Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress her Department has made in improving the recruitment and retention of midwives in the NHS under the Long Term Workforce Plan, including (a) changes in midwifery training places
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Key target hit with 8,500 extra mental health workers in the NHS, published on 30 June 2026, what proportion of the additional mental healt
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to introduce further measures to help protect households and businesses from changes in energy prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the cumulative potential impact of (a) changes to employer National Insurance contributions, (b) changes to the National Minimum Wage, and (c) the Emplo
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the cumulative potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions and the National Minimum Wage on the level of labour costs for (a) micro busin
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Act 2025 on administrative and compliance costs for (a) micro businesses employing fewer than 10 people, (b) small businesse
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has modelled the potential impact of changes to employers' National Insurance contributions introduced in April 2025 on the level of (a) recruitment, (b) staff retention and (c) wage growth of
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises that are eligible for the Employment Allowance and will pay a higher level of National Insurance contributions relative to 2024/25 in ea
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has her Department allocated to the supply of SAF through the Advanced Fuels Fund since 4 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's joint White Paper entitled Get Britain Working, updated on 2 September 2025, when he plans to publish the evaluation of the trailblazers; and if he will set out the in
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prosecutions have there been for the false or misleading information offence under Section 92 of the Care Act 2014 since it came into force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for complaints and enquiries to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of whether the FCA’s supervisory actions prior to the collapse of Hartley Pensions were sufficient to protect SIPP holders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 634, when her Department expects to have concluded development of statutory guidance on the safety and accessibility of stopping places, and when it expects tha
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of GWR services from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa did not reach Cheltenham since 1 January 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many GWR train services from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa did not reach Cheltenham Spa because the service terminated at Gloucester since 1 January 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of gazundering in the residential property market; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of brin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce pupils’ access to sugary drinks and (b) support provision of healthier drink options throughout the school day.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing lawful routes to Afghan women with university places, scholarships or credible offers of study to be given a viable pathway to
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of transferring the functions of Healthwatch into Government or NHS bodies on patient representation; and what safeguards he will put in place to
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made to (a) review and (b) reform mental health discharge policy and practice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made with Cabinet colleagues of the vulnerability of the third sector to be used by foreign actors to influence UK politics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of legislation on the transparency of charity funding and donations.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the feasibility for service providers with limited physical space to maintain single-sex services while also providing separate third-space arrangements for transgender individu
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will set out how organisations will be held to account for demonstrating that any exclusion of trans people from single-sex services is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim in line with t