Written questions

1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will publish the date for the planned full rollout targeted lung screening as recommended by the UK National Screening Committee.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the (a) National Cancer Plan and (b) 10 Year Workforce Plan on the capacity for cancer diagnostic services to meet the (i) current workforce s

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is offering to people affected by alleged sexual abuse relating to medical checks carried out between the 1970s and 2016 British Army recruitment processes.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support families impacted by the Chinook ZD576 crash.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to learn from the Ministry of Defence’s handling of the Chinook ZD576 crash.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will undertake a full review of the (a) technical, (b) legal and (c) regulatory failures that led to the Chinook ZD576 crash.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will meet with the families impacted by the Chinook ZD576 crash.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Advisory Services: Apprentices and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to support the development of (a) accredited training routes and (b) apprenticeships for advice and information roles.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Plutonium

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what quantities of unprocessed plutonium remain within discharged irradiated spent nuclear fuel at (a) nuclear reactor sites and (b) Sellafield.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Plutonium

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the current volume is of the civil plutonium stockpile in tonnes.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Plutonium

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what quantity of plutonium was added to the civil plutonium stockpile in the last year.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Refrigeration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to decarbonise refrigerated transport.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Refrigeration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the environmental benefits of decarbonising refrigerated transport.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase regenerative farming.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out a plan with (a) clear aims for stakeholders and (b) other steps to tackle issues facing chalk streams.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve Catchment partnerships for chalk streams.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Large Goods Vehicles: Refrigeration

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of UK emissions came from refrigerated transport in the latest period for which data is available.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Electric Scooters: China

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many e-scooters have been imported from China in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, (c) 2024 and (d) 2025.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Electric Bicycles: China

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many e-bikes have been imported from China in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, (c) 2024 and (d) 2025.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many concessionary bus journeys were available in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of concessionary bus journeys undertaken by (a) elderly and (b) disabled people.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many concessionary bus journeys were taken by (a) elderly and (b) disabled people in (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2023-24 and (iii) 2024-25.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating section 8.1.1 of her Department's guidance entitled MOT inspection manual: cars and passenger vehicles, updated on 11 August 2025, to make it man

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many MOT centres in England in (a) 2022-2023, (b)2023-2024 and (c)2024-2025 assessed for exhaust noise as per section 8.1.1. of the MOT inspection manual: cars and passenger vehicles.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles which passed their MOT in (a) 2022-2023, (b) 2023-2024 and (c) 2024-2025 were assessed for exhaust noise as per section 8.1.1. of the MOT inspection manual: cars and passenger vehicles.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Refrigeration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandating zero-emission transport refrigeration units for refrigerated transport to replace diesel units.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Refrigeration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many refrigerator vehicles are currently used in the UK.

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the relationship between deprivation and lung cancer diagnosis.

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is staking to increase survival rates amongst lung cancer patients.

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Mortality Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the UK’s cancer survival rate was in (a) 2021-2022, (b) 2022-2023, (c) 2023-2024 and (d) 2024-2025.

Source: official written-questions record.