Written questions
249 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Extended Determinate Sentences have been handed down in England and Wales in the last 10 years (a) in total (b) by specific offense.
24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Personal Care Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the British Hair Consortium's report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: the economic, fiscal & societal case for VAT reform, published in February 2025, what steps she
23 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Personal Care Services: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the British Hair Council's report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: the economic, fiscal & societal case for VAT reform, published in February 2025, whether
23 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Personal Care Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the British Hair Council's report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: the economic, fiscal & societal case for VAT reform, published in February 2025, whether she has made a
23 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Import Controls: UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on the negotiation of a Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement with the EU.
22 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) airports and (b) ports are announcing the ban on personal imports of (i) meat and (ii) dairy products to travellers from EU countries
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Industry: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will conduct a review of the VAT system as it applies to (a) the hair and beauty sector and (b) other labour-intensive industries.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Personal Care Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report entitled Avoiding the Cliff Edge: Considering possible options for a VAT threshold smoothing mechanism, published on 9 January 2024.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Personal Care Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing VAT rate on hair and beauty salons.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Personal Care Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of VAT on the financial sustainability of hair and beauty salons.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meat: Seized Articles
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what tonnage of meat was seized by Dover Port Health Authority between January and March in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dover Port Health Authority: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the funding for Dover Port Health Authority 2025-26 will be paid in instalments.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dover Port Health Authority: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the funding for the Dover Port Health Authority 2025-26 covers the cost of vets.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dover Port Health Authority: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the funding for the Dover Port Health Authority 2025-26 will be spent.
25 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory cap on levels of migration.
24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Architecture: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to take steps to monitor the adequacy of the professional indemnity insurance required for architects; and what steps her Department is taking to hel
24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Architects Registration Board: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department takes to monitor the response times of complaints made against registered architects to the Architects Registration Board.
10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ring-fencing funding for ADHD services.
10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent regional variations in ADHD (a) assessment and (b) treatment times.
10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS England engages directly with ADHD (a) charities and (b) clinicians before finalising the NHS Payment Scheme structure.
10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) prevent Integrated Care Boards from deprioritising ADHD assessments due to funding limits and (b) ensure that patients’ rights are upheld if funding li
10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the NHS Payment Scheme on waiting times for ADHD assessments.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Teachers: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued on the use of Shared Parental Leave by teachers in maintained schools to extend their paid leave entitlement by returning to work during school holidays; and if she will
6 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
African Swine Fever: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a permanent personal imports policy for travellers entering the UK from the EU in the context of African swine fev
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the NHS has the (a) ability and (b) resource to roll out (i) CAR-T therapies and (ii) other Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products for blood cancer.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Gene Therapies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the medicines and treatment appraisal system to assess its readiness for evaluating cell and gene-based blood cancer treatments.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of blood cancer outcomes in (a) the UK and (b) international comparator countries for the four most common cancers.
4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Thatched Roofing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing water reed to be used as an alternative to thatching straw for protected thatched roofs.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of excluding military compensation from income calculation when determining eligibility for (a) Universal Credit and (b) sickness benefits.
20 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Carpets: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Environment Agency to prevent companies from importing waste carpet from the EU.
Source: official written-questions record.