Written questions

245 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend the Ukrainian Permission Extension scheme beyond 18 months.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Supported Housing: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support young people in supported accommodation as they increase their paid working hours.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a National NHS Railcard for Healthcare Staff.

29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office

Honours: Reviews

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to ask the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals to review the range of honours awarded.

26 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to reform Carer's Allowance.

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his response to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex of 10 July 2025 during his Oral Statement on Resident Doctors: Industrial Action, Official Report, column 1152, when he plans to beg

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cervical Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of recent changes to NHS smear tests on (a) women's health and (b) uptake of cervical cancer screening.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breastfeeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to implement the findings of the four nation Optimal Infant Feeding Data Framework project.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breastfeeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to (a) develop and (b) implement policies for infant and young child feeding in emergency preparedness (i) planning and (ii) responses.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breastfeeding: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that (a) NHS (i) guidance and (ii) resources on HIV and infant feeding follow British HIV Association guidelines and (b) trusts, (c) boards and

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breastfeeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all (a) parents and (b) caregivers are provided with accurate and unbiased (i) information and (ii) support for infant feeding.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing primary legislation to give those in care settings the right for (a) their loved ones and (b) others to visit.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce legislation to facilitate a right to a Care Supporter for people in care settings.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Genomics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the rollout of whole genome sequencing services is (a) efficient and (b) consistent between regions.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide psychological support for patients with (a) sickle cell and (b) other non-malignant conditions considering stem cell transplants.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunotherapy: Bereavement and Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure that (a) families and (b) carers of cell therapy patients can access (i) mental health and wellbeing and (ii) bereavement support.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England worked on the 10 year plan.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Communication

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England work in communications.

2 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry: Mid Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS podiatry services in Mid Sussex constituency are adequately resourced.

2 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of podiatrists; and if he will (a) reinstate full student bursaries and (b) introduce incentives to encourage recruitment and retention in

2 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Independent Commission into Adult Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of hours spent by (a) his Department and (b) Baroness Casey’s review team on the review since (a) 5 July 2024 and (b) 3 January 2025.

2 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Independent Commission into Adult Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are in Baroness Casey’s review team.

2 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Baroness Casey of Blackstock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings officials in his Department have had with (a) Baroness Casey and (b) her team (i) before and (ii) after 2 January 2025.

2 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Baroness Casey of Blackstock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times he has met Baroness Casey since (a) 5 July 2024 and (b) 3 January 2025.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of back-to-office policies on the workplace inclusion of disabled people.

17 Jun 2025 · Women and Equalities

Employment: Neurodiversity

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Equality Act in protecting neurodivergent employees.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

National Curriculum Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of sitting year 6 SATs on children with both anxiety and special educational needs.

11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Givinostat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of givinostat to patients eligible through early access programmes.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a work allowance within Universal Credit for unpaid carers looking after (a) disabled and (b) ill (i) relatives and (

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance and Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unpaid carers have entitlement to (a) Carer's Allowance and Universal Credit, (b) Carer Element and Universal Credit and (c) a combination of Carer's Allowance, Carer Element and Universal Cred

Source: official written-questions record.