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.