Written questions
233 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Military Decorations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of adopting the unofficial Cold War Medal for UK veterans from the Cold War.
15 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the National Farmers’ Union on small and medium sized abattoirs.
15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Food Standard Agency’s official control charges on the viability of small and medium sized abattoirs.
11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to grant local authorities powers to apply local means-testing policies to the Disabled Facilities Grant budget.
11 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Immigration: Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the 20-year baseline for refugees on core protection routes for Hong Kongers (a) born after 1997 and (b) whose parents did not regist
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Child Trust Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 1 December 2025 to question 94597, what information his Department holds on the proportion of the 80,000 families affected by locked Child Trust Funds who will have gained access to thos
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance: Multiple Sclerosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis on contributory Employment and Support Allowance are in the (i) Support Group and (ii) Work-Related Activity Group.
25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Child Trust Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his department has made of the key legal or administrative obstacles to solving the Locked Child Trust fund issue.
25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Child Trust Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, without further legislation or guidance, what percentage of the 80,000 families affected by the Locked Child Trust Fund issue does the government expect to be able to access their funds within the next three year
14 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Fuels: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans maintain the five pence per litre fuel duty cut.
5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of repealing S2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 on NHS costs.
5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of claims for clinical negligence in each NHS Trust in the most recent period for which data is available.
5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department have made of potential savings of the implementation of Fixed Recoverable Costs for clinical negligence claims valued up to (a) £25,000, (b) £100,000 and (c) £250,000.
5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) organisations and (b) individuals has David Lock KC had discussions with as part of his review into the legal costs of clinical negligence.
5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether David Lock KC’s review of the legal costs of clinical negligence will be published.
4 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Arms Trade: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Channel 4 Fact Check report entitled Value of UK arms imported by Israel, published on 29 September 2025.
3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Vulnerable Adults
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of utilising shareable health data to help (a) fire and rescues services and (b) local authorities identify vulnerable residents.
3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the definition of vulnerable residents when identifying priority cohorts for fire and rescue services
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hunting
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure hunting laws are applied.
3 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Personal Care Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT on labour costs to 10% for the hair and beauty sector.
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to increase the availability of the test digital service for applicants for (a) the Personal Independence Payment and (b) other benefits in (i) Horsham constituency and (ii)
30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Men
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the men’s health strategy; and whether it will include funding to help prevent (a) suicide and (b) premature death for men.
21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Diseases: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the commercial arrangements made by NHS England with marketing authorisation holders between January 2020 and September 2025 involving indication-specific pricing were for indications f
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Diseases: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will include a target in a future Rare Disease Action Plan on proportionate access to multi-indication medicines for (a) rare and (b) ultra-rare disease patients.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Youth Guarantee: Young Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to work with the (a) Department of Health and Social Care, (b) Department of Education, (c) Carers Trust and (d) other organisations to ensure young adult carers can receiv
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers aged 18 to 21 receive (a) Universal Credit and Carer's Allowance and (b) the carer element of Universal Credit but not Carer's Allowance in England.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Young Carers: Pupil Exclusions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Suspensions and permanent exclusions by young career status, published on 10 July 2025, what steps her Department help reduce (a) suspension and (b) perma
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Young Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to include young carers within the daily attendance recording.
13 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Fujitsu: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how Fujitsu Ltd’s central role in the Horizon IT failures is affecting its eligibility for future government contracts.
13 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Fujitsu: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has assessed the suitability of Fujitsu Ltd to continue holding public sector contracts following its role in the Horizon IT system failures.
Source: official written-questions record.