Written questions

4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Overseas Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of treatment provided free of charge to overseas visitors who are not residents of the UK.

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Overseas Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the number of overseas visitors who received NHS treatment free of charge in the last five years.

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Illnesses: Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the long-term affordability of prescription medication for people with chronic illnesses.

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to include a) Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and b) hypermobility spectrum disorders in plans to improve the delivery of treatment for people with chronic illnesses.

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve NHS medication procurement processes.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that businesses are compliant with food labelling requirements in regard to halal and kosher products.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that halal and kosher products are clearly labelled in supermarkets.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Paternity Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to review the (a) length of statutory paternity leave and (b) level of pay provided during this period.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legal protections available to British freight drivers who travel into the Schengen Area in respect of the 90/180 rule.

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve post-discharge support for mental health patients.

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce short-term readmissions following mental health inpatient discharge.

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Patients: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of readmission rates among mental health inpatients aged 0-17.

18 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Mortgage Guarantee Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the average property value under the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme compared to the UK average house price.

18 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Mortgage Guarantee Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the mean average value of a property purchased under the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for that scheme

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data she has on the number of children who are irregular migrants and enrolled in schools; and what the estimated annual cost is for educating those children.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Children's Play

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue guidance encouraging schools to adopt evidence-based playtime improvement schemes.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Children's Play

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools have adequate time for play during the school day.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

School Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will include measures related to breaktime quality within (a) school wellbeing and (b) inspection frameworks.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Children's Play

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the contribution of playtime to children’s a) social, b) emotional and c) cognitive development.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Labour Market

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the health of the labour market, in light of the number of unemployed people and job vacancies.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to address the lack of growth in the 16-64 employment rate in the past year.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Clean Power 2030 target in reducing average household energy bills.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support higher education providers to (a) diversify their income sources and (b) reduce financial vulnerability arising from international recruitment.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 87656, what plans she has to issue updated guidance to higher education providers in the context of the Office for Students’ assessment that reliance on intern

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to monitor the time taken by schools to respond to formal complaints.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Young People: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) careers guidance and (b) school-to-work transition programmes in the context of the UK’s above OECD average for youth unemployment.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is he taking to measure progress in reducing youth unemployment relative to OECD comparators.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons why the youth unemployment rate in the UK was above the OECD average as of June 2025.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Graduates: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87663, what first degree subjects have the lowest share of learners entering priority occupations; and what steps he is taking to improve alignment in

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Graduates: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87663, what assessment he has made of whether the proportion of recent higher education leavers entering priority occupations is sufficient to meet for

Source: official written-questions record.