Written questions
1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eyesight: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including eligibility for an NHS sight test in the GP learning disability annual health check programme.
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether decisions on mandatory and additional General Ophthalmic Services contract fees are subject to an Equality Impact Assessment.
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of inequalities in access to primary eye care.
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding is currently available to Integrated Care Boards to deliver community-level engagement programmes aimed at increasing awareness and early detection of prostate cancer in high-risk grou
16 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to take steps to prevent local authorities from charging disproportionately high businesses parking permits in car parks.
16 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the cost of business parking permits introduced by local authorities in car parks.
16 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
New Businesses: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to inform start-ups about alternative finance, including the use of liquidity, to help promote growth.
16 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
New Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support start-up businesses.
16 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Food: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to respond to calls from more than 100 organisations for a Good Food Bill to help improve access to healthy and affordable food.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Visitors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many health visitors were employed by the NHS in England in each year since 2020.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS services were outsourced to private contracts in Surrey in each year between 2022 and 2025.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of NHS funding was spent on private contacts in each year between 2022 and 2025.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of integrating reforms to the Carr-Hill Formula with the GMS contract.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Equipment: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Design for Life roadmap, what progress has been made in reducing NHS equipment wastage.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Equipment: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Design for Life roadmap, how much equipment has been diverted from waste since the roadmap was launched.
9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Capita: Reserve Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Capita on their management of the recruitment process for army reservists.
9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Capita: Reserve Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Capita in managing the recruitment process for army reservists.
9 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Electronic Travel Authorisations: Dual Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of new ETA rules on British dual nationals without a British Passport or Certificate of Entitlement looking to enter the UK.
9 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Electronic Travel Authorisations: Dual Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve travel for dual British Citizens without a British Passport or Certificate of Entitlement looking to enter the UK.
9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uganda: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with global counterparts on alleged human rights abuses in Uganda.
9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Local Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities with effective local plans for housing.
9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Community Infrastructure Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to engage with local authorities on incorrect CIL charges.
9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Community Infrastructure Levy: Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people in Epsom and Ewell constituency have been impacted by incorrect CIL charges.
9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Shared Care Agreements for patients prescribed ADHD medication by an independent sector provider under a) NHS Right to Choose and b) privately fu
9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the pausing of Shared Care Agreements for ADHD on patients.
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Motorcycles: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the forthcoming expiry of the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant on the availability of cleaner mobility.
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Motorcycles: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of pollution levels of L-Category vehicles in the context of the expiry of the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant.
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Motorcycles: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will implement a successor scheme to the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant upon its expiry.
5 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the GP Contract 2026/27, how many more GPs are needed to fulfil the contract obligation that patients deemed clinically urgent must be dealt with on the same day.
5 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Obesity: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the bonus GP practices in England will be paid to prescribe patients weight loss drugs, what estimate his Department has made of the expected level of potential savings for the NH
Source: official written-questions record.