continuing to issue Certificates of Release to Service outside of effective re

2 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Rented Housing: Money Laundering

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has make of the potential impact of the requirement for letting agents to carry out money laundering checks on landlords and tenants on the number of rental properties available.

Source: official written-questions record.