Written questions
1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to extend the full disregard of military compensation payments applied in Universal Credit to the assessment of Pension Credit.
30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional unmanned (a) air, (b) ground, (c) underwater and (d) surface systems are planned to be delivered over the next three years.
30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unmanned (a) air, (b) ground, (c) underwater and (d) surface systems the armed forces require to meet the Strategic Defence Review's proposed approach to war fighting.
30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unmanned (a) air, (b) ground, (c) underwater and (d) surface systems the armed forces have in service.
27 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) medical conditions that would exclude someone from joining the Armed Forces and (b) the specific disqualifying factors that would prevent a potential recruit from joining the (i) Army,
26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Engineers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend the retention bonuses for tri-service aircraft engineers.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in improving surface water drainage to prevent overloading of combined sewer systems.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Banks: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of trends in levels of foodbank usage in Surrey since 2020.
23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that primary care services are adequately resourced in Surrey.
19 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Water: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of nationalising Thames Water.
19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Discretionary Housing Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to expand discretionary housing payments to (a) Surrey and (b) other areas with high rental inflation.
19 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support chalk stream restoration in (a) Hogsmill River and (b) the rest of the South East.
19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Sutton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the new hospital in Sutton, in the context of rising construction and building costs.
16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to announce the (a) personnel requirements and (b) organisational design for (i) Op Courage and (ii) Op Restore.
16 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Cancer: Travel Insurance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a cross-sector taskforce led by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury to (a) assess the barriers people with cancer face when seeking travel in
16 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Cancer: Travel Insurance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a right to be forgotten for people who have been out of cancer treatment for a significant period, in the context of the use of medical histories
16 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Cancer: Travel Insurance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) insurance providers on helping to ensure that cancer patients are able to access affordable travel insurance.
10 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial schemes there are to incentivise former armed forces personnel to enlist in the Reserves.
10 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long it takes on average to process applications for former Armed Forces personnel who apply for re-enlistment.
10 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former Armed Forces personnel have completed the process of re-enlisting in each year since 2020.
10 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former Armed Forces personnel have started the process of re-enlisting in each year since 2020.
10 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have claimed the re-joining Bounty in each year since 2020.
10 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of financial benefit is offered as part of the re-joining Bounty for former armed forces personnel rejoining the military.
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heat Networks: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that households on heat network schemes have access to the same consumer protections as people on standard tariffs.
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Companies: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Ofwat on (a) the financial viability of water companies and (b) protections for consumers in the event of insolvency.
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of sewage spills on biodiversity in rivers in Surrey.
9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of community care staffing levels on hospital bed occupancy levels in Surrey.
5 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Serious Violence Reduction Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) extend beyond the current trial areas and (b) make permanent the pilot of Serious Violence Reduction Orders.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Batteries: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the British Standards Institution on the implications of Publicly Available Specification 63100:2024 for the installation of domestic battery storage syste
5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to include specific reference to LGBT veterans in the Veterans Strategy Action Plan.
Source: official written-questions record.