Written questions

443 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the the availability of training programmes on (a) PANS and (b) PANDAS for NHS staff.

16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the development of guidelines for PANS and PANDAS.

16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of (a) treatment and (b) care for children and young adults with (i) PANS and (ii) PANDAS.

16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of children and young adults with (a) PANS and (b) PANDAS.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce geographical cost differences for (a) abiraterone and (b) similar drugs in England.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abiraterone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the geographic differences in the cost of abiraterone for high-risk prostate cancer patients in England.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that veterans who leave the armed forces can access NHS dental care.

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand dental services in rural areas.

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that elderly people have reliable access to dental care.

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Patients: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of recent incidents involving known risk items being accessed by mental health patients with the knowledge of NHS staff.

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of rates of sexual assault incidents perpetrated by mental health staff conducting Mental Health Act Section 17 escort duties or similar protective observations.

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of rates of sexual assault incidents at inpatient mental health hospitals.

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with leaders of mental health services on meeting the requirements of the statutory duty of candour.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on potential changes to legislation that would help increase the number of companies that are able to donate s

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty strategy will look beyond the 10-year timeframe.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing legislation to give local authorities enforcement powers over pavement parking.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to respond to the 2020 consultation on Pavement parking: options for change.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of (a) trends in the level of pavement parking in rural areas and (b) the potential impact of this on (i) wheelchair users (ii) parents with pushchairs and (iii) p

29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office

Honours: Standards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Honours System in terms of (a) fairness, (b) equity and (c) and value.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to help tackle the dismissal of High Court injunctions relating to the development of traveller sites.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing immediate stop notices with penalties for breaches to help reduce cases of members of the tr

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to prevent members of the travelling community from developing property on Green Belt land; and if she will take steps to strengthen the plann

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to provide increased (a) financial and (b) legal support for local authorities to help tackle unauthorised developments.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help strengthen enforcement powers for councils to prevent unauthorised development on Green Belt land.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the implementation of the Online Safety Act on the level of risk that private bodies could harvest sensitive data on UK citizens w

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to incentivise single parents to re-enter the workforce who are receiving Universal Credit childcare costs.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the process for (a) paying and (b) claiming reimbursement for childcare expenses on the finances of Universal Credit recipients.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of Universal Credit childcare costs.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the appropriateness of her Department contacting teaching staff during the summer holiday.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in nursery fees on the finances of families with nursery-age children.

Source: official written-questions record.