Written questions
512 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Government Departments: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has plans for contingency arrangements in the event of disruption to payroll services under the Synergy programme.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Government Departments: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential risks associated with transitioning from legacy systems to the Synergy shared services platform.
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Government Departments: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards are in place to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of payroll delivery under the Synergy shared services programme.
17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to include (a) Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and (b) hypermobility spectrum disorders in national (i) long-term condition strategies and (ii) service specifications.
17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve awareness and training among healthcare professionals in the (a) diagnosis and (b) management of (i) Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and (ii) related conditio
17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken for diagnosis of (a) Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and (b) hypermobility spectrum disorders on (i) long-term health outcomes and (ii)
17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve integrated care pathways for patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorders, including coordination between primary and se
17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the timely diagnosis of (a) Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and (b) hypermobility spectrum disorders.
17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Hughes Report on medical devices; and whether financial redress arrangements will apply equally to men who have suff
17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether men who have experienced complications from hernia mesh are eligible for financial redress.
17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to extend financial redress schemes arising from the Hughes Report on medical devices to men who have suffered complications from hernia mesh.
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the extent to which local authorities comply with identified SEND provision prior to tribunal proceedings.
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential risk of children and young people with SEND not having access to a suitable school place under proposed reforms to the SEND system.
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what definition her Department plans to apply to complex needs in determining eligibility for Education, Health and Care Plans under proposed SEND reforms.
17 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been built in each region of England in each of the last five years compared with local housing targets.
17 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Immigration: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests resulted from illegal working enforcement operations there have been in each of the last five years.
17 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Immigration: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal working raids were conducted by enforcement agencies in each region in each of the last five years.
17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer patients began treatment within 62 days of referral in each of the last five years.
17 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Inflation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of inflation on household savings rates in the last five years.
17 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Banks: Closures
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of bank branch closures on (a) town centres and (b) rural communities.
17 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office
Banks: Closures
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he he holds on the number of high street bank branches that have closed in each of the last 10 years.
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) replacement and (b) reform of Education, Health and Care Plans retains legally enforceable provision for children and young people with SEND.
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed SEND reforms on the ability of parents and carers to enforce provision through the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability)
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity: Park Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether Ofgem has powers to require park home site operators to provide residents with reconciliation information showing how electricity resale charges have been calculated.
16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Park Homes: Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of electricity resale arrangements on residents of park home sites who are unable to switch energy supplier.
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity: Park Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government plans to reform the regulatory framework governing the resale of electricity on residential park home sites.
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Pupils: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of persistent pupil absenteeism on educational attainment.
16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Discharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delayed hospital discharges on NHS capacity.
16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have waited longer than 12 hours in A&E departments in England in each of the last five years.
16 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Knife Crime Prevention Orders: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of knife crime prevention orders in reducing repeat offending.
Source: official written-questions record.