Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
193,089 questions
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of firefighter numbers in Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service; and what estimate she has made of the number of additio
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the value of NHS optical vouchers issued under the General Ophthalmic Services in meeting the current cost of spectacles; and whether she
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that patients who are eligible for help with the cost of spectacles are aware of their entitlement to NHS optical vouchers and to support under the NHS
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish more detailed inspection reports for establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, including MBR Acres, with fewer redactions where this woul
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of transparency arrangements relating to licensed establishments under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, including the publication of informati
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness and independence of the Animals in Science Regulation Unit in overseeing licensed establishments under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on (a) the number of beagles bred, (b) the number used in regulated procedures, (c) the number euthanised before use in regulated procedures, (d) the reasons reco