Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
198,755 questions
NHS Kent and Medway
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department held with representatives of NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board in the 2025-26 financial year; and how many of those meeti
Department of Health and Social Care: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
Home Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
Government Departments: Lobbying and Public Appointments
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement the recommendations in the report by the Ethics and Integrity Commission, Lobbying, Business Appointment Rules and Disclosure, published on 9 July.
Small Businesses: Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the auction of occupied Palestinian land in the UK, in the context of guidance on businesses maintaining commer
Treasury: Agency Workers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
Apprentices: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an investment package to support apprenticeship brokerage pilots in non-developed mayoral authorities, modelled on the £140 million fun
Fishing Vessels: Research
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 1 August 2025 (HL9721), what was the outcome of Resource Futures' research on the number of vessels reaching end-of-life and the policy options to reduce marine
Dental Services: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his department spent on research into improving the (a) accessibility and (b) cost of dentistry in the last 12 months for which data is available.
Medical Equipment: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting medical devices have been reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in each of the last three years.
Mental Health Services: Lewes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the Lewes constituency.
ADHD: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to reduce waiting times for ADHD assessments in the constituency of Slough.
Animal Breeding: Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what assessment she has made of the reduction in procedures reported as
Animal Experiments: Shellfish
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish a roadmap for the phased approach to policy development on decapods used in scientific procedures.
Animal Experiments: Shellfish
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources have been allocated to the planned phased approach to policy development on decapods, including the number of full-time equivalent staff involved, dedicated budget, external expertise c
Anti-social Behaviour: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour on the high street.
Police Patrolling: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase police presence in town centres.
Patients: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of the Care Quality Commission's enforcement powers to ensure patient safety.
Employment: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking following the Keep Britain Working review to improve access to paid employment for people with learning disabilities.
Employees' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's policy paper entitled Salary sacrifice reform for pension contributions, published on 4 December 2025, if she will publish the calculation underpinning the estimate that the mean average add
Home Office: Anti-social Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour.
Anti-social Behaviour: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in antisocial behaviour in town centres and residential areas.
Occupational Therapy: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending prescribing rights for occupational therapists on patient access to treatment.
Occupational Therapy: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support occupational therapists to undertake training required for independent prescribing qualifications.
Occupational Therapy: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of occupational therapist prescribing rights on (a) reducing waiting times and (b) improving access to care in West Dorset.