Written questions
189 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Women's Health Hubs: Somerset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in NHS Somerset ICB; and what services they provide.
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts and Television: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the financial impact on freelance workers in the UK television and creative industries of outstanding Covid-era Government-backed loans issued to limited company c
16 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Employment: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what alternative methods are available for individuals to demonstrate their right to work if they do not hold a Government digital identity.
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Oracle Corporation UK: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government has conducted a legal assessment of the interaction between the US CLOUD Act and the use of Oracle’s UK Sovereign Cloud for public sector data.
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Data Protection: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what safeguards are in place to protect UK data held by US cloud providers from access requests made on US national security grounds outside the scope of the UK–US Data Access Agreement
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Oracle Corporation UK: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government has assessed the compliance of its contracts with Oracle Corporation with UK GDPR in light of the US CLOUD Act; and whether the Information Commissioner’s Office
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for publication of the Green Paper on access to nature.
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with stakeholders representing recreational users of water on the proposed Clean Water Bill.
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a statutory duty on water companies to protect recreational users of waters in the forthcoming Clean Water Bill.
1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Councillors: Proxy Voting
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take legislative steps to enable proxy voting and remote attendance for councillors.
19 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Parcels: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered the potential impact of changes to EU customs duties for small parcels on the responsibility to promote knowledge exchange under the Florence Agreement.
18 May 2026 · Treasury
Social Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered extending Section 33 VAT recovery for charities and Community Interest Companies delivering statutory social care services on behalf of local authorities.
18 May 2026 · Treasury
Social Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of public funding allocated to adult social care not spent on frontline social care services annually through irrecoverable VAT when services are delivered by charities and not-for-profit
18 May 2026 · Treasury
Social Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason local authorities are able to recover VAT under Section 33 of the VAT Act 1994 when equivalent social care services are delivered in-house but not when those services are commissioned from charitable
18 May 2026 · Treasury
Social Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of irrecoverable VAT on charities, Community Interest Companies and other not-for-profit providers delivering statutory social care services under contract to loc
18 May 2026 · Treasury
Orchestras: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason performers are required to be instrumentalists to qualify for Orchestra Tax Relief.
18 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Choirs
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the (a) contribution of choirs to public health, wellbeing and social pr
18 May 2026 · Treasury
Choirs: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending Orchestra Tax Relief to include amateur and professional choirs that produce live, acoustic concerts on a non-commercial basis.
21 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Schools: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of uncertainty around future sport funding on schools’ ability to plan provision for the 2026–27 academic year.
21 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Schools: Physical Education and Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to retain ring-fenced funding for physical education and physical activity in primary schools.
21 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Schools: Physical Education and Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has for the continuation of the Primary PE and Sport Premium for the 2026–27 academic year.
21 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the distribution of student loan maintenance support calculations, in the context of households where a step-parent’s income is included but a non-resident biolog
21 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered revising student finance regulations so that only the income of a student’s biological or legally responsible parents is taken into account when determining maintenance loa
21 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the fairness of including the income of a non-biological step-parent in household income calculations for student finance eligibility.
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Media: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in the BBC's budget on the provision of media literacy resources.
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the BBC's report entitled A BBC For All: Our response to the government’s Green Paper, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the £500 million savings over two
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Economic Growth
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the BBC's report entitled A BBC For All: Our response to the government’s Green Paper, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the £500 million savings over two
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Music: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the BBC's report entitled A BBC For All: Our response to the government’s Green Paper, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the £500 million savings over two
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of delivering a long-term sustainable funding settlement for the BBC.
15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liothyronine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Integrated Care Boards on policies on liothyronine, including requiring Exceptional/Individual Funding Requests and applying bans on new patients; and if he will is
Source: official written-questions record.