Written questions

1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enabling people over 60 to travel for free on public transport in England.

4 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Cost of Living: Disposable Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the cost of living on future levels of disposable household income.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of environmental contamination caused by sewage discharges by water companies in Epsom and Ewell constituency

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NICE on expanding the list of weight-related comorbidities on their tirzepatide guidance to include polycystic ovarian syndrome.

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army Foundation College: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Murder, manslaughter and sexual offences in the Service Justice System: 2023, published on 28 March 2024, how many victims of sexual crimes under the age of

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army Foundation College: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2024 to Question 24727 on Army Foundation College: Staff, how many Army Foundation College staff found to have started sexual relationships with recruits since 2014 were allo

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army Foundation College: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2024 to Question 24728 on Army Foundation College: Sexual Offences, how many (a) perpetrators were involved and (b) of the victims were recruits for each category of offence

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army Foundation College: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safeguarding training is provided to new instructors at the Army Foundation College before working with recruits.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Medals

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what process there is for former members of the armed forces who left service after 6 May 2023 to apply for the King’s Coronation Medal; and when his Department plans to provide further details on this applicatio

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Medals

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many King’s Coronation Medals have been issued; what his planned timeline is for completing distribution to all eligible recipients; and what steps his Department is taking to help reduce delays in issuing th

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army Foundation College: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are taken against permanent staff at the Army Foundation College who develop (a) sexual and (b) otherwise intimate relationships with recruits.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army Foundation College: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions staff at the Army Foundation College have been disciplined for violent behaviour against recruits in each year since 2013; and what the nature was of each incident.

24 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Young People: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill will apply to armed forces initial training establishments that accept under-18-year-olds.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army Foundation College

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of army recruits participating in the long course at the Army Foundation College left the army before completing the course in 2024.

24 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour and Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) the police and (b) local authorities to effectively respond to (i) noise nuisance and (ii) other forms of anti-social behaviour.

24 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour and Noise: Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) anti-social behaviour and (b) noise disturbances in Epsom and Ewell constituency.

24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thames Water: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has put a contingency plan in place in the event that Thames Water becomes financially unsustainable.

24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) repair hospitals and (b) improve patient safety.

24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of inflation for food products; and what steps she is taking to help support people with the cost of

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the National Youth Strategy provides sufficient funding to youth services.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the illegal modification of e-bikes and e-scooters.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time permanent MOD staff have worked on coordinating Operation Interflex in each year since 2002.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding he has provided for Operation Interflex in each year since its launch in July 2022.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK to extend training programme for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel throughout 2025, published on 6 September 2024, if he will make it his policy to exte

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Joint Expeditionary Force

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 24080 on Joint Expeditionary Force, how many full-time permanent employees are employed by the Joint Expeditionary Force HQ.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Community Assets: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of flooding on (a) football pitches and (b) other local community assets; and if he will ensure that water companies com

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the regulatory framework for prescribing cannabis-based medicinal products to allow GPs to prescribe those treatments.

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis rates for (a) leukaemia and (b) other non-stageable cancers; and whether he plans to introduce measures in the National Cancer Strateg

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Leukaemia: Clinical Trials and Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to clinical trials and innovative treatments for leukaemia patients.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services: Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to increase youth services provision in Epsom and Ewell constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.