Written questions
335 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to encourage uptake of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to people aged 50 following the reduction of age eligibility.
9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support colonoscopy services following the extension of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to include people aged 50-74.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve the regulatory environment for business.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England plans to take to improve (a) awareness and (b) training for (i) GPs and (ii) frontline healthcare professionals to better (A) recognize and (B) refer suspected cases of adren
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support research into Adrenal cancer through (a) funding, (b) clinical trials and (c) collaboration with academic institutions.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) early diagnosis and (b) specialist treatment pathways for patients with Adrenal Cancer.
14 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Health: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure the equitable geographic distribution of health research funding.
9 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Bicycles: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many incidents of battery fires on (a) converted and (b) non-converted e-bikes were reported to the Office for Product Safety and Standards in the last 12 months for which data are available.
9 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Bicycles: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of e-bike battery fires caused by products manufactured outside the (a) UK and (b) EU.
8 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Business Growth Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has consulted with independent retailers on the development of the new Business Growth service.
8 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made towards publishing the Small Business Command Paper.
6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure that pensioners who are earning below £11,400 are able to obtain winter fuel allowance.
2 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure autism is considered in the Youth Employment Strategy.
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gonorrhoea: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure the gonorrhoea vaccination programme reaches (a) young people aged 15-24 (b) women, (c) gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and (d) other commun
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gonorrhoea: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to implement the targeted roll-out of the Gonorrhoea vaccine.
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of age-related eligibility criteria on the inclusion of teenagers and young adults in cancer clinical trials.
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the geographical spread of cancer clinical trial sites to enable equitable access for teenagers and young adults.
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the collection and reporting of age-disaggregated data on participation in cancer clinical trials, in addition to collecting participation data throug
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for age-based exclusion criteria in cancer clinical trials; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that young people have equitable access to participation i
25 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic Offences: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department last reviewed the level of penalties for (a) driving without insurance and (b) keeping a vehicle without insurance.
25 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic Offences: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help reduce the impact of uninsured drivers on car insurance premiums.
25 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic Offences: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of road traffic offences were committed by uninsured drivers in the last two years; and if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of this data.
25 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic Offences: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will include measures to help tackle uninsured driving in the forthcoming road safety strategy.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Commodities
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish the Forest Risk Commodities regulations.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Commodities
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with industry stakeholders on the Forest Risk Commodities regulations.
22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Leukaemia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Yorkshire Outreach Programme for leukaemia monitoring; and whether he plans to roll that programme out nationally.
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken steps to provide forums for (a) officials and (b) Ministers to learn from international examples of best practice in the delivery of healthcare.
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to enable all patients to book primary care appointments through the NHS app.
17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of variations in commissioning by integrated care systems of digital solutions for primary care.
8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how she plans to implement her planning reform policy; and when she expects her reforms to start to impact regional development.
Source: official written-questions record.