Written questions

227 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to ADE Heat Networks' report "Clean Heat 2040", what plans he has to mandate that industrial plants and data centres make their surplus heat available for district heating netw

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Networks: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to ADE Heat Networks' report "Clean Heat 2040" what assessment his Department has made of the case for extending to heat networks the same long-term revenue support mechanisms

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Networks: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to ADE: Heat Networks report entitled Clean Heat 2040 report, whether he plans to rebalance energy policy costs for heat networks away from electricity bills.

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Special Educational Needs and Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Sutton Trust’s Selective Inclusion report, what assessment she has made of the extent to which low-income pupils with SEND are currently underrepresented in the top-performing comprehensiv

15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Babies: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the newborn screening programme screens for all life-threatening conditions with approved treatments.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fossil Fuels: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to take further steps to support rural households in the context of volatility in global fossil fuel markets.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of renewable energy deployment on long-term energy prices for domestic consumers.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to move off-grid rural communities dependent on heating oil to a renewable-based energy system.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what were the species of the 28 hunting trophies for which import permits were granted by her Department between 1 July 2024 and 25 March 2026.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the installation of immobilisation cages for pigs on her Department's consultation entitled Animal Health and Welfare Pathway:

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fossil Fuels: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will consider the potential merits of introducing additional measures to help protect rural households from volatility in international fossil fuel markets.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of renewable energy deployment on energy price stability for domestic consumers.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help support off-grid rural communities dependent on heating oil as part of a transition to a renewable energy system.

23 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many import permits for hunting trophies have been issued by her Department since July 2024.

20 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that changes to NICE’s cost effectiveness thresholds results in improved and equitable access to new and effective treatments for people with incurable

20 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the new National Inherited Cancer Predisposition Registry is accessible to women at increased risk of breast cancer.

16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of financial barriers on graduate entry medical students in England.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to decouple the price of wholesale electricity from the cost of gas beyond moving more renewables into Contracts for Difference.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Gas Fired Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has undertaken on the proposal put forward by Greenpeace UK and Stonehaven in their Power Shift report to move gas-fired power stations into a Regulated Asset B

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that professional regulatory costs do not act as a disincentive to entering or remaining in the nursing, midwifery and nursing associate professio

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nursing and Midwifery Council: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed Nursing and Midwifery Council registration fee increase on recruitment, retention and workforce morale within the NHS.

4 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has (a) set and (b) considered setting a national standard for the maximum timeframe within which brain tumour tissue should be placed into a fresh-frozen state following sur

4 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients with brain tumours treated at NHS trusts that are not members of the National Institute for Health and Care Research's Brain Tumour Research C

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to help encourage the egg industry to end the culling of male chicks.

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Kinship Allowance Pilot will commence; and when she plans to publish the list of the ten selected local authorities participating in that pilot.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of wide area network (WAN) coverage required for smart meter functionality in Waveney Valley constituency; what inf

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of children removed from local NHS ADHD waiting lists after accessing the Right to Choose pathway.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding and workforce planning support to Integrated Care Boards to reduce waiting times for children with ADHD assessments and treatment.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to medication, paediatric support, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services follow-up for children diagnosed with ADHD throu

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to Integrated Care Boards on how Right to Choose providers should integrate with local NHS paediatric and mental health services for children with ADHD, incl

Source: official written-questions record.