Written questions

1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Assistants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to consult with stakeholders before implementing changes to the (a) role and (b) title of Physician Associates.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician and Anaesthesia Associate Professions Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations of the Independent review of the physician associate and anaesthesia associate roles, published on 16 July 2025.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Assistants: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential impact of his proposed reforms to the Physician Associate role on the number of redundancies of Physician Associates.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of private providers increasing the cost of weight loss drugs by 170% with two weeks’ notice on patients.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to regulate sudden price increases in privately purchased weight loss drugs.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with private providers on patient protection from rapid increases in the cost of weight loss drugs.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Mortgages: Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support people facing difficulties in obtaining mortgages for ex-Right to Buy properties.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Mortgages: Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with mortgage providers on access to finance for ex-Right to Buy properties.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in collaboration with Ukraine.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on the development of UGVs for UK defence purposes.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Personal Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC defines SSIPs as pension assets for the purposes of (a) means-tested benefits and (b) financial assessments.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Pensions: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the treatment of SSIP funds as savings rather than pensions by local authorities.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on the treatment of Small Self-Invested Pensions in financial assessments.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Companies: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-VAT registered companies there are in the UK.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Companies: West Dorset

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-VAT registered companies there are in West Dorset constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Companies: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated total turnover of non-VAT registered companies is.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Companies: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average administrative cost is of collecting VAT from a VAT-registered company.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Companies: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the projected annual loss of tax revenue is from non-VAT registered companies with turnover above the VAT threshold.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Assistants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is his proposed timeline for implementing changes to the scope of practice for physician associates.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Assistants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the scope of responsibilities for the revised physician associate role.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Assistants: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent Royal College of General Practitioners guidance on levels of redundancies among GP physician associates.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Assistants: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide financial compensation to physician associates made redundant as a result of changes to clinical guidance.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Assistants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will consider reimbursing MSc training costs for physician associates who are no longer able to work in their profession.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS Trusts on improving access to helipads for emergency air ambulance services.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of helipad accessibility on patient outcomes in air ambulance transfers.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department last estimated the number of women born in the 1950s affected by State Pension age changes in West Dorset constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in West Dorset constituency born in the 1950s are impacted by changes to the State Pension age.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available for women born in the 1950s impacted by State Pension age changes in West Dorset constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Hotels: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of hotels in West Dorset constituency on the local tourism economy.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available for hotels in West Dorset constituency to transition to more energy-efficient (a) heating and (b) cooling systems.

Source: official written-questions record.