Written questions

1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average wait time is for LGBT veterans requesting access to their service records for the purpose of Financial Recognition Scheme claims.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to take steps to increase the capacity of the Independent Panel to assess claims to the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often the Independent Panel assessing impact payments under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme is sitting.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to expedite the processing of applications under the Financial Recognition Scheme have been submitted by LGBTQ+ veterans.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications under the Financial Recognition Scheme submitted by LGBT veterans have been (a) fully processed and (b) resulted in a payment.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications under the Financial Recognition Scheme have been submitted by LGBT veterans.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with local authorities in Surrey on pavement parking powers.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Local Housing Allowance rates in meeting private rental costs in Epsom and Ewell constituency.

3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Furniture Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with social housing providers on (a) the decent homes standard and (b) the provision of furnished tenancies in social housing to reduce levels of fur

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Ofwat’s regulatory powers to hold water companies to account for repeated pollution incidents.

3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of using private partnerships to build NHS hospitals on public finances.

3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average delay is between patient (a) referral and (b) diagnostic testing in Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; and what steps he is taking to reduce diagnostic waiting tim

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thames Water: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that fines levied against Thames Water are used to fund environmental restoration projects on (a) Hogsmill River, (b) River Mole an

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the statement given by the German Chancellor on the removal of range restrictions for weapons delivered to Ukraine; and what whethe

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Oppression: Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of her Department's guidelines to call 101 or 999 when reporting transnational crimes as her Department does not have a working definition of transna

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

British National (Overseas): Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department (a) has consulted and (b) plans to consult with members of the Hong Kong community living in the UK on the Transnational Repression review.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

British National (Overseas): Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's review on the UK's response to Transnational Repression, whether she had discussions with the 10 bountied Hong Kongers residing in the UK.

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Care Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered the potential merits of increasing funding to local authorities to support higher hourly rates for care staff to (a) attract and (b)retain care workers

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to issue updated guidance to local authorities to ensure (a) fair and (b) consistent access for young people to homelessness support services.

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) army service personnel, (b) navy service personnel, (c) RAF service personnel and (d) veterans have had an initial assessment at a Ministry of Defence Department of Community Mental Health centre in

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Plutonium and Uranium;USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) plutonium has been exported to the United States and (b) highly enriched uranium has been imported from the United States under The Agreement between the UK and the USA for Cooperation in the Uses of

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Veterans: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals there have been to (a) Operation Courage and (b) Operation Restore in each year since 2016; and how many of those referrals were reviewed by multi-disciplinary teams within 8 wee

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Veterans: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the allocated budget was for (a) Operation Courage and (b) Operation Restore in each financial year between 2020-21 and 2024-25; and how much funding has been allocated to each programme in th

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Veterans: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who Operation (a) Courage and (b) Restore will be (i) managed and (ii) funded by after the abolition of NHS England.

20 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS staff (a) working conditions and (b) wellbeing.

20 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what are the retention rates for NHS staff for each year since 2020.

20 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Treatment: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to require the Environment Agency to revise environmental permits to enforce compliance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations 1994.

20 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Microplastics: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce microplastic pollution from combined sewer outflows.

20 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed welfare reforms on the capacity of the Household Support Fund.

20 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, on (a) benefits adviso

Source: official written-questions record.