Written questions

1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Landmines

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle the use of anti-personnel mines in international conflicts.

27 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ottawa Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of countries withdrawing from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-

27 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ottawa Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on strengthening the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-P

27 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of imposing a full arms embargo on Israel.

27 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of suspending arms export licences to Israel.

27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of supporting the (a) training and (b) deployment of UK health staff to Ukraine.

27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain Cancer: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of clinical trials available for brain cancer vaccines.

27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support young people with their mental health.

27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurological Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring people with (a) Huntington's disease and (b) other long-term neurological conditions have a single point of contact to co

27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Maternity Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of clinical medical cases relating to childbirth injuries on maternal mental health.

27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS staff receive adequate training to (a) ask menopause questions and (b) support affected women in routine NHS health checks.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Civil Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of launching a home readiness campaign to advise people on how to respond in the event of a potential conflict.

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools have adequate (a) training and (b) resources to support children with dyslexia.

24 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support service personnel with SEND children.

24 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

EU Defence Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on negotiating the UK's participation in the EU’s European Peace Facility.

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged between (a) 60 and 70, (b) 70 and 80, (c) 80 and 90 and (d) 90 and 100 were admitted to hospital in (i) England and (ii) Surrey in 2024.

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide hospices with funding to raise staff pay in line with nationally agreed NHS pay rises.

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect the (a) cost of the services they provide and (b) needs of their local populations.

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epsom Hospital: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to Epsom Hospital to (a) recruit and (b) retain specialist (i) cancer nurses and (ii) other cancer workforce.

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure residents living (a) with and (b) beyond cancer receive (i) timely and (ii) personalised support following a cancer diagnosis in Epsom and Ewell consti

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include policies on improving long-term quality of life for people who (a) have and (b) have had cancer within the national cancer plan.

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include a framework for neighbourhood cancer care within the national cancer plan.

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include policies on neighbourhood cancer care within the national cancer plan that help to reduce health inequalities.

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the expected timeline for the TRANSFORM trial to produce actionable evidence to inform UK National Screening Committee policy on prostate cancer screening.

24 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Gibraltar: Military Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the restrictions on British military aircrafts (a) arriving at and (b) departing from Gibraltar on (i) military operations and (ii) financial costs to

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of estimated pressures on the NHS in winter 2025-26 on A&E staff in Epsom and Ewell constituency; and what steps he is taking to supp

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Proposal for a tie-in to NHS dentistry for graduate dentists, published on 23 May 2024.

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

Thames Water: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing Thames Water into special administration.

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether careers in the armed forces will be included in the Youth Guarantee.

24 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Gibraltar: Military Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his Spanish counterpart on allowing UK military aircraft (a) arriving at and (b) departing from Gibraltar to use Spanish airspace.

Source: official written-questions record.