Written questions

1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pyridoxine/doxylamine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing compensation to people impacted by in utero exposure to Debendox.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pyridoxine/doxylamine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of people affected by Debendox on redress or compensation schemes.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pyridoxine/doxylamine

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the level of Personal Independence Payments for people affected by long-term conditions associated with in utero exposure to Debendox.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pyridoxine/doxylamine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has considered introducing a (a) support and (b) compensation scheme for people with lifelong disabilities as a result of exposure to Debendox during pregnancy.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pyridoxine/doxylamine

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the adequacy of support available through disability benefits to people impacted by in utero exposure to Debendox.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to allocate funding for a dental school in West Dorset to increase the local dental workforce.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with international partners on mitigating the potential threat from former British nationals in (a) al-Hol and (b) al-Roj prison camps, following

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to monitor former British nationals returning to the UK from (a) al-Hol and (b) al-Roj prison camps, following recent instability in Syria.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential security risk posed to the UK by former British nationals from al-Roj prison camp in Syria, following recent instability i

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential security risk posed to the UK by former British nationals from al-Hol prison camp in Syria, following recent instability i

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Supermarkets: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to prevent supermarkets from cancelling orders from vertical farms at short notice.

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with (a) HMRC and (b) stakeholders on the VAT treatment of voluntary payments made to international carbon offsetting projects.

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Gift Aid: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling people to Gift Aid donations made to certified carbon offsetting projects.

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of charging VAT on carbon offset donations on levels of public engagement with climate action.

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to exempt donations to verified carbon offsetting projects from VAT.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: National Landscapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of national landscapes on levels of tourism in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) other rural constituencies.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fruit: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of the fruit-growing sector on access to innovation funding for harvesting technologies.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fruit and Horticulture: Automation and Robotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of agricultural automation technologies on the future resilience of the fruit and horticulture sector.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fruit: Automation and Robotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help support the (a) development and (b) deployment of (i) robotic and (ii) automated fruit-picking technologies.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Soil: Carbon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of soil carbon stored within national landscapes.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Landscapes: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of National Landscapes in protecting rare (a) habitats and (b) species.

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax Reduction Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the withdrawal of passporting to full Council Tax support for legacy benefit recipients on low-income hou

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax Reduction Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) Dorset Council and (b) other local authorities on the treatment of legacy benefit claimants in Council Tax support schemes.

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax Reduction Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that people who automatically qualified for full Council Tax Support under legacy benefits will continue to receive support und

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of Access to Work funding on disabled people in West Dorset.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to address the impact of Access to Work delays on disabled people in (a) West Dorset and (b) other rural areas.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason she plans to implement changes to the Access to Work scheme in phases from May 2025, prior to the conclusion of her Department’s consultation.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the Access to Work scheme on the ability of disabled people to (a) enter, (b) remain and (c) succeed in employment.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Work: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure youth work funding is distributed (a) across the country and (b) rural areas.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of youth work on (a) the wellbeing of and (b) employment outcomes for young people.

Source: official written-questions record.