Written questions
1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Farmers: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will allocate funding to support mental health services for farmers in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) home-based and (b) residential care on the finances of people receiving that care.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will remove the two-child benefit cap in the Autumn Budget.
20 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allocate funding to support mental health services for police (a) officers and (b) staff in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate funding to support mental health provision in rural communities in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Mental Health Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will allocate funding to support mental health services for armed forces (a) personnel and (b) reservists in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate funding for mental health support for doctors in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate funding for mental health support for nurses in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate funding to support mental health services for frontline NHS staff in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate ringfenced mental health funding for all NHS staff in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Transport: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to allocate funding to support transport (a) infrastructure and (b) services in West Dorset constituency in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it her policy to increase the level of funding for NHS dentistry in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it her policy to allocate additional funding to support the recruitment and retention of NHS dentists in the Autumn Budget 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate funding to help improve access to NHS dentistry in West Dorset constituency in the Autumn Budget 2025.
17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce a taper for the upper capital limit for savings used to determine eligibility for free social care.
17 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department's housing targets are per square mile in (a) Dorset, (b) West Dorset constituency and (c) England.
17 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department's housing targets are as a proportion of available brownfield land in (a) Dorset, (b) West Dorset constituency and (c) England.
17 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department's housing targets are as a proportion of the population in (a) Dorset and (b) West Dorset constituency.
16 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Synthetic Cannabinoids: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on tackling sales of THC liquids containing spice to young people.
16 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Internet: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Ofcom’s enforcement powers to tackle the online sale of illegal drugs in vape liquids.
16 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the steps it is taking to prevent the (a) sale and (b) marketing of vape liquids containing (i) Class A substances and (ii) spice on social me
16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the current care funding framework on people with dementia who want to remain at home.
16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of using different means tests for residential and home-based care on people with modest savings and significant care needs.
15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a minimum service guarantee for people funding their own care through their pensions.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the two-child benefit cap on families in rural areas.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing the two-child benefit cap on child poverty in West Dorset constituency.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Strokes: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure rehabilitation pathways reflect the differing needs of stroke survivors.
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to exempt digitally excluded people from mandatory digital ID requirements.
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing digital ID on (a) older and (b) digitally excluded people in West Dorset constituency.
14 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to allocate funding for rainwater management strategies in the Autumn Budget 2025.
Source: official written-questions record.