Written questions

123 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which (a) geographical regions and (b) thematic programmes will be prioritised in the allocation of official development assistance.

12 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to prioritise (a) maintaining and extending financial commitments to multilateral organisations and (b) bilateral aid to partner countries, in the context of

10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Huntington's Disease: Medical Treatments and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve treatment outcomes for people with Huntington’s Disease; and what research his Department is supporting into that disease.

10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Huntington's Disease: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to establish a specialist Huntington’s Disease Centre in Surrey.

10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Huntington's Disease: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of specialist clinical provision for people with Huntington’s Disease in Surrey.

10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Huntington's Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of integrated care boards have specialist clinicians for Huntington’s Disease; and whether Surrey Heartlands ICB has specialist clinicians for Huntington’s Disease.

10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Huntington's Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) is taking to (i) increase and (ii) improve the availability of specialist clinical provision for people with Huntington’s Disease.

5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help mitigate the potential impact of USAID’s funding pause on the UK’s international development programmes.

5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in other donor countries on responding to the decision to pause USAID funding.

5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK aid programmes have been (a) paused and (b) otherwise affected by the USAID funding pause.

4 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: United Nations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help support the expansion of the UN’s operational presence in (a) South Darfur and (b) other conflict-affected areas in Sudan.

23 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: UNRWA

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continuity of UNRWA's operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

What steps he is taking to improve the energy efficiency of homes in winter 2024-25.

11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hydrocephalus: Babies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of infants with hydrocephalus initially present symptoms after 8 weeks of age.

11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hydrocephalus: Babies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of routine monitoring of infant head circumference after 8 weeks of age as a diagnostic tool for early identification of hydrocephalus.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Mole: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 13669 on Rivers: Sewage, which six sewage treatment works in the River Mole catchment have been inspected by the Environment Agen

25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of community pharmacy closures on (a) local health provision and (b) patient outcomes in (i) England and (ii) Surrey.

25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies have closed in (a) Surrey and (b) Esher and Walton constituency in each year since 2019.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for which local authorities her Department has provided (a) support and (b) intervention for safety valve agreements since 2019.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what formula her Department is using to calculate Special Educational Needs and Disability high needs funding allocations for local authorities next year.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what flood (a) prevention and (b) relief measures have been put in place to support communities along the Thames between Weybridge and Long Ditton in the event of flooding in winter 20

18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Practice Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average GP practice patient list is; what the largest patient list was at a GP practice in 2023-4; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of GP list sizes on p

18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average per-patient funding for GP practices was in (a) England and (b) NHS Surrey Heartlands in 2023-4.

18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the (a) performance of and (b) patient experience at the GP practices in the bottom 5% of the 2024 GP Patient Survey.

13 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Special Educational Needs: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of education, health and care plan tribunals that were lost by Surrey County Council in each year from 2019 to 2024 to date.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department's Safety Valve Agreement with Surrey County Council on (a) funding per EHCP in Surrey and (b) quality of SEND provision in Surrey.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) ensure that deficit reduction measures taken by local authorities as part of their safety valve agreements do not reduce the (i) level and (ii) quality of support f

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure the uplift for SEND funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 is allocated by local authorities to families assessed as being in the most urgent need; what steps he

11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freehold: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will take steps to (a) improve the transparency of estate charges for freeholders, (b) give freeholders the power to challenge estate charges and (c) give freeh

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce sewage discharges into (a) the River Mole and (b) other rivers.

Source: official written-questions record.