Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
198,755 questions
Dementia: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to increase access to specialist dementia nursing support in areas where provision is limited.
Financial Services and Markets Bill (HL)
To ask His Majesty's Government why the powers which they propose to confer on the Financial Conduct Authority through the insertion of new section 131Z12 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 are not subject to a right to a full merits-based app
Productivity
To ask His Majesty's Government what reforms they anticipate will increase the UK’s long-term productivity growth above the assumptions used by the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published on 3 March; and by how much they
Integrated Care Boards: Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight is NHS England exercising over ICBs whose conversion rates fall significantly below the national average.
Annuities
To ask His Majesty's Government what protections are in place in the UK to ensure bulk purchase annuities are guaranteed to pay the promised pensions for the rest of each member's life.
Headaches: Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include migraine and other headache conditions within the Pharmacy First initiative.
Ophthalmic Services: Voucher Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the value of NHS optical vouchers; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing those values to reflect changes in the cost of spec
Ophthalmic Services: Voucher Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the value of the complex lens voucher supplements; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of that support in meeting the cost of spectacles for patie
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Rycroft Review response: letter to parliamentary parties, of 7 July 2026, whether the minimum residency requirement applies individuals who have been continually r
Dementia: Community Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of Admiral Nurses across England.
Dementia: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of access to Admiral Nurses across regions in England.
Dementia: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Admiral Nurses are currently employed in England, broken down by Integrated Care Board.
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Rycroft Review response: letter to parliamentary parties, of 7 July 2026, whether the residency requirement for former overseas electors to no longer be sub
Polymalgia Rheumatica: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase supply of gastro-resistant prednisolone medication for people with Polymalgia Rheumatica.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust: Midwives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of substantive posts for newly qualified midwives at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; and whether his Department is takin
NHS: Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on NHS Workforce productivity and moral of the salaries of Band 2 and Band 3 NHS employees in the Agenda for Change being below the N
NHS Foundation Trusts: Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department plans to take to support (a) Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (b) Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to become accredited as Living Wage E
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the present period of extreme heat on the capacity of schools to remain safe and operational.
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools remain safe and operational during periods of extreme heat.
Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking through its cross-government data strategy to develop a secure, unified data-sharing framework with the Department for (a) Energy Security and Net Ze
Artificial Intelligence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether companies that have breached UK copyright law are eligible for funds from the Sovereign AI Unit.
Wales Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.
Holiday Accommodation: Council Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to address delays by the Valuation Office Agency in undertaking tax band valuations for holiday let accommodation in Wales.
Holiday Accommodation: Council Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of delays by the Valuation Office Agency in undertaking tax band valuations for holiday let accommodation in Wales on the amount of Council Tax charged on these properties.
River Mersey
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the health of the River Mersey.