Written questions

126 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the consultation on the introduction of mandatory reporting and health targets for large food businesses.

8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Royal Mail delivery delays on NHS service delivery, including in Stourbridge constituency.

8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS patients are not missing (a) appointments and (b) operations due to Royal Mail delivery delays (i) in the Stourbridge constituency and (ii) el

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that individuals are not subject to (a) penalties, (b) enforcement action, and (c) adverse decisions as a result of Royal Mail delivery delays affecting corresponde

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure current Royal Mail delays do not affect people's access to payments.

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure current Royal Mail delays do not affect people's ability to comply with his Department's deadlines.

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits and State Retirement Pensions: Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to ensure that recipients of Universal Credit, State Pension and other DWP support are not financially disadvantaged by delayed postal communications, including in Stourbridge

3 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Teplizumab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the introduction of teplizumab contributes to reducing rates of diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis and inequalities in outcomes for people with type 1 di

3 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help accelerate the translation of beta cell research into clinical trials and routine NHS care for people with type 1 diabetes.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent changes to the Disabled Students’ Allowance on students’ ability to access assistive software where they have functional impairments ari

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Criminology: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence her department is using to assess demand for Criminology in the West Midlands and across England.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Criminology: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, will funding for Criminology remain in place for the next academic year.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Criminology: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when will schools receive information about the future of Criminology.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Criminology: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if Criminology is to sit within Protective Services, in what way will the new qualification maintain the academic and social-science content that supports progression to university courses such as criminology,

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Criminology: V-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to create a V Level in Criminology or to incorporate Criminology into a broader Protective Services route.

16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to mandate the recording of Armed Forces community status in adult social care management systems in England.

16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of multi-year funding arrangements for specialist social care provision supporting the Armed Forces community.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps are the government taking to help ensure that homes and small businesses can buy power directly from local renewable energy schemes.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review the Access to Work scheme to ensure that blind and visually impaired people can access workplace adjustments and specialist support in a timely manner.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support available to employers recruiting and retaining blind and visually impaired employees.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve employment rates among blind and visually impaired people.

4 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of inequities in inflammatory bowel disease care and outcomes; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the online h

4 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve treatment access and monitoring for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

4 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to the development of national standards for inflammatory bowel disease across ICBs in England.

1 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Creationism

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her department has made of whether charities which exist to promote creationism fulfil a public benefit.

18 May 2026 · Department for Education

Education: Equal Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce pay inequalities between Further Education staff and staff in schools and academised sixth form colleges.

14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the department is taking to establish a universally commissioned emergency eye care pathway to end the postcode lottery of these service in England.

13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Pupils

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the NHS takes to support pupils with medical conditions in schools.

13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Pupils

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the NHS takes to provide healthcare to pupils with medical conditions in schools.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people aged 16-24 are claiming the Universal Credit health element while in full-time non-advanced education under Universal Credit rules.

Source: official written-questions record.