Written questions

233 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Maladministration

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of employees working on benefit (a) underpayments and (b) overpayments.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Breast Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will meet with Dr Susan Michaelis to discuss funding of research into invasive lobular breast cancer.

24 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Givinostat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will urge CEOs of relevant Trusts to provide (a) financial and (b) personnel support so that administration of givinostat can begin in weeks.

7 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Paradise Golf and Beach Resort

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on the potential merits of a compensation scheme for UK citizens that lost their investments in the Paradi

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the level of dependence on emergency food parcels.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating an independent process to set benefit levels according to the cost of essentials.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Pension freedoms and DWP benefits, published on 27 March 2015, what assessment she has made of the impact of that policy on defined contribution pens

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Advisory Services: Older Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish research on the (a) Midlife MOT initiative and (b) digital Midlife MOT website.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of defined contribution pensions were accessed after a Pension Wise guidance appointment in each of the last five years.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Breast Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to fund research into lobular breast cancer.

17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Muscular Dystrophy: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the early access programme for people with Duchennes is made available across all NHS trusts.

17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet the hon. Member for Horsham and Dr Susan Michaelis, founder of the Lobular Moon Shot Project, to discuss his Department's work on invasive lobular breast cancer.

17 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Plans: Horsham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if (a) she and (b) the Minister for Housing and Planning will meet the hon. Member for Horsham to discuss Horsham's Local Plan, the hearing process and water neutrality.

2 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many projects in the Teesside carbon capture and storage cluster are (a) existing projects being retrofitted and (b) new developments.

28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Prostate Cancer UK's research entitled Optimising the use of the prostate-?specific antigen blood test in asymptomatic men for early prostate cancer detection in primary care: rep

13 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Horsham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will meet the hon. Member for Horsham to discuss the obligations on Horsham District Council (a) to build more than 900 houses a year and (b) not to build new houses that

12 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's closed consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, updated 24 Se

12 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for publishing an updated version of the Housing Delivery Test.

11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Trees

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will amend planning regulations in situations where a tree is found to be endangering the foundations of an adjacent building so that local authorities may recommend optio

5 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Batteries: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to designate (a) Fire and Rescue services, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) the Health and Safety Executive as statutory consultees in the planning process fo

12 Sep 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Batteries: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to introduce (a) new national standards for the construction of facilities and (b) operational safety regulations for battery energy storage systems.

29 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Plans: Horsham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her policy that the Horsham District Council local plan should be allowed to progress without alteration in the context of her proposed changes to the National Plan

29 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend the standard method formula for calculating housing need.

Source: official written-questions record.