Written questions

443 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure early detection of dental issues for adults who cannot access NHS dental services.

15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a strategy on delivering preventative oral health education to adults outside of dental practices.

15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of hospital admissions related to dental infections or complications preventable through earlier oral health education and intervention.

15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address oral health inequalities among adults who cannot access NHS dental care.

15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of preventable conditions resulting from lack of access to oral health education and care.

15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients with systemic conditions linked to poor oral health, like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, receive appropriate oral health education.

15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for providing preventative oral health advice to individuals unable to access an NHS dentist.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Music: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure access to musical instruments and instruction for children from vulnerable and marginalised children.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure SEN children have access to suitable educational provision.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support access to education for children from vulnerable and marginalised families.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Ceramics: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the pottery sector.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Manufacturing Industries: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support British legacy industries through trade deals.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Manufacturing Industries: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support British legacy industries.

25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has given to introducing loyalty incentives for mental health support workers in CAMHS.

25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he made of the rate of turnover for mental health support workers in CAMHS.

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure teachers are equipped to deal with student mental health challenges.

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide additional support to schools to help students with their mental health.

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to streamline the process of safeguarding referrals from schools to local authorities.

25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure those receiving adult social care are given adequate, detailed notice of the potential cost to the individual beforehand.

25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pensioners: Income Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the current level of the Minimum Income Guarantee is fair for those receiving pensions.

25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Income Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of the Minimum Income Guarantee for those receiving local authority-arranged care and support.

24 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Gurkhas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what number of settlement visas have been issued in total for Gurkha veterans who retired prior to 1 July 1997.

18 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Performing Arts: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of rules on tax relief on touring costs in Europe.

18 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Performing Arts: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to change cultural tax reliefs to account for the cost of touring.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that touring in Europe is viable for UK artists.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts Council England

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure funding disbursed by Arts Council England is fairly distributed across the country.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Performing Arts

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment has she made of the effectiveness of the Arts Council England’s Incentivising Touring scheme.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Independent Review of Arts Council England

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Baroness Hodge’s independent review of Arts Council England; and whether she will implement the recommendations.

11 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Genomics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will commit to regularly publishing clear and transparent figures of Whole Genome Sequencing as described in the National Cancer Plan, broken down by trust, tumour type and o

11 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Cancers: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the National Specialty Lead for Rare Cancers to be appointed and whether a job specification has already been created.

Source: official written-questions record.