Written questions

Helen Maguire

1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a mandatory care marker for care workers on their GP record.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure annual statutory reviews for people in care are undertaken.

12 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her Department has given to alternative models of primary assessment.

12 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the primary assessment system on pupil wellbeing, including for pupils with SEND.

12 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the 2025 Key Stage 2 SATs results for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities; and what steps are being t

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Hospitals: Monuments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a national memorial to commemorate the lives of people buried in former psychiatric hospital cemeteries, including Ho

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the dereliction of former asylum cemeteries on stigma surrounding mental ill health.

11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Cemeteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals for a national safeguarding framework for historic burial grounds linked to former (a) psychiatric and (b) Poor Law in

11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Exhumation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place a moratorium on the granting of exhumation licences for former asylum cemeteries, including Horton Cemetery, until a review of historic and cultural importance has been undertaken.

11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Cemeteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect historic pauper burial sites from (a) private development and (b) inappropriate land use.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will have discussions with the horticultural sector to embed green space delivery in the Environmental Improvement Plan.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Conflict: Civilians

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 91776, and with reference to the UK’s commitments as a signatory of the Political Declaration on strengthening the protection of civilians from the humanitar

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Conflict: Civilians

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 93101, what recent assessment his Department has made of its ability to mitigate and respond to civilian harm during future military operations, including in

9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing a whole-system criminal justice strategy for rape and sexual abuse.

9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making case conferences before trial mandatory for victims and survivors of sexual abuse.

9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to enable victims and survivors of sexual abuse to observe their trial without sitting in the public gallery.

9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will extend Operation Soteria into the Crown Court.

8 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce the prioritisation of cases involving rape and sexual offences in the court lists.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the ending of funding for the Energy Company Obligation scheme in March 2026 on energy bills.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Batteries: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a programme to subsidise domestic electric battery manufacturing.