Written questions
641 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Strokes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network to improvements in thrombolysis and thrombectomy rates in its region.
16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Strokes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks in improving stroke outcomes since their establishment in 2021.
16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Strokes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continued regional coordination, quality improvement, and equitable access to stroke services in Surrey and East Berkshire after the withdrawal of Inte
16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Strokes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether alternative provision will be put in place to deliver the functions currently undertaken by the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network following the withdrawal of
16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Strokes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reason NHS England South East has decided to withdraw funding for the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network; and whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of
16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Strokes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the withdrawal of NHS England South East funding for the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network from 30 June on pa
15 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Alcoholic Drinks: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role her Department has had in the Department for Health and Social Care’s consideration of banning the sale of low and no alcohol products to under 18s.
15 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the use of operational assessment frameworks such as THRIVE (Threat, Harm, Risk, Investigation, Vulnerability and Engagement) in informing polic
15 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that DEI training provided to police forces is informed by relevant operational policing experience and reflects frontline policing.
15 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) evaluation mechanisms and (b) outcome metrics are used to assess the effectiveness of diversity, equality and inclusiveness training in police forces.
15 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of diversity, equity and inclusion training delivered to police forces in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to increase the availability of forward funding for infrastructure required to support new housing developments.
11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that infrastructure, including schools, GPs and transport links, are delivered alongside new housing developments.
11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of developer build-out rates on a council’s ability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and meet the Housing Delivery Test.
11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that housing developers build out planning permissions that have already been granted by local authorities.
11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review housing targets in rural and county areas.
11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that national planning policy does not override locally adopted plans and that planning decisions remain accountable to loca
9 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Low Alcohol Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role her Department has had in the Department of Health and Social Care’s plans to consult on uprating the descriptor guidance for low and no alcohol products.
9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Low Alcohol Drinks: Age Assurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to formally consult on banning the sale of low and no alcohol products to under 18s.
9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Low Alcohol Drinks: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to conduct a formal consultation on uprating the descriptor ‘alcohol-free’ from 0.05% ABV to 0.5% ABV, in line with international standards.
9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Low Alcohol Drinks: Age Assurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the merits of banning the sale of low and no alcohol products to under 18s.
9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Low Alcohol Drinks: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on its plans to consult on updating the descriptor guidance for low and no alcohol products.
8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will develop and publish a fully costed strategy for the NHS Federated Data Platform contract.
8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the cross-party parliamentary committee report on the role of Palantir in the NHS Federated Data
8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that changes to data access arrangements within the NHS Federated Data Platform have been subject to a Data Protection Impact Assessment and appropriat
8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Data processing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Section 254 direction under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 will be published and laid before Parliament for full scrutiny.
8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place within the NHS Federated Data Platform to help ensure that external contractors and third-party suppliers are not able to access identifiable patient data.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Companies: Takeovers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government is taking steps to protect the interests of retail shareholders in situations where a majority shareholder exercises its voting rights in relation to a competing takeover offer.
8 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British International Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of British International Investment’s use of public funds to support private equity activity on levels of wider retail pa
5 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British International Investment: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure British International Investment’s use of taxpayer funds (a) provides value for money and (b) encourages wider retail share ownership.
Source: official written-questions record.