Written questions
1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase NHS England's baseline number of speciality training places in (a) clinical radiology and (b) clinical oncology.
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many eligible women have not had a breast cancer screening in (a) England and (b) Surrey for which the latest data is available.
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer patients are waiting for radiotherapy treatment in (a) England and (b) Surrey for which the latest data is available.
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
EU Defence Policy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timetable is for implementation discussions on (a) establishing an Administrative Arrangement with the European Defence Agency and (b) ensuring the UK’s participation in projects that fall u
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Security Action for Europe
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on talks with the EU on joining Security Action for Europe.
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the 10 most common medical conditions that kept British armed forces personnel from being deployed in the latest year for which data is available.
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Dental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of working days of armed forces personnel lost due to dental issues in each of the last 10 years.
23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Dental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poor dental health among (a) applicants, (b) recruits and (c) armed forces personnel on the UK's defence capability.
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer patients have effective radiotherapy treatment.
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bereavement Counselling: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the National Bereavement Care Pathway training mandatory for all healthcare professionals that come into contact with famil
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reducing the rate of (a) stillbirths and (b) (i) neonatal and (ii) maternal deaths in England by 50% by 2030.
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Mortality: Mothers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of women who suffered baby loss between 2020 and 2025.
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the wellbeing of staff working in A&E.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support prepayment meter customers unable to access (a) heating and (b) power.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Reasonable Adjustments: Menopause
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of workplace (a) guidance and (b) protections for employees experiencing menopausal symptoms; and if her Department will issue new guidance to (i) small and
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hormone Replacement Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) affordability of hormone replacement therapy; and what steps he is taking to reduce regional disparities in access to men
23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hormone Replacement Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the inclusion of hormone replacement therapy within the prescription charge exemption list.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Dental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many candidates applying to join the armed forces were turned down on the basis of poor dental health in each of the last 10 years.
21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential of agricultural land in Gaza to grow adequate quantities of food to support the population.
21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support her Department is providing to help decontaminate agricultural land in Gaza.
21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent information her Department holds on the restrictions on (a) medicines and (b) medical equipment put in place by Israel at entry points into Gaza.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel were categorised as NATO dental fitness Category (a) 2, (b) 3 and (c) 4 on the basis that they needed dental care or treatment in order to be fully deployable in each of the last 1
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce holdover wait times for trainees.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Covenant
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help increase awareness of the Armed Forces Covenant Duty amongst service personnel.
21 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Means-tested Benefits: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether veterans have their military compensation disregarded when means testing income for benefits.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Covenant
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty to include all (a) (i) UK and (ii) devolved government Departments and (b) policy areas.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
EU Countries: Military Alliances
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with his EU counterparts on further military cooperation between the UK and Common Security and Defence Policy exercises.
21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who were seen by a GP in (a) September and (b) October 2025.
21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase capacity and (b) reduce inequalities in accessing respiratory diagnoses.
21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that people can see a GP within (a) seven days and (b) within 24 hours if it is urgent.
Source: official written-questions record.