Written questions
123 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Synthetic Cathinones: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of importation of synthetic cathinones through mail; and what progress her Department has made in t
6 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Synthetic Cathinones: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs' recommendations on synthetic cathinones in its report entitled Synthetic Cat
6 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Synthetic Cathinones: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of updating the Home Office Approved Field Testing guidance in relation to synthetic cathinones.
6 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Synthetic Cathinones: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of expanding drug testing on arrest powers to synthetic cathinones.
22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Mothers and Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed change to standard recall length, from the current 28 days to 56 days, on pregnant women and mothers of dependent children.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that content relating to women’s health is not inappropriately restricted or shadow-banned on social media platforms; and whether her Depar
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cervical Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the introduction of HPV self-sampling planned for January 2026, a) what information and awareness-raising programmes are being developed to inform under-screened women of the adva
14 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Food: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the National Curriculum adequately covers a) practical skills related to basic food preparation and nutrition and b) education on the origins of food and agric
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: Stoke-on-Trent South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that cancer patients receive radiotherapy treatment within the 62 day standard wait time in Stoke-on-Trent South constituency.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Payment Methods
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of private parking firms using payment by app only on users who cannot use a mobile phone.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what factors are considered when allocating investment for research in the less survivable cancers; and what steps he is taking to combat underfunding for less survivable cancers.
4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking as part of its role within the Interministerial Group on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping to reduce and prevent homelessness.
4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing First
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing an expanded national programme of Housing First to tackle homelessness.
2 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the post-decision move on period on levels of homelessness.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase awareness of (a) Access to Work and (b) other employment support programmes amongst employers.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of the NHS app for visually impaired users.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the inclusivity of the NHS app for disabled users.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Semaglutide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help tackle illegal sales of semaglutide and (b) regulate unlicensed pharmacists.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Catering
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty on local authorities to provide meals to local authority funded clients of adult social care.
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Obligations
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to improve enforcement of agreements under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Potassium Chloride
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the supply of liquid potassium chloride.
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of retrospective planning applications to regularise unauthorised development; and whether she plans to close loopholes
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Authorities: Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help support local planning authorities to improve the (a) capacity and (b) resourcing of their planning enforcement teams in North Staffor
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Vulnerable people given greater access to social housing, published on 19 June 2025, whether the new regulations will apply to victim
11 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Severn Trent Water: Water Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy of the performance of Severn Trent Water and (b) potential impact of water pollution on the environment.
9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring that new build estates include adequate provision of (a) bungalows, (b) ramp access and (c) other acce
9 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office
Employment: Visual Impairment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of workplace disability adjustments for visually impaired employees.
9 Jun 2025 · Women and Equalities
Disability: Employment
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress her Department has made on (a) preventing discrimination in (i) agencies and (ii) small recruiters when hiring disabled applicants and (b) monitoring employers' compliance with the Equal Opportun
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Stoke-on-Trent South
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to (a) PIP eligibility and (b) the Daily Living component on claimants in Stoke-on-Trent South constituency.
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Stoke-on-Trent South
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of auto-enrolling eligible children on to free school meals in Stoke-on-Trent South constituency.
Source: official written-questions record.