Written questions

442 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential benefits of creating NHS-approved meal planning kits.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Menopause: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide clearer support pathways for women experiencing surgical menopause.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Migraines: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve access to migraine (i) diagnoses and (ii) treatment, (b) increase the availability of long-term specialist care for migraine patients and (c) raise awareness

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the NHS Car Parking Guidance.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

HM Land Registry

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of processing times at HM Land Registry.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will consider appointing a cross-departmental Minister for Rural Communities.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will consider appointing a Cabinet Minister for Children and Young People.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Chichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase NHS winter capacity in Chichester constituency for the 2025-26 winter period and (b) enhance public awareness of winter illness prevention.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department provides to bereaved families awaiting coroner's inquests.

10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will undertake a review of the (a) selection and (b) security process applied to appoint Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the US; and if she will make it her policy to

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Lifetime ISA price threshold on prospective first-time buyers in Chichester constituency.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to confirm the number of Seasonal Worker visas that will be available for picking and packing fruit and vegetables in 2026.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take (a) legislative and (b) other steps to reduce levels of (i) environmental planning conditions and (ii) biodiversity net gain requirements to help support horticulture

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of court delays on local authorities carrying out enforcement of unauthorised encampments on Council property.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to scrap the Certificate of Professional Competence scheme.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Certificate of Professional Competence scheme.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings and Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to to minimise the potential impact of court proceedings on domestic violence victims by (a) aligning the (i) burdens of proof, (ii) legal standards and (iii) duties of lawyers

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Horse Racing: Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of harmonising remote betting and gaming duties on (a) prize money, (b) racecourse finances, (c) funding for (i) equine welfare and

16 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Horse Racing: Gambling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury’s consultation on the tax treatment of online gambling, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of harmonising remote betting and gaming duties on (a) turn

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will increase the number of motorcycle test centres.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of paying the shortfall when employers are found to have unlawfully failed to contribute to their employee's pensions.

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

Engineering: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of UK-based (a) civil and (b) software engineers by local authorities.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on tackling delays in processing valuations by the teachers' Pension Scheme; and whether her Department is taking steps to put special measures in place for teachers who ar

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications for hormone replacement therapy implant licenses were received by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the last six months; and what steps he is taking t

11 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) impact of the Lifetime ISA price cap on prospective first-time buyers in the South East and (b) merits of introducing regionalised property caps on Lifetime ISAs.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending (a) free and (b) discounted bus travel to people under the age of 22; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that young people in rura

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to weight loss medications through the NHS.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of full-time psychiatrists in the NHS (a) nationally and (b) in Chichester constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to widen access to appropriate therapy treatments for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (a) nationally and (b) in Chichester constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recognising Artificial Intelligence tools as eligible assistive software under the Access to Work scheme.

Source: official written-questions record.