Written questions
245 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to operate on a 24-hour basis; and if she will make an assessment of the poten
28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the hospice sector on the financial viability of that sector.
26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are being treated in temporary hospital environments, including corridors, for which the latest data is available.
26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the government has made of the potential impact of hospice cuts on quality of palliative care across the country.
22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lipoedema: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential role of GLP-1 medications in reducing inflammation and pain associated with lipoedema.
22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lipoedema: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that efforts to improve access to diagnosis and treatment for lipoedema adequality align with the Government’s commitments under the Women’s Health Strategy.
22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lipoedema: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered adopting approaches to lipoedema treatment used by other European countries, like Germany and Spain.
22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lipoedema: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential factors that may prevent women from seeking diagnosis and referral for lipoedema; and what steps he is taking to ensure timely access to specialist asse
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what targeted support is available to people with medical conditions exacerbated by cold temperatures, including Raynaud’s; and whether he plans to work with energy suppliers to improve suppo
15 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Care Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether migrant workers employed in the social care sector will be subject to the same settlement routes and qualifying periods as counterparts working in the NHS under the Health and Care visa.
15 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Care Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of a 15-year baseline qualifying period for settlement on the functioning and long-term sustainability of social care services.
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Highway Code: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve public awareness and understanding of changes to the Highway Code as part of the new Road Safety Strategy.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carers: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure local carer services are able to provide income maximisation services and crisis support to unpaid carers who need it.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Crisis and Resilience Fund: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Crisis and Resilience Fund which is launching in April 2026 will recognise unpaid carers as a financially vulnerable group and a group who are likely to need support from that Fund.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers have been convicted of fraud since 2015 related to Carer’s Allowance overpayments.
5 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hussam Abu Safiya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the release of Dr Abu Safiya.
16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Endometriosis: Mid Sussex
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase resourcing for the Sussex Endometriosis Centre in Mid Sussex constituency.
15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his department will assist post-radiotherapy head and neck cancer patients who currently have to pay for private dentistry due to a lack of NHS dentistry places, despite regular check-ups being
8 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office
Honours and Appointments Secretariat
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is his planned timetable for the publication of the triennial report into the operation of the Honours and Memorialisation secretariats.
8 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what evidential basis it is her policy that minimum individual earnings should determine eligibility for settlement, including for applicants with no access to public funds.
8 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Immigration: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Department has evaluated the tax contribution of the sponsoring British partner when assessing the overall economic contribution of mixed-nationality families under the proposed new settle
8 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government will consider assessing household income rather than individual income when determining eligibility for settlement under the proposed contribution-based requirements.
8 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Immigration: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed new earnings requirement for settlement on British children in families where one parent is a non-UK national with prima
8 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Immigration: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed minimum earnings requirement for settlement applications will apply to family migration routes, including partners and spouses of British citizens.
5 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that carers are not being pursued for overpayments where this was incurred due to incorrect operational guidance.
5 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the planned timetable for the reassessment of carers allowance overpayments as a result of incorrect operational guidance.
27 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Glyphosate: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the government plans to further regulate use by local authorities of glyphosate herbicides.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the outstanding level of carers allowance overpayments debt is in relation to carers breaching the earnings limit.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Unadopted Roads
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to encourage developers to build roads that meet standards for adoption by the highways authority.
13 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Further Education: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 88105, how many 16 to 19 year olds are enrolled on each of the 900 non-A level Level 3 qualifications referenced in the Department’s consultation document
Source: official written-questions record.