Written questions

464 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if NHS England Specialised Commissioning will consider a second prioritisation meeting this year of the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group to reduce the 20 treatments currently being considered, in

17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what level of recurrent funding has been identified by NHS England to fund the recommendations of new treatments considered by NHS England’s next Clinical Priorities Advisory Group Prioritisation m

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to review the internal complaints process of the Child Maintenance Service.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department last reviewed the Child Maintenance Service’s policy framework for modern shared-care arrangements; and whether the Service plans to reform its policies on cases where both parents a

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timeline and industry roadmap he has established for ending male chick culling.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps National Highways is taking to ensure the provision of timely and accurate physical diversion signage during planned and unplanned road closures.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that National Highways' contractors adhere to reporting requirements when closing sections of the Strategic Road Network; and what data National Highways holds

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether National Highways is required to ensure that all planned and emergency road closures are integrated into live satellite navigation systems.

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Oil: Park Homes and Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to off-grid households in England reliant on heating oil; and whether park home residents in England are included wi

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Service Providers: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of levels of competition in the UK cloud infrastructure market; and what implications that assessment has for investment in UK cloud and AI infra

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Service Providers: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the resilience of UK critical digital services in relation to the level of concentration in the cloud infrastructure market.

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Digital Service Providers: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) implications for his Department's policies and (b) investment in UK digital infrastructure of recent survey evidence on barriers to co

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Service Providers: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with the Competition and Markets Authority on the proposed timetable for the next stages of its cloud market investigation; and what assessment s

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Service Providers: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the impact of delays to competition solutions in the cloud services market on market concentration; and what consideration she has given to the implicati

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Cohabitation and Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of the legal distinctions between marriage and cohabitation in England and Wales ahead of the consultation on cohabitation rights reform.

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Cohabitation: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of legal aid to cohabiting partners seeking to resolve property disputes upon separation.

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Cohabitation: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to open the consultation on cohabitation rights reform; and whether that consultation will include proposals covering cohabiting couples who separate without having had children together.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the total cost to the public purse of the trade envoy programme; and whether a trade envoy has been removed for failing to meet performance benchmarks.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the value delivered to small and medium-sized businesses by the trade envoy programme compared with support available through UK Export Finance and his own Departm

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department uses a criteria to assess the reputational implications for the United Kingdom of appointing a trade envoy to a country with a poor human rights record.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress trade envoys have made in reducing non-tariff barriers to trade for businesses in their designated markets.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment HM Treasury has made of the potential economic impact of the expiry of the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant on SMEs and self-employed delivery riders.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has plans to reinstate the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant.

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 expiry of the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant on consumer uptake of regulated electric mopeds and motorcycles.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what policy basis has her Department decided to allow the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant to lapse.

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve transparency and public accountability of the trade envoy programme, including the publication of outcomes achieved and costs incurred.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the prevalence of unfair trading practices in the UK clothing supply chain and (b) the potential merits of establishing a Garment Trading Adjudicator to provide

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the cost of school transport for students outside London is affordable and does not place a disproportionate financial burden on families; and whether her Depa

3 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Gyms and Leisure: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will take steps to ensure that independent gyms and leisure businesses are provided with comparable business rates relief to pubs and other hospitality sectors.

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of women's health pathways in providing structured nutritional and metabolic support to women experiencing early endocrine and metabolic symptoms before

Source: official written-questions record.