Written questions

397 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of derelict school buildings on children’s education.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of school buildings in Surrey.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Condition Improvement Fund: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times have schools been rejected for Condition Improvement Funding in Surrey in the last 20 years.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Condition Improvement Fund: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools have received Condition Improvement Funding in Surrey in the last 20 years.

2 Feb 2026 · Leader of the House

Privy Council: Membership

To ask the Leader of the House, if he will take steps to review the membership of the Privy Council.

30 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether future NHS planning guidance will require Integrated Care Boards to provide dedicated long covid pathways.

30 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that patients with long covid receive condition specific care.

30 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated to each Integrated Care Board in England for long covid services in the 2024-25 financial year.

30 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of closing DVSA testing centres on driving standards.

29 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of social media use on children’s mental health.

29 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Attorney General’s Office on ending the presumption of parental contact in family court cases.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to local Government on safeguarding procedures for drivers transporting pupils to and from school.

26 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Gurkhas: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of not providing Gurkha veterans with equal pension benefits to those of other British Army veterans on those veterans.

26 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Gurkhas: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to provide Gurkha veterans with pension benefits equivalent to those of their British Army counterparts.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the Government is on track to meet its international commitments under the Global Biodiversity Framework.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the average time taken by Transport for London to process and issue private hire vehicle driver licences.

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Benefit: National Insurance Credits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of requiring parents to apply for Child Benefit on their eligibility to qualify for National Insurance credits.

22 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Child Benefit: National Insurance Credits

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people do not receive National Insurance credits through not applying for Child Benefit.

21 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many priority service applications for visas are processed within 5 working days; and how many super priority service applications are processed by the end of the next working day.

20 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of business rate increases on the community pharmacy network.

20 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) review and (b) reform the current community pharmacy contract.

20 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Voluntary Contributions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her department will release further information on the Voluntary National Insurance contributions for periods abroad.

19 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Defence: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what formal international defence treaties the UK has outside of NATO.

19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Greenland: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what conversations he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential for sending UK troops to Greenland.

15 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help raise awareness of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

14 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability Aids: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department hols on the longest time that someone has had to wait to obtain a wheelchair or walker on the NHS.

14 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability Aids: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for someone to obtain a wheelchair or walker on the NHS.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Woking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of transport connections at Worplesdon station in Woking constituency.

14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Railway Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how distances from train stations are calculated for the purposes of a planning application receiving a default yes.

14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Railway Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to assess whether a train station is well-connected for the purposes of a planning application receiving a default yes.

Source: official written-questions record.