Written questions

641 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people diagnosed with heart conditions receive appropriate (a) lifestyle advice, (b) treatment and (c) follow-up care to prevent cardiac arrest.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to support wider access to cardiac screening provided by (a) Cardiac Risk in the Young and (b) other charities.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proactive cardiac screening on preventing sudden cardiac deaths among young people.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to cardiac screening for young people with no prior symptoms of heart conditions.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated under the NHS 10-Year Plan to support cardiac screening programmes for young people.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of young sudden cardiac deaths through the 10 Year Health Plan.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: Adrenaline Auto-injectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making more emergency adrenaline auto-injectors available in community settings.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS support for children and families with severe food allergies.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fractures: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Integrated Care Boards to increase the availability of Fracture Liaison Services.

7 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Information Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the information on gov.uk on the support available to asylum seekers.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support mechanisms he is considering for the UK steel industry should the criteria for removing export tariffs on shipments to the US not be met.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he next plans to conduct a national security assessment of (a) British Steel and (b) the wider UK steel industry.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered increasing the size of the Steel Fund, in the context of funding allocated to the running of British Steel under the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

British Steel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has set a cap on the amount of funding he will allocate to the running of British Steel in the next three financial years.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to include measures to help protect steelmakers from subsidised steel imports from (a) China and (b) the wider Far East in the forthcoming trade strategy.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Safeguard Measures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to replace the import safeguard quotas for steel when they expire in June 2026.

3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the trends in the levels of ambulance callouts to the same patient more than once in a 24 hour period.

3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve ambulance response times in (a) Surrey and (b) Hampshire.

1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Mercury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Public Health England and the UK Health Security Agency on the use of mercury in dental amalgam fillings.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Public Houses: Health and Loneliness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of pubs in (a) supporting community wellbeing and (b) tackling social isolation.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Beer and Public Houses: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to hold discussions with representatives of the brewing and pub sector on how to (a) create growth and (b) reduce barriers to investment, before the Autumn Budget 2025.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Beer and Public Houses: Business Rates and Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the cumulative impact of changes to (a) business rates and (b) employer National Insurance contributions on the financial viability of (i) pubs and (ii) breweries.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Beer and Public Houses: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to consult representatives from the (a) beer and (b) pub sectors ahead of the next Budget.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reduce beer duty.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of beer duty in (a) the UK and (b) other European countries.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Beer and Public Houses: Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of jobs supported by the beer and pub sector.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Beer and Public Houses: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to consult representatives from the beer and pub sector ahead of the Autumn Budget 2025.

1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Processed Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to improve access to minimally-processed foods for (a) all consumers and (b) children and young people.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with South Western Rail on the role of open access rail operators in supporting (a) connectivity, (b) passenger choice and (c) service quality within the UK rail network.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Glastonbury Festival

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the BBC Board on the broadcasting of (a) Bob Vylan and (b) Kneecap during the coverage of the Glastonbury Festival 2025.

Source: official written-questions record.