Written questions
198 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Phones: Outages
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to extend Ofcom’s Automatic Compensation Scheme to cover prolonged mobile network outages.
3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust facilities there are in each region of England; and what proportion of those contracts are due to expire before 2030.
3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is applying lessons learned from the expiry of hospital Private Finance Initiative contracts to the management of NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust contract expiries.
3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the expiry of NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust contracts on the finances of Integrated Care Boards over the next 10 years.
3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the expiry of NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust contracts, including the continuity of (a) primary care and (b) community health services.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Peatlands: Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a presumption against building onshore wind developments on deep peat on the Government’s (a) biodiversity and (b) p
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee’s Second Report of Session 2024–25, Gridlock or growth? Avoiding energy planning chaos, published on 7 July 2025, when he plans to
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Wind Power: Peatlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of introducing a presumption against building onshore wind developments on deep peat on the UK’s ability to meet its carbon emissions reduc
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the absence of mandatory strike-off in the new MPTS guidance for proven sexual misconduct by doctors adequately protects patients.
17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the (a) General Medical Council and (b) Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service on the implementation of the new Guidance for MPTS Tribunals, publ
15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors and Nurses: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of nurses and midwives accused of sexual misconduct were placed under interim suspension by the NMC between 2019 and 2024.
15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of doctors accused of sexual misconduct were placed under interim suspension by the GMC between 2018 and 2025.
15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any doctors were erased or struck off due to sexual misconduct between 2018 and 2025.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Manufacturing Industries: Calder Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of skills levels on advanced manufacturing businesses in Calder Valley constituency.
13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to expand defence procurement processes to enable greater participation by (a) advanced manufacturers in the Calder Valley valve industry and (b) other small and medium sized b
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: Engineering and Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support the engineering and manufacturing industry to take on apprentices.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: Calder Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking through the provision of apprenticeships to tackle skills shortages in manufacturing in Calder Valley.
13 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: NHS and Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who (a) have indefinite leave to remain status and (b) are employed in the (i) NHS and (ii) social care sector.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Life Sciences: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support innovation in novel diagnostic technologies through the Life Sciences Sector Plan, published on 16 July 2025.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Life Sciences: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support research and development projects using novel diagnostic technologies.
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Diagnostic Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with (a) vague and (b) non-specific symptoms can undergo a range of tests in one visit at Community Diagnostic Centres.
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to diagnose (a) cancers that present with (i) vague and (ii) non-specific symptoms and (b) pancreatic cancer.
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) (i) communications and (ii) public advertising on NHS dentistry and (b) oral health initiatives to improve patient access to NHS
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on (a) communications and (b) public advertising relating to NHS (i) dentistry and (ii) oral health initiatives in each of the last five years.
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the time taken to diagnose (a) lung, (b) pancreatic, (c) liver, (d) brain, (e) oesophageal and (f) stomach cancer.
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the average time between the (a) onset of symptoms and (b) formal diagnosis for patients with (i) lung, (ii) pancreatic, (iii) liver, (iv) brain, (v) oesophageal and
10 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of the level of harvest yields in 2025.
10 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to (a) maximise the output of existing wind turbines and (b) avoid payments for curtailment of generation.
10 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve retention rates for doctors.
10 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing funding for (a) vaccines and (b) the wider medtech sector in the context of the US Government’s decision on mRNA vaccine research.
Source: official written-questions record.