Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing donors to the Consolidated Fund to direct their gift towards a specific public purpose.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential environmental and astronomical effects of orbital reflector satellites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with international partners on the regulation of space-based light reflection technologies; and whether the UK plans to raise concerns about
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on aviation safety posed by orbital reflector satellites.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish the child impact assessment, economic impact assessment and equality impact assessment relating to the proposed earned settlement model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental and public health impacts of emissions from helicopters operating from private helipads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of existing arrangements for monitoring emissions from helicopters operating from private helipads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has plans to review the regulation or guidance relating to emissions from helicopters operating from private helipads, particularly those near residential areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of existing arrangements for enforcing permitted operating hours at private helipads; and what steps she is taking to ensure that helicopter operatio
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of levels of funding for specialist deaf and disabled domestic abuse support on (a) waiting times and (b) capacity to meet demand.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of combining deaf people, blind people and people with sight loss, people with cognitive and learning disabilities, and people with phys
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure continuity of specialist British Sign Language-accessible domestic abuse support for deaf victims and survivors when the current funding period ends.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions for unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use have been funded by the NHS in England in each year since November 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the average annual cost incurred by patients privately prescribed cannabis-based products for medicinal use; and how that cost compares with the maximum a
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered permitting individuals holding a valid prescription for a cannabis-based product for medicinal use to apply for a licence to cultivate cannabis for their own pres
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the terms of the commission issued to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on 2 June 2025 relating to cannabis-based products for medicinal use exclude consideration of the cultivation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences to cultivate cannabis have been issued under regulation 12 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 in each year since 2018; and what fees are payable for such a licence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the rules on cross-pavement electric vehicle charging so that residents whose property boundary is more than two metres from the pavement, incl
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing jobseekers who are not in receipt of benefits to access employment advice and support from Jobcentres; and whether he plans to change the
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of diagnostic thresholds for Vitamin B12 deficiency; and what steps she is taking to reduce regional variation in access to treatment for pat
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department will develop a national strategy for the diagnosis and treatment of Vitamin B12 deficiency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory oversight of chronic pain management training for healthcare professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase investment in specialist services for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that NICE's recognition of post-exertional malaise as a core diagnostic feature of ME/CFS is reflected consistently in (a) clinical training and (b) NHS service p
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of additional qualified teachers of the deaf required to deliver the new GCSE in British Sign Language; and what steps she is taking to address the shortfall of 200 teac