Written questions
1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Suicide: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase he number of suicide prevention services.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Bereavement Support Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of doubling the funding for Bereavement Support Payments.
15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support parents whose child is diagnosed with a serious or life-limiting illness.
15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing baby boxes that contain a free box of essential items for every baby born in England.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Scooters: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a public awareness campaign on the law regarding the use of e-scooters.
15 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Nitrous Oxide: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of partnering with customs to monitor the importation of nitrous oxide.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reductions to the number of roles in his Department’s overseas network on supporting British exporters abroad.
15 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Charities and Hospices: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing an exemption for hospices and charities providing health and care services from the increase in employer National Insurance contributions.
15 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support armed forces spouses right to work abroad in the same country as their partner.
15 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support female service personnel who have served in front-line roles.
10 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential long-term impacts of the conflict in Gaza on children in Gaza's (a) health and (b) education.
8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fruit and Vegetables: Natural Disasters
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) drought, (b) flooding and (c) rising temperatures on the UK’s top 10 fruit and vegetable supplier countries
8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure integrated care boards publish data on funding for children’s hospices.
8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to mitigate risks to delivery of proposed water infrastructure upgrades arising from the financial instability of water companies.
8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Roadmap to rebuild trust in water sector unveiled in major new report, published on 21 July 2025, what proportion of the £104 billion water
8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Unmanned Air Systems: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the use of AI assisted drones during (a) night time operations and (b) periods of rest for human surveillance teams.
8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Resident Doctors: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many UK-trained junior doctors were unable to secure NHS training placements in 2024.
8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Career Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve career progression pathways for NHS nursing staff.
8 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed reforms to PIP on demand for (a) local authority services, (b) food banks, and (c) mental health support.
8 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Visas: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of prolonged temporary immigration status on British National (Overseas) visa holders’ access to (a) employment, (b) housing and (
8 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Visas: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of extending the settlement pathway to ten plus one years on the cost of visa renewal fees for families of British National (Overseas) visa holde
8 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Insurance Companies: Regulation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory framework in relation to insurance companies’ use of loss adjusters; and whether she plans to regulate the conduct o
8 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hamas: Hostage Taking
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her international partners on taking steps to help support the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Menopause: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure clearer support pathways for women experiencing the menopause.
8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Menopause
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing specialist menopause training for at least one GP in every surgery.
8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Menopause: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the consistent availability of menopause medications.
8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Bullying and Harassment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Formal Response to the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces 2024 Annual Report published on 1 September 2025, what further steps he is taking to protect service per
8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Parking: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to make an announcement on pavement parking.
8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Parking: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timeline is for publishing the new research on the extent and impact of pavement parking.
5 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of safeguarding policies in mixed-sex changing facilities in (a) leisure centres and (b) swimming pools.
Source: official written-questions record.