Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 April (HL15993), how many properties owned by HS2 Limited on the Phase 2b eastern leg have been disposed of.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy radiotherapy capacity to meet the Government’s target of returning cancer waiting times to the 62-day standard by March 2029.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of unmet need for radiotherapy among cancer patients in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department has issued guidance to Integrated Care Boards on the inclusion of radiotherapy services in local strategic plans for cancer that were outlined in Action 20 of The National Ca
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether local strategic plans for cancer will be required to assess radiotherapy treatment access and capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what accountability mechanisms will apply in instances where local strategic plans for cancer do not adequately address radiotherapy access, capacity or variation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that cancer patients in England have equitable access to advanced radiotherapy techniques where clinically appropriate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many proposals for new satellite radiotherapy units have been submitted to NHS England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has identified areas of England where satellite radiotherapy units would have the greatest impact on reducing travel times for cancer patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has identified areas of England where satellite radiotherapy units would have the greatest impact on reducing travel times for cancer patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a breakdown by NHS region of where the radiotherapy machines (LINACS) funded by the £70 million announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.
To ask His Majesty's Government on what evidential basis staff in the Attorney-General's Office have been instructed to stop using X; and when this decision was taken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £70 million radiotherapy machine funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 has been allocated to each NHS region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the allocation of the £70 million for radiotherapy machines took account of existing regional variation in radiotherapy access.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the methodology used to allocate the £70 million radiotherapy funding announced in the National Cancer Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will work with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that low-carbon and sustainable heating technologies other than heat pumps are included within the final capital support framewor
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of whether spending proposals from government departments could be delivered by the private sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to project 4 titled Neural mechanisms of cognition listed in the non-technical summaries for project licences granted between January and March 2026 requiring retrospective assessment,
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to project 5 titled Neuronal Basis of Somatosensorial and Pathological Pain listed in the non-technical summaries for project licences granted between January and March 2026 requiring r
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions Treasury ministers have had with the Flexible Space Association on the reclassification of flexible workspaces by the Valuation Office Agency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Valuation Office Agency has made of the potential impact on small businesses of reclassifying flexible workspaces as single hereditaments for business rates purposes; and whether this assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the action in the ME/CFS Final Delivery Plan to explore whether a specialised service should be prescribed for people with very severe ME/CFS, whether his Department has made an a
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 16 June (HL763), what criteria they used to determine that the home buying and selling reform roadmap constitutes the “biggest shake-up to home buying in thi
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consideration he has given to the advice of the Trade Remedies Authority on the impact of steel safeguard measures on downstream industries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations he has made at the World Trade Organization to allow the current steel safeguard measures to continue after June 30th 2026 with minimal changes.