Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help tackle trade barriers for exports of British textile products to the European Union.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of applying a reduced rate of VAT to gyms and fitness businesses, in the context of the net fiscal effect of potential reductions in NHS and othe
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on NHS costs of increased levels of physical activity participation; and whether he has shared that assessment with HM Treasury.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the risks faced by women from religious minority communities in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what role the UK is playing at the UN Human Rights Council in relation to women’s rights and Freedom of Religion or Belief in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Supported Exempt Accommodation properties Ofsted inspected in Birmingham in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure that the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games support grassroots sports in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of places that young people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire can go to outside of school.
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church of England is having with other religious groups on helping to promote community cohesion in a) Staffordshire and b) the United Kingdom.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the adoption of artificial intelligence diagnostic tools across the NHS to improve the early detection of lung cancer and other serious conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support ex-miners to access the pensions that they are entitled to.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with the withdrawal of liquid hydrocortisone what steps is his department is taking to source a suitable alternative liquid hydrocortisone product for use in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will work with Pfizer to accelerate the UK licensing of the ‘ACT-O-VIAL’ dual-compartment hydrocortisone product containing pre-measured doses of powder and water for immediate mixing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking, in collaboration with the Office for Life Sciences, to support and fast-track the development of safer hydrocortisone delivery methods; and what assessment he h
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding deceptive pricing to the list of commercial practices that are considered unfair in all circumstances under Schedule 20 of the Digital Mark
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish assessments of the impact of the proposed reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system on workloads of teaching staff in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) Engl
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support small-scale landlords in the private rental sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will publish a costed implementation plan for Special Educational Needs and Disability reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of workplace lottery exemptions under the Gambling Act 2005 in enabling workplace sweepstakes associated with major sporting events in
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to engage physicians from (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) England on the assumptions underpinning the modelling of workforce numbers in the 10-Year Workfo
To ask His Majesty's Government why some blind or partially sighted recipients of Access to Work funding have had the value of their grants reduced despite their condition remaining unchanged.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the level of collision risk associated with drivers aged 70 and over compared with other age groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the government of Canada on protections for peaceful religious expression in proposed hate speech legislation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of how the age of policyholders is reflected in motor insurance premiums; and whether she has had discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the transparency of age-b
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 1435 on Agriculture: Disability and Special Educational Needs, when she plans to publish the workforce strategy.