Written questions

1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the potential benefits of increasing eligibility for free Covid vaccines to people with Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

3 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the potential benefits of increasing eligibility for free Covid vaccines to people with Respiratory Syncytial Virus in West Dorset constituency.

3 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the eligibility for free Covid vaccines to people with Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

3 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the eligibility for free Covid vaccines to people with Respiratory Syncytial Virus in West Dorset constituency.

3 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Jhoots Pharmacy: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who had visas sponsored by Jhoots Group who had those visas (a) transferred and (b) renewed to Allied Pharmacies in the last six months.

3 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Jhoots Pharmacy: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who had visas sponsored by Jhoots Group who had those visas renewed by Jhoots Group.

28 Nov 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 he Department is taking to improve integration between NHS services and social care provision in West Dorset.

28 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of closer NHS–social care integration on reducing hospital discharge delays in West Dorset.

28 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services:

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 nationally.

28 Nov 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 nationally meet affordable housing targets and do not reduce delivery on viability grounds.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sheltered Housing: Sub-letting

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to allow owners of retirement properties to sublet until a new buyer is found.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sheltered Housing: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to introduce additional protections for residents of retirement homes in West Dorset relating to service charges.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sheltered Housing: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of service charges on retirement home a) residents and b) sales in West Dorset constituency.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sheltered Housing: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of service charges applied to retirement properties.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sheltered Housing: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reform service charges on retirement homes.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sheltered Housing: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to take steps to protect older residents in West Dorset from excessive exit fees on retirement flats.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Cohabitation: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the rights of co-habiting couples in rural constituencies such as West Dorset.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Cohabitation: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of differences in legal protections between co-habiting and married couples on families in West Dorset.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Cohabitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reform the rights of co-habiting couples following separation.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Cohabitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of legal protections for co-habiting couples compared with married couples.

27 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of proposed reforms to exit fees charged on retirement properties.

27 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to ban exit fees on retirement flats.

27 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Road Works

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance on the application of pavement licence caps in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 across highways maintainable at public expens

27 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help improve support for firefighters in West Dorset attending mental health emergency call-outs.

27 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training provided to firefighters responding to mental health crises.

27 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Police: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help improve the capability of police officers in West Dorset to support people experiencing a mental health crisis.

27 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Police: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the training provided to police officers responding to mental health crises.

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of online safety protections for vulnerable residents in West Dorset.

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to keep people safe online in West Dorset.

27 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an estimate of the costs incurred by police forces and courts as a result of the recent mistaken release of three prisoners.

Source: official written-questions record.