Written questions

433 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Aerospace Industry and Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising manufacturers based in the UK for (a) defence and (b) aerospace procurements.

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that SME defence manufacturers are able to access banking services.

21 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's policy that time spent under the Ukraine visa schemes does not count towards the continuous residence period for settled status

18 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Miscarriages of Justice: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on the effectiveness of their complaints system for police officers who believe that a miscarriage of justice has taken place against them.

18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Hormone Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of hormone treatments on the mental health of patients with prostate cancer.

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

Housing: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to consider the housing needs of older people in the development of her long-term housing strategy.

18 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting indefinite leave to remain to all Ukrainians who have lived in the UK for more than five years.

18 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of automatically extending the period in which all Ukrainians living in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme can stay in the UK.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to (a) require broadband providers to share infrastructure and (b) ensure that (i) lamp posts and (ii) other publicly-owned infrastructure are access

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Geoengineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with the Advanced Research and Innovation Agency on holding a public consultation before external trials of sun dimming take place.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reopen the New to Partnership Payment Scheme to support healthcare professionals to become GP partners.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of partner GPs in each of the next 10 years.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) salaried and (b) partner GPs in each of the last ten years.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's policy that claimants’ (a) appointees and (b) Lasting Power of Attorney appointees cannot submit online claims on those claimants

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the current funding model for higher education on (a) students and (b) University staff.

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

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of local authorities receiving Exceptional Financial Support in the 2025-26 financial year.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poverty on access to (a) minimally processed and (b) healthy food (i) for children and young people and (ii) in general.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she is taking steps to ban pavement parking.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to nurseries pricing structures on families who usually use fewer than 30 funded hours of nursery provision and are being asked to increase these

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charitable Donations: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to exempt Ukraine from the ban on donations used to support military action.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports: Night Flying

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to impose (a) quotas and (b) no-flying times at night at (a) Bournemouth International Airport and (b) other regional airports.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-School Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reduce space requirements for children under two years of age in early years education settings.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-School Education: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will centralise the payment of national non-domestic rates for (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) independent early years settings.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-School Education: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make non-domestic early years settings exempt from business rates.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries and Pre-School Education: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has taken steps with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) rateable values and (b) small business rates relief on

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

Animal Welfare: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 56471 on foie gras import controls, if he will publish a timeline for the negotiations of the proposed UK-EU common veterinary agreem

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Mental Capacity: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to review the (a) safe and (b) effective use of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in cases where an individual has fluctuating capacity t

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

Mayors

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects new elected mayoral roles to be filled for each authority.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2025 to Question 18835 on Pharmacy and with reference to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework: 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026, published on 31 March 202

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

Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of processes by which local authorities can be (a) incentivised and (b) held accountable to meet their social housing targ

Source: official written-questions record.