Written questions

1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 May 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will add young carers to the Daily Attendance reporting programme.

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of Health and Social Care on introducing regular health screening programmes for military personnel involved in handling explosive ordnance.

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Bladder Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the research paper entitled Occupational Incidence of Bladder Cancer Amongst Veteran Ammunition Technicians of the Briti

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is is taking to help tackle delays in the transfer of care.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of qualified medical professionals unable to progress in their training pathways in the most recent period for which figures are available.

7 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to expand the designation of vessels considered part of Russia’s shadow fleet to align with (a) the US, (b) Europe and (c) Canada.

1 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people receiving Universal Credit have adequate support for accessing (a) employment opportunities and (b) training in Epsom and Ewell constituency.

29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with anti-poverty campaigners on strengthening the Decent Homes Standard for social housing.

29 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Oil: Russia

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has detected any ship-to-ship transfers in British waters that have enabled Russia to evade the price cap on exported oil since December 2022.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Gamekeepers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making employers of gamekeepers vicariously liable for their actions.

28 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Local Government: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to people seeking to complain about private security companies hired by local authorities.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the Child Maintenance Service being used in coercive and controlling behaviour by abusive ex-partners (a) by malicious reporting to the (i) police and (ii)

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the collection charge for receiving parents using the Child Maintenance Service’s Collect and Pay service.

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been paid in application fees for indefinite leave for members of the armed forces on discharge in each year since 2015.

28 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to expand penalties for sanctions evasion by banning maritime services for vessels used to transport Russian crude oil without complying with the

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on ensuring that veterans with service-related (a) injuries and (b) mental health conditions are not disadvantaged by changes to PI

28 Apr 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 adequacy of the timeline for the New Hospital Programme; and what steps he is taking to ensure that programme meets revised completion targets.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pollution: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of polluted rivers on public health.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent community pharmacies from operating at a financial loss when dispensing medicines for which the purchase price exceeds the NHS drug tariff reimbursement rate.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for publishing the results of the consultation entitled Pharmacy supervision, which closed on 29 February 2024.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Eutrophication: Inland Waterways

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent eutrophication in waterways.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Young Carers: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Carer's Trust press release entitled Carers Trust launches landmark young carers covenant to transform the lives of over one million children, published on 13 March 2024, what assessment h

24 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) have there been in each year since 2015; and how many were successful for each year.

24 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations of the Quinquennial Review of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme 2023.

24 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of the replacement of the Work Capability Assessment with a new system based on Personal Independence Payme

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the current number of hospital beds occupied by patients who are medically fit for discharge.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to Personal Independence Payment on households with (a) one and (b) more than one young carer.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timeline is for reviewing her proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment assessment process.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing return tickets on disabled people.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the Child Maintenance Service threshold for assessing (a) inheritance and (b) other non-earned income.

Source: official written-questions record.