Written questions
1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is planning to take to protect responsibilities for musculoskeletal conditions that currently sit within NHS England.
21 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of employment support programmes in getting long-term unemployed disabled people back into work.
19 May 2025 · Treasury
Pensions: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the Technical consultation - Inheritance Tax on pensions: liability, reporting and payment which closed on 22 January 2025.
19 May 2025 · Department for Transport
British Transport Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for future funding arrangements for the British Transport Police (a) during and (b) after the transition to Great British Railways.
19 May 2025 · Department for Transport
British Transport Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for the British Transport Police.
15 May 2025 · Home Office
Emergency Services: Powers of Entry
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the rights of entry for emergency service personnel when accessing blocks of flats with secure entry systems.
14 May 2025 · Home Office
Social Security Benefits: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that survivors of domestic abuse with no recourse to public funds (a) are aware of their entitlements and (b) can access welfare.
14 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Independent Review of Arts Council England
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she considered the potential merits of ensuring that the advisory panel for the Arts Council England review included (a) musicians, (b) dancers, (c) composers, (d) singers and (e) educati
14 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Independent Review of Arts Council England
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the criteria were for appointing members of the advisory panel for the Arts Council England review.
14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish an impact assessment on proposals to restrict care worker visas.
14 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pathways to Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her Department’s consultation entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, updated on 2 May 202
14 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pathways to Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s consultation entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, updated on 2 May 2025, whether she plans to commission furth
13 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her review of PIP assessment, if she will publish a call for evidence from (a) honourable Members, (b) civil society organisations and (c) the public.
13 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the review of PIP assessment will (a) commence and (b) conclude.
13 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will publish the (a) scope and (b) terms of reference of the review of PIP assessment.
13 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which stakeholders have been invited to help develop the (a) scope and (b) terms of reference of the review into the PIP assessment.
12 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average amount of basic state pension paid to (a) individuals and (b) couples under the old pension.
12 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) single pensioners and (b) couples receive a full old basic state pension.
12 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were in receipt of a full old State Pension on 12 May 2025.
12 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are in receipt of a full new State Pension.
12 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Products: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on imports of hunting trophies of species listed as (a) Near Threatened, (b) Vulnerable, (c) Endangered, (d) Critically Endangered and (e) Extinct in the Wild in the
12 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Products: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on issuing import permits to hunting trophies of species listed in Appendix I of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora).
6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to remove the two-child benefit limit.
6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of children in poverty.
6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on protected funding for the child poverty strategy.
6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will ensure that autism is included in the Youth Employment Strategy.
30 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Women's Centres: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to create a women's centre in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area.
30 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of women in prison.
30 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the report by Baroness Jean Corston entitled Vulnerable women in prison, published on 13 March 2007; and whether she is taking s
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to update the statutory guidance on the Autism Act.
Source: official written-questions record.