Written questions
1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to recruit dentists into the NHS.
21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department plans to provide for primary care services in each of the next three years.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Guided Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the defence capabilities of the Armed Forces in response to China's (a) Dongfeng-5C intercontinental ballistic missile and (b) second-strike capability.
21 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Oil: Russia
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will have discussions with her international allied counterparts to reduce the level of the Oil Price Cap applicable to Russian exports.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Reserve Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Strategic Defence Review 2025, if he will set out (a) a timeline and (b) interim milestones for increasing the number of active reserves by 20 per cent.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of primary school age in September 2025 are waiting for an EHCP assessment.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average waiting time was to receive an EHCP assessment in (a) England and (b) Surrey during the latest 12 months for which data is available.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce a national (a) training and (b) accreditation programme to allow the recognition of school staff with automated external defibrillator responsibilities as competent persons for equipment g
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuels: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Office for National Statistics' document entitled Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 2 October 2025, published on 2 October 2025, what
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Sewage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent illegal sewage dumping in chalk stream rivers.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the risks of flooding.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the taxpayer of raising NICE’s value for money threshold by 25 percent.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of effectiveness of the Carr-Hill formula.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase participation in the Duke of Edinburgh award.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the minimum unit of dental activity rates to help tackle recruitment issues for practices.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve underperforming NHS dental contract holders in Surrey.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of children who have been seen by an NHS dentist in Surrey in line with the national average.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of adults who have been seen by an NHS dentist in Surrey in line with the national average.
20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Internally Displaced People
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support internally displaced people in Yemen living in (a) overcrowded and (b) flood-prone settlements with limited access to (i)
20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential risks of (a) cholera and (b) other waterborne diseases among internally displaced populations in Yemen; and what steps she is ta
20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Internally Displaced People
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with (a) international partners and (b) UN agencies to help tackle the (i) humanitarian and (ii) protection needs of internally displaced
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming national cancer plan will include specific (a) targets and (b) actions for (i) brain, (ii) liver, (iii) lung, (iv) oesophageal, (v) pancreatic and (vi) stomach cancer.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Diseases and Liver Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to launch public awareness campaigns to promote earlier recognition of (a) liver disease and (b) liver cancer symptoms.
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Cancer and Liver Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with liver (b) cirrhosis, (b) advanced liver disease and (c) those at high risk of liver cancer receive systematic (i) surveillance an
20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of research funding allocated to pancreatic cancer given its rates of (a) mortality, (b) survival and (c) late diagnosis; and whether h
15 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Domestic Abuse: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase support for victims of domestic abuse.
15 Oct 2025 · Attorney General
Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of prosecutions for domestic abuse related offences.
15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs in Epsom and Ewell constituency are not employed on the General Medical Services British Medical Association model contract.
15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of stipulating that GP practices only receive the uplift to the Global Sum if that funding is passed onto employees.
15 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
EU Nationals: Discrimination
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens Rights Survey 2025, published on 1 October 2025, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle discrimination in (a) work and (b) publ
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