Written questions
1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Cybercrime
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of cyber-attacks against the NHS since 2021.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Cybersecurity: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her Department will issue guidance to businesses to protect against cyber-attacks.
10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Electronic Warfare
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to increase the UK’s readiness against cyber-attacks.
10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Electronic Warfare
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of UK readiness against cyber-attacks.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Disability: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support people with disabilities to partake in sport activities.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Exercise
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote regular exercise.
10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Emergencies: Internet
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expenditure on marketing the prepare.campaign.gov.uk website on public preparedness in the event of an emergency.
10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Emergencies: Internet
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what marketing (a) has taken place and (b) is planned to drive traffic to the prepare.campaign.gov.uk website.
10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Emergencies: Internet
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many unique visitors with (a) a UK IP address and (b) IP addresses from elsewhere have accessed the prepare.campaign.gov.uk website since the sub-domain was first set up.
10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Emergencies: Internet
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil service hours were incurred in creating prepare.campaign.gov.uk; and what the cost was.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Defibrillators: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support (a) schools, (b) sports clubs and (c) community groups with the cost of purchasing defibrillators.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Defibrillators: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on zero-rating defibrillators for VAT.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Sanitary Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will ensure that menstrual products provided through the free school programme are (a) organic and (b) reusable.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Sanitary Products: Chemicals
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will introduce routine testing of menstrual products for chemical residues.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Sanitary Products: Glyphosate and Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of exposure to (a) glyphosate, (b) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and (c) heavy metals in period products on public health.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Migraines: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve access to effective treatments for migraine and (b) reduce waiting times for (i) diagnosis and (ii) referral to specialist services.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Migraines
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to people with migraine in employment; whether migraine is recognised as a disabling condition where appropriate; and what steps he is taking to promote migraine-fri
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Rape
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to issue public guidance on the limitations and risks of self-swab rape kits in order to ensure survivors of sexual violence are directed to Sexual Assault Referral Centre
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agricultural Products: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the UK’s reliance on imported produce from countries facing high climate-related agricultural vulnerabilities.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fruit and Vegetables: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to diversify UK fruit and vegetable supply chains away from climate-vulnerable regions.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce multi-year funding settlements for children’s hospices.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking in response to the findings by Together for Short Lives in their report entitled The State of Children’s Palliative Care 2025.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned level of ringfenced NHS funding for children’s hospices is after 2025-26.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Property Development: Sewers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what enforcement mechanisms are in place to ensure developers implement and maintain Sustainable Drainage Systems to the required standards in new developments.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has a set timeline for achieving Good Ecological Status for all waterbodies in England.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Phosphorus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to expand phosphorus reduction targets to include smaller upstream wastewater treatment works.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered using multi-year rolling averages to measure progress on reducing storm overflow discharges.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Supply: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the £104 billion investment in water and sewage infrastructure announced in July 2025 is aligned with figures proposed in water companies’ most recent Drainage and Wastewater M
10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure aid air drops are carried out safely to avoid unintentional harm.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) current and (b) future impact of the number of people seeking asylum in the UK because of the impact of climate change in their count
Source: official written-questions record.