Written questions

4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide funding for the primary care network estate in areas with low GP-to-patient ratios.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to help address the maintenance backlog in primary care estates.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP premises are rated as not fit for purpose or requiring significant investment.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variation in primary care estate in relation to their (a) condition and (b) capacity; and what steps is he taking to help improve this.

12 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the budget is for the Chevening Scholarships programme in each year from 2024 to 2030.

12 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether foreign aid has been distributed in Afghanistan since 2021.

11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Turkey: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to her Department’s Building Refugee Resilience and Inclusion in Turkey programme, what the purpose was of the transaction made to Royal Residence for £7,484 dated 2

11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Turkey: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to her Department’s ‘Building Refugee Resilience and Inclusion in Turkey,’ programme, what assessment she has made of the cost-effectiveness of the funding spent on

11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Turkey: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to her Department’s Building Refugee Resilience and Inclusion in Turkey programme, what discussions she has had with the Turkish government regarding the effectivene

11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Turkey: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how the Building Refugee Resilience and Inclusion in Turkey programme encourages refugees to return to Syria and other countries of origin.

11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Turkey: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Building Refugee Resilience and Inclusion in Turkey programme does not act as a pull factor encouraging further migration to that

11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of staffing levels on the volume of complaints received by NHS trusts.

11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Illnesses: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS trusts to help tackle the root causes of recurring complaints.

11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS trusts in responding to Patient Advice and Liaison Service enquiries within required timeframes.

11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Turkey: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Building Refugee Resilience and Inclusion in Turkey programme in preventing onward migration to (a) Europe and (b) th

11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Turkey: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Building Refugee Resilience and Inclusion in Turkey programme at supporting the survival of refugees in that country.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled 10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child, published on 11 February 2026, how her Department will report progress on the implement

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled 10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child, published on 11 February 2026, what oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that lo

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled 10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child, published on 11 February 2026, what metrics will be used to assess the success of the C

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled 10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child, published on 11 February 2026, what proportion of schools and colleges in Essex are vul

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled 10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child, published on 11 February 2026, how much additional financial support schools in (a) Bas

11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Arctic: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled UK steps up defence of Arctic and High North from rising Russian threats, published on 11 February 2026, what changes there have been in Russian military

11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Arctic: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled ‘UK steps up defence of Arctic and High North from rising Russian threats,’ published on 11 February 2026, what discussions he has had with NATO allies on Arcti

11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Arctic: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled ‘UK steps up defence of Arctic and High North from rising Russian threats,’ published on 11 February 2026, what assessment he has made of the severity of the se

11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 110704, whether the answer provided also applies to (a) Thurrock council and (b) other unitary authority councils.

11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which ten countries' students have received the greatest number of Chevening Scholarships and Fellowships in the last ten years.

10 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which universities have enrolled the highest number of Chevening Scholarship and Fellowship recipients.

10 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of Chevening Scholarship and Fellowship recipients who have studied at Universities in Essex in the last 10 years.

10 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether independent evaluations of the Chevening programme have been commissioned in the last ten years.

10 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether funding towards Chevening Scholarships and Fellowships is recorded as UK foreign aid spending.

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