Written questions

1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to review the NHS Pension Annual Allowance rules to prevent excessive charges for staff covering rota gaps.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are in place to prevent CHC funding reductions from compromising care for vulnerable patients in West Dorset constituency.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department is supporting NHS staff who may be adversely affected by CHC funding reductions.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that CHC funding cuts do not reduce access to care in West Dorset constituency.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of cuts to Continuing Healthcare funding on patient care.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department is supporting schools in West Dorset constituency to provide mental health support for children on the child and adolescent mental health services waiting list.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to child and adolescent mental health services in schools in West Dorset constituency.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to integrate child and adolescent mental health service provision into schools nationally.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of SEND Hubs on educational outcomes for children with SEND in West Dorset constituency.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department is ensuring that SEND Hubs in West Dorset schools are adequately funded and staffed.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to expand SEND Hubs in schools in West Dorset.

15 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will make an assessment of the potential impact on fraud victims of allowing the Financial Ombudsman Service to dismiss cases deemed too complex.

15 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that fraud victims retain access to Financial Ombudsman Service investigations without being forced into civil court proceedings.

15 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on fraud victims of proposals allowing the Financial Ombudsman Service to pause cases at registration pending police or Serious Fraud Office investigations.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Further Education: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of progression rates from foundation to other low-level courses in colleges in the South West.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Further Education: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students progress from foundation to other low-level courses in colleges in Dorset.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of (a) national progression rates from foundation to other low-level courses in colleges and (b) employment outcomes from those rates.

5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England and NHS Wales: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring electronic medical record systems in NHS England and NHS Wales can exchange patient information more easily.

5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England and NHS Wales: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce risks to patients from the electronic exchange of medical records between NHS England and NHS Wales.

5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of protocols for exchanging medical records electronically between NHS organisations on patients in West Dorset constituency.

5 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Communications Ombudsman: Powers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the powers of the Communications Ombudsman.

5 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Communications Ombudsman

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to expand the remit of the Communications Ombudsman.

5 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Diesel and Petrol: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support consumers in West Dorset constituency with a) petrol and b) diesel costs.

5 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuels: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of recent trends in levels of (a) petrol and (b) diesel prices in West Dorset.

5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that development firms (a) meet national affordable housing targets and (b) do not reduce delivery on viability grounds.

5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of developers reducing affordable housing delivery on local housing need in West Dorset.

5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that development firms meet their agreed affordable housing commitments in West Dorset.

5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve integration between social care and NHS services in rural areas.

5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of closer NHS and social care integration on reducing the time taken for hospital discharges in West Dorset constituency.

5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve integration between NHS services and social care provision in West Dorset constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.