Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS-funded interpreter bookings resulted in patient non-attendance in each of the last three years; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce costs arising from patient non-attenda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff and other personnel are authorised to act as Victim Liaison Officers across England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) investigations and (b) cases have involved the deployment of Victim Liaison Officers in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what formal arrangements, protocols and guidance exist between the Research Information and Communications Unit, Counter Terrorism Policing, police communications teams and Victim Liaison Officers; an
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local housing authorities on taking account of overseas property ownership and overseas assets when assessing eligibility for social hous
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that disabled people who rely on assistance dogs, including psychiatric assistance dogs, are not subjected to harassment or unlawful exclusion when accessing shops
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of whether "by and for" domestic abuse services achieve better outcomes for victims than other domestic abuse services.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what modes of transport are used to transfer asylum seekers between accommodation sites within the UK; and what expenditure was incurred on (a) air transport, (b) rail transport, (c) coach transport,
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total NHS expenditure on midazolam was in each year since 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to reinstate the Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting time data for audiology services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that affordable (a) childcare and (b) holiday provision are available in (i) school holidays and (ii) inset days for working parents in Yeovil constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has undertaken a recent review of the risks to (a) livestock, (b) property and (c) the environment arising from the release of Chinese lanterns; and if he will make an asses
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's protected bilateral ODA allocation for Palestine is reaching people in Gaza and the West Bank.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what consideration his Department has given to the potential merits of implementing the recommendation from the Government Digital Sustainability Alliance's report on 'Water use in
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of embedding reflex genomic testing into the pancreatic cancer pathway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her department will prioritise the development and rollout of circulating tumour (ctDNA) tests for pancreatic cancer, in the context of outcomes seen in the ctDNA pilot for lung cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of South West Water’s leakage performance on customer’s bills; and whether the Government is taking steps to ensure that customers do not fac
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the revised National Planning Policy Framework protects rural areas from unplanned developments in unsuitable locations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Professor Evelyn Collins CBE as Chair of the Parades Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the independent review into the Parades Commission will examine all determinations made by the Commission, not solely the 2026 Drumcree determination; and whether the review will consider procedu
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help reduce the cost of renting within this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Pakistani authorities concerning the detention and wellbeing of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to restore Official Development Assistance allocations in this Parliament; and if he will set out a path to do so.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of regulations protecting child influencers and child content producers from exploitation and harm; and what assessment she has made of the potential meri
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people supported through the LGBT+ Financial Recognition Scheme; and what further steps he plans to take to ensure all eligible LGBT+ veterans are able to access