Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department made of the potential impact of the Multiply programme on adult numeracy participation before the programme was discontinued.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of state pensioners who will pay income tax in each financial year from 2026–27 to 2030–31.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the level of the Personal Allowance before the scheduled end of the threshold freeze in 2031.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of hotel closures on families and individuals who have established links in the cities and areas in which they have settled and who now face disper
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to remuneration arrangements for Coastguard Rescue Officers on levels of public safety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has made of the potential impact of ending hourly remuneration for Coastguard Rescue Officers on team availability for emergency callouts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on providing 700,000 additional urgent NHS dental appointments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on implementing the NHS dental contract reforms announced in December 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has conducted an equality impact assessment of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s decision to remove hourly remuneration for Coastguard Rescue Officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what alternative models of compensating Coastguard Rescue Officers for training, operational duties and emergency callouts were considered before the Maritime and Coastguard Agency decided to remove hourly remu
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentists have left NHS practice in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will request the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to pause the implementation of changes to Coastguard Rescue Officer remuneration while further consultation with Coastguard Rescue Officers and their teams
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has assessed the potential merits of establishing new dental schools in areas with persistent shortages of NHS dentists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much public funding has been allocated to brain tumour research in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a National Specialty Lead for rare cancers has been appointed, in the context of the Rare Cancers Act 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of clinical trials relating to brain tumours that are currently recruiting participants in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the total expected cost saving and revenue generation opportunities from bringing train operating companies into state ownership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the total expected cost saving and revenue generation opportunities from the reorganisation of the railway industry into Great British Railways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to NICE cost-effectiveness thresholds on access to medicines for rare cancers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils met the national curriculum requirement to swim 25 metres by the end of Key Stage 2 in the most recent year for which data is available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the level of additional VAT revenue accruing to the Exchequer as a result of recent increases in fuel prices; and whether she has considered using additional VAT receipts to provide f
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of recent swimming pool closures on the delivery of swimming and water safety education; and what steps her Department is taking to support publicly acc
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the projected £4.555 billion investment referred to in the Third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy represents funding which local authorities were due to receive before publication of t
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on swimming proficiency by (a) socioeconomic background, (b) ethnicity and (c) region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve safety measures at (a) coastal piers and (b) other locations identified as presenting a heightened drowning risk.