Written questions

347 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on issuing payments to terminally ill veterans under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many payments have been issued under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.

4 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Councillors: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will consider introducing enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks as a condition of being a councillor.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Crime and Policing Bill: Financial Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made made of the potential impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on levels of protections for (a) bank, (b) building society and (c) banking hubs workers.

3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will consider introducing stronger (a) censure and (b) sanction options for serious breaches of member codes of conduct in local authorities.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 50758 on Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction, which regulatory options are under consideration; and what his planned timefr

2 Jun 2025 · Women and Equalities

Women: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) transgender and (b) intersex (i) people and (ii) groups are consulted on Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance on the Supreme Court judgement in the case of

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Equipment and Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that fire and rescue services have the (a) personnel and (b) life saving equipment they need to safely respond to incidents of (i) f

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

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to align the UK with EU regulatory protections for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in his revised Environmental Improvement Plan.

7 May 2025 · Treasury

Processed Food: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tax on ultra-processed food.

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

Processed Food: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the new Food Strategy Advisory Board will make assessment of the merits of the association between higher consumption of ultra-processed foods and adverse health outcomes.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the report entitled Recipe for health: A plan to fix our broken food system by the House of Lord

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) NHS England provide to people who are prescribed SSRIs on the risks of developing Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antidepressants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for people discontinuing anti-depressants.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will recognise Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction as a condition.

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

Insecticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making (a) fipronil and (b) imidacloprid prescription-only.

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Farms: Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to ensure the effectiveness of permitted development rights for farms.

2 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for a practical driving test in Cornwall.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how she plans to support listed places of worship with repairs and renovation after the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme ends.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which listed places of worship have received grants under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme in Truro and Falmouth constituency.

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

Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to prevent long leases from becoming assured shorthold tenancies.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Free School Meals and Health Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of registering eligible households for (a) free school meal and (b) NHS Healthy Start entitlements through the Universal Credit system.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the qualifying earnings threshold for free school meals on levels of child poverty in (a) Truro and Falmouth constituency, (b) the south

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is her Department's policy on the renewal of the holiday activities food programme beyond the 2025-26 financial year.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling Holiday Activities and Food programme providers to make their programmes open access if they are located in areas of high deprivation.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has assessed the potential merits of enabling local authorities to expand eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food programme to ensure that children who are (a) living in poverty and

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of training convenience store staff and managers on the (a) administration and (b) acceptance of NHS Healthy Start cards.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that everyone entitled to NHS Healthy Start is registered to receive it.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting pay-as-you-save soft loans from community energy enterprises into solar panels on schools.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support rural and regional universities to access funding.

Source: official written-questions record.