Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
190,605 questions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a reduced rate of VAT on labour-intensive personal care services; and on its potential effect on employment, apprenticeships and tax revenues in the sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps are being taken to help increase the number of apprenticeships in the hair and beauty sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how the Youth Guarantee and apprenticeship reforms will support apprenticeships in labour-intensive service sectors such as hair and beauty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the £292 million practice-level GP reimbursement scheme to include sessions delivered by self-employed locum GPs, in add
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of restricting the GP reimbursement scheme to salaried GP contracts on smaller GP practices and practices in deprived areas that are
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the eligibility criteria of the GP reimbursement scheme during the 2026/27 financial year to allow for reimbursement of locum GP sessions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what engagement his Department has had with a) recognised trade unions and b) affected staff regarding the potential impact of the proposals to remove caretaker posts from the Army Reserve and University Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to establish a compensation scheme for women harmed by pelvic mesh and sodium valproate; and if she will meet the Patient Safety Commissioner to discuss redress for affected patie
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to develop a National Strategy for Vitamin B12 Deficiency; and if she will review (a) diagnostic thresholds for vitamin B12 deficiency, (b) treatment protocols f
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local planning authorities on the allocation of land owned by those authorities within local plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local planning authorities are permitted to allocate land that they own for (a) housing and (b) mixed-use development in local plans.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether mechanisms are in place to ensure independent scrutiny of the findings and recommendations of the review into the Organisation, Performance and Transformation of the Permanent Civil Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extreme heat and consecutive drought on tree planting and established woodland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of spatial targeting of tree planting in urban areas to help reduce social inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of modernising the Forestry Act 1967 to support nature recovery and ecological targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of offering updated dietary guidance to schools, hospitals and other public institutions, and ceasing to use the Eatwell Plate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential barriers faced by neurodivergent academics in higher education institutions to progressing through academic career pathways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue guidance to higher education providers on reasonable adjustments for neurodivergent academic staff throughout recruitment, promotion and disciplinary processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to address inequalities in career progression among academics from ethnic minority backgrounds who are also (a) disabled or (b) neurodivergent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent to which non-traditional educational pathways affect access to (a) academic careers and (b) leadership positions within higher education institutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of whether career progression outcomes differ for neurodivergent academics between highly selective universities and the wider higher education sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s capacity to undertake the electoral reviews required as a consequence of local government r
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England regarding the timetable for conducting electoral reviews of the proposed North Warwickshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing Barnett consequential funding to the Northern Ireland Executive to support a domestic heat pump scheme comparable to the Bo
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department's recognition of air-to-air heat pumps as a qualifying technology under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme will be reflected in (a) guidance and (b) encouragement to devolved go