Written questions

433 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Voice over Internet Protocol: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of digital voice services, compared to the legacy Public Switched Telephone Network, on protection against scam and

1 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telephone Services: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to require telecommunications providers to bear financial responsibility for losses arising from scam and spoofed telephone calls to improve accountability under

1 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telephone Services: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of Ofcom's enforcement of caller line identification requirements in reducing the number of scam and spoofed telephone calls received

1 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Voice over Internet Protocol: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the migration from Public Switched Telephone Network to digital landline services on the number of (a) scam and (b) ca

1 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Voice over Internet Protocol

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what data her Department holds the percentage of landline telephone connections that have been migrated from the Public Switched Telephone Network to digital voice services.

19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will take steps to provide free NHS prescriptions to younger onset Parkinson's patients.

19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to develop a formal care pathway for Parkinson's disease.

19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase funding for research into Parkinson's disease.

19 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made towards licensing acoustic speed cameras following recent roadside trials.

19 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Investor-State Dispute Settlements on the UK's capacity to transition away from fossil fuels.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the equity of access to cancer treatment options for patients with the same cancer diagnosis, who are differentially classified as (a) first-line, (b) second-line and

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential benefits of making clinically beneficial cancer treatments available to patients according to (a) patient need and (b) clinical effectiveness and

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Aerials: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact for his policies of (a) expanding permitted development rights or (b) amending guidance to simplify planning application

13 May 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with Diabetes UK on (a) the ongoing consultation on SEND reform and (b) reforms to the SEND support system more broadly.

13 May 2026 · Department for Education

Home Education: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering free GCSE exams to children studying under Elective Home Education across England.

13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Migraines

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve the (a) diagnosis rate and (b) treatment of migraines.

13 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Migraines

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve employers' awareness of migraine symptoms amongst employees.

13 May 2026 · Home Office

Report Fraud: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the review criteria by which Report Fraud make a decision on whether to refer the report of fraud to a police force to consider an investigation.

13 May 2026 · Home Office

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of incidents reported to Report Fraud that are not then referred on to a UK police force to consider an investigation; and what percentage this equals o

13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand places for neurology at medical school.

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sites of Special Scientific Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the number of areas in the UK that have been designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest in each of the last five years.

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with Diabetes UK on (a) the open consultation on SEND reform, and (b) reforms to the SEND support system more broadly.

21 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Addison's Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with Addison's disease, in the context of the discontinuation of the manufacture of hydrocortisone sodium phosphate.

21 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Livestock Industry: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework on the number of intensive livestock farms.

16 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the impact in other countries of offering payments to failed asylum seekers who agree to return to their home country on trends in numbers of people claiming asyl

14 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Community Interest Companies: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of charging VAT on Community Interest Companies (CICs) carrying out health support services on the ability of (a) employees of CICs to fea

14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Universal Credit: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that local councils in England do not count Universal Credit Transitional Protection as income when calculating council tax payment in cases prior

14 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coeliac Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to ensure consistent (a) diagnosis, (b) clinical management and (c) dietary support for coeliac patients.

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the statutory guidance on school attendance to allow exemptions for term-time holiday fines for families where the parents have to work during

13 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of integrating (a) Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and (b) hypermobility spectrum disorders with overlapping conditions such as (i) Postural Orthostati

Source: official written-questions record.