Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,346 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is considering measures to encourage those with under-occupied homes to downsize.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms have been investigated for alleged piglet thumping in each of the last five years; what enforcement action has been taken as a result; and what steps the Government is t
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce a nationally standardised stoma care pathway for adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England requires Integrated Care Boards to collect and report data on the proportion of adults with a stoma who receive an annual review by a specialist stoma nurse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of variation between Integrated Care Boards in the commissioning of long-term stoma care services and access to specialist stoma nursi
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116635 on Stoma Appliances, when NHS England's review of stoma and continence products and stoma services is expected to conclude; and wheth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England's review of stoma and continence products and stoma services includes consideration of the commissioning and delivery of long-term stoma care services, including care pathways,
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned time frame is for giving NHS primary care dentists access to the single patient record.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason domiciliary dental services are not routinely commissioned and resourced to meet the needs of patients requiring domiciliary care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Department will publish the list of specialised services that will remain nationally commissioned, and what criteria will be used to determine the allocation of services between national a
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department will publish additional analysis of the potential operational implications of further specialised commissioning reform, including through an updated Equality Impact Assessmen
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department used to prioritise the rebuilding of Churchill Community College in North Tyneside through the School Rebuilding Programme; and if she will take steps to prioritise Berwick Academy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider the potential merits of providing part-funding to Northumberland County Council for the rebuilding of Berwick Academy, following the Council's commitment of £37 million of local funding to
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Department's most recent assessment is of the cost of tackling the condition defects at Berwick Academy; and if she will publish that assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether future decisions on international development spending will take into account individual countries’ scores on independent corruption indices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether decisions on future aid spending will take into account a recipient country’s score on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index including with refe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to ensure British Overseas Territories are the recipients of any increase in international development spending.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether there will be ministerial attendance at the 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 17) in Yerevan, Armenia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK delegation’s attendance at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification COP17 in Ulaanbaatar in August 2026, what plans his Department has to have dis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence her Department has considered on the role of product differentiation, branding and consumer information in supporting switching from combustible tobacco products to vaping products am
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any evidence reviews, research studies, behavioural analyses and international evaluations were disregarded while developing the proposals contained in the consultation entitled Tobacco and
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to issue guidance to employers on adapting staff uniform policies during heatwaves.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Health and Safety Executive guidance on workplace uniform requirements during periods of extreme heat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing (a) education, (b) training and (c) skills provision to support recruitment and retention in the food and farming supply chain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote participation in technical, vocational and apprenticeship pathways relevant to careers in the food and farming supply chain.