Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
200,535 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the capacity of children under the age of 16 to provide informed assent to participation in the PATHWAYS clinical trial.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what public funding has been allocated to the PATHWAYS clinical trial; and from which budgets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department received representations from external organisations regarding the MHRA's review of the PATHWAYS clinical trial protocol.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's answer on 15 December 2025 to question 97651, what action she has taken to promote the department's guidance Kinship Carers in the Workplace: Guidance for Employers to employe
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help ensure that people with disabilities are treated fairly in employment application processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department is taking to help reduce plastic pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to help tackle the discarding in the environment of nitrous oxide canisters.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to tackle the illegal use of nitrous oxide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to reduce waiting times for access to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Epping Forest.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the retrofit and domestic energy assessor supply chain to complete upgrades to approximately 2.5 million private rented properties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting an age at which (a) driving licences are revoked and (b) drivers are required to retake a driving test.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities have sufficient resources to enforce the proposed new minimum energy efficiency standards for private re
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase support for emergency service personnel whose mental or physical health is affected in the line of duty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what financial support will be available to private landlords to meet the proposed EPC C standard by 1 October 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of private rented properties that will qualify for an exemption from the proposed EPC C standard by 1 October 2030 on the grounds of (a) high co
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to publish the finalised Home Energy Model band boundaries that will define compliance with the new EPC C standard for private rented properties ahead of the 1 Octob
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what criteria his Department is using to define smart readiness for the purposes of the secondary compliance metric under the proposed new EPC framework for private rented properties; and wha
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the removal of transgender prisoners from women's prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department provides to councils to help resume small waste electrical and electronic equipment and battery recycling services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with (a) food producers and (b) retailers on how to achieve lower prices for gluten-free products in supermarkets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extended licensing hours during major sporting tournaments where separate planning restrictions remain in force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Ministers have had discussions with representatives of the hospitality sector on the interaction between planning restrictions and temporary licensing extensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation Ministers undertook with hospitality businesses prior to announcing temporary licensing changes linked to major sporting tournaments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Ministers consulted hospitality venue operators in residential areas on the impact that planning restrictions may have on the use of temporary licensing extensions during major sporting events.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the interaction between licensing extensions and planning restrictions on operating hours; and the potential impact of this interaction on hospitality busines