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Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament. Oral or written statements to Parliament are also made by the Government and others to inform both Houses of their work. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of Government on the official record and in the public domain.

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Question for Department for Business and Trade
Parental Leave
Andrew Gwynne
Independent, Gorton and Denton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will provide an update on the proposed timeframe of the parental leave review.

Asked 16 June 2025
Answered 24 June 2025
By Justin Madders (Labour, Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
60006
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Weed Act 1959
Manuela Perteghella
Liberal Democrat, Stratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the Weeds Act 1959.

Asked 17 June 2025
Answered 24 June 2025
By Mary Creagh (Labour, Coventry East)
60542
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Grasslands
John Whitby
Labour, Derbyshire Dales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has a (a) grassland policy group and (b) person responsible for grassland policy.

Asked 17 June 2025
Answered 24 June 2025
By Mary Creagh (Labour, Coventry East)
60679
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Free School Meals
Andrew Gwynne
Independent, Gorton and Denton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many eligible children are not claiming free school meals for the latest period for which data is available; and what steps she is taking to increase free school meals uptake amongst eligible children.

Asked 16 June 2025
Answered 24 June 2025
By Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South)
60009
Answered
Commons

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Question for Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
Baroness Thomas of Winchester
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how many disabled people are employed in the Access to Work division of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Asked 11 June 2025
Answered 23 June 2025
By Baroness Sherlock (Labour, Life peer)
HL8377
Answered
Lords
Question for Ministry of Defence
Reserve Forces
Lord De Mauley
Conservative, Excepted Hereditary

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the specific economic conditions that would trigger the 20-per-cent increase in the number of active reserves set out in recommendation 14 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June.

Asked 9 June 2025
Answered 23 June 2025
By Lord Coaker (Labour, Life peer)
HL8244
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccination: Take-up
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to combat vaccine hesitancy.

Asked 9 June 2025
Answered 23 June 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL8242
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Notifiable diseases: Diagnosis
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of (1) measles, (2) whooping cough, (3) mumps, (4) rubella, and (5) polio, were recorded in each of the last three years.

Asked 9 June 2025
Answered 23 June 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL8243
Answered
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
FCDO Services Ministerial Targets 2025-26
Catherine West
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific
Labour, Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Statement made 24 June 2025
HCWS734
Commons
Ministry of Justice
Victim Impact Statements in the Mental Health Tribunal (Section 21 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024)
Alex Davies-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
Labour, Pontypridd
Statement made 24 June 2025
HCWS733
Commons
Department of Health and Social Care
Introduction of self-sampling for under-screened individuals in cervical screening
Ashley Dalton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
Labour, West Lancashire
Statement made 24 June 2025
HCWS732
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Authority Governance
Jim McMahon
Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution
Labour, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Statement made 23 June 2025
HCWS731
Commons

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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Industrial Strategy: Creative Industries Sector Plan
Baroness Twycross
Minister for Gambling and Heritage and DCMS Lords Minister
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 23 June 2025
HLWS729
Lords
Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Maternity and Neonatal Services
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 23 June 2025
HLWS728
Lords
Treasury
London Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign Debt
Lord Livermore
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 23 June 2025
HLWS727
Lords
Home Office
Security
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 23 June 2025
HLWS726
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
23 June 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
20 June 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
19 June 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
18 June 2025
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23 June 2025
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19 June 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
18 June 2025
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17 June 2025
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