Written questions

253 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason the tripartite approach of discussions involving trade unions and business groups was not followed for the consultation period of the Employment Rights Act, with specific reference to t

20 May 2026 · Department for Education

Gemma Collins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to her Department was of the recent campaign starring Gemma Collins.

20 May 2026 · Department for Education

Gemma Collins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department paid to Gemma Collins for her appearance in its recent communications campaign.

19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost savings to the NHS from earlier identification of BRCA1 mutations through expanded screening.

19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of recommending screening for the BRCA 1 gene for women who have a mother who has died from (a) breast and (b) ovarian cancers.

19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS eligibility criteria for BRCA1 genetic testing for individuals with a family history of (a) breast and (b) ovarian cancer.

13 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress the Gambling Act Review Evaluation Advisory Group has made in its work.

13 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the answer of 22 April 2026 to question 127321 and the answer of 28 April 2026 to question 128520, if her Department will update Parliament on the work of the Gambling Act Revie

13 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role the Gambling Act Review Evaluation Advisory Group is playing in the development and evaluation of pilots for financial risk assessments.

13 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Gambling Act Review Evaluation Advisory Group has met since its establishment.

13 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who the members of the Gambling Act Review Evaluation Advisory Group are.

13 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Gambling Act Review Evaluation Advisory Group was set up.

13 May 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Knives

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been the victim of a stabbing incident in educational settings in each of the last two academic years for which data is available by type of setting.

13 May 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support universities in correctly classify courses (a) in-attendance and (b) weekend only.

13 May 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Student Loan Company recovery action following the misclassification of weekend courses as in-attendance courses for the purposes of student finance on st

13 May 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to pause recovery action being undertaken by the Student Loans Company against students whose universities misclassified weekend courses as in-attendance courses whilst any (a) review and (b)

13 May 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing transitional protection for students who enrolled on university courses since found to have been wrongly classified for student fin

13 May 2026 · Home Office

Police: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the proposals included in National Association of Retired Police Officers widow's campaign entitled Love or Money.

13 May 2026 · Home Office

Police: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered reviewing the Police Pension Scheme regulations to allow surviving spouses and partners to retain pension entitlement for life regardless of remarriage or cohabitation.

16 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Visitor Levy: Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the evidence they commissioned prior to launching a consultation on introducing an overnight levy included an international comparison of VAT levels on hospitality.

16 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Visitor Levy: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of a visitor levy on the number of young people employed in hospitality.

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Visitor Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has undertaken modelling on the potential impact of introducing an overnight visitor levy on a) high street footfall, b) numbers of empty shops and c) social mobility.

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Visitor Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has undertaken modelling of the potential impact of introducing an overnight visitor levy on tourism demand in terms of a) number of nights stayed by domestic and international visitors, b) nu

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Visitor Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has undertaken modelling of the potential impact of introducing an overnight visitor levy on the economy in terms of a) jobs, b) GDP, c) sectoral investment and d) net tax benefit.

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Visitor Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of an overnight visitor levy on (a) employment in the hospitality and tourism sector, (b) regional growth and (c) tax receipts, including (

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxes on the hospitality sector in (a) 2024, (b) 2025 and (c) the first quarter of 2026; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of further ta

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Visitor Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has undertaken modelling and future proofing of the Government’s target to reach 50 million visitors by 2030 in the context of the proposal to introduce a visitor levy in England; and what assessment she

16 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Retail Trade: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration he has given to the potential impact of the planned visitor levy on (a) job opportunities and vacancies, (b) job losses and (c) high street footfall in (i) cit

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Tourism

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has undertaken research on the social and economic value of the hospitality and tourism industry for communities; and the potential impact of a visitor levy on communities.

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Visitor Levy: Hospitality Industry and Tourism

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned an impact assessment on the potential effects of introducing an overnight visitor levy on the hospitality and tourism industry.

Source: official written-questions record.