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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 of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy
Grahame Morris
Labour, Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) decentralise the commissioning of radiotherapy and (b) give English regions more control over (i) treatment pathways and (ii) new radiotherapy technologies.

Asked 17 March 2025
Answered 20 March 2025
By Ashley Dalton (Labour, West Lancashire)
38566
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Foods: Labelling
Alison Bennett
Liberal Democrat, Mid Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that retailers (a) provide (i) clear, (ii) accurate and (iii) impartial information on the nutritional sufficiency of infant formula products in (A) re...

Asked 17 March 2025
Answered 20 March 2025
By Ashley Dalton (Labour, West Lancashire)
38820
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Foods: Labelling
Alison Bennett
Liberal Democrat, Mid Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that healthcare settings provide (i) timely, (ii) clear, (iii) accurate and (iv) impartial information on the nutritional sufficiency of infant formula...

Asked 17 March 2025
Answered 20 March 2025
By Ashley Dalton (Labour, West Lancashire)
38819
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Defence
Defence: Finance
James Cartlidge
Conservative, South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March to Question 37252 on Defence: Finance, what the real terms equivalent of that cash figure is.

Asked 17 March 2025
Answered 20 March 2025
By Luke Pollard (Labour, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
38640
Named day
Answered
Commons

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Question for Cabinet Office
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Democratic Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are employed or contracted to work by (1) the Trader Support Service, (2) the Movement Assistance Scheme, and (3) any other services or schemes providing support and assistance in relation to trading between...

Asked 6 March 2025
Answered 20 March 2025
By Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour, Life peer)
HL5538
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Democratic Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent in each year since 2020 on (1) the Trader Support Service, (2) the Movement Assistance Scheme, and (3) any other services or schemes providing support and assistance in relation to trading between G...

Asked 6 March 2025
Answered 20 March 2025
By Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour, Life peer)
HL5537
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Development Aid
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the 2024–25 UK aid package for Sudan is allocated to Blue Nile State; and whether they will provide targeted humanitarian assistance to displaced communities in the state before the arrival of the 2025 ra...

Asked 13 March 2025
Answered 20 March 2025
By Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour, Life peer)
HL5762
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iraq: Religious Freedom
The Lord Bishop of Leeds
Bishops, Bishops

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of freedom of religion or belief in Iraq; and what steps they are taking to support freedom of religion or belief in Iraq.

Asked 26 February 2025
Answered 20 March 2025
By Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour, Life peer)
HL5308
Answered
Lords

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Department for Education
Families First Partnership Programme
Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, The Minister for Children and Families
Labour, Lewisham East
Statement made 20 March 2025
HCWS539
Commons
Home Office
Publication of the Report on Part One of the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences
Dan Jarvis
The Minister of State for Security
Labour, Barnsley North
Statement made 20 March 2025
HCWS538
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Update to Contingent Liability arising from the EWS1 Professional Indemnity Insurance Scheme following closure
Alex Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety
Labour, Nottingham North and Kimberley
Statement made 20 March 2025
HCWS537
Commons
Treasury
Annual European Union Finances Statement
Darren Jones
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Labour, Bristol North West
Statement made 20 March 2025
HCWS536
Commons

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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Correction to Film Industry Statement
Baroness Twycross
Minister for Gambling and DCMS Lords Minister
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 20 March 2025
HLWS537
Lords
Home Office
Publication of the Report on Part One of the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 20 March 2025
HLWS536
Lords
Department for Education
Families First Partnership Programme
Baroness Smith of Malvern
Minister of State, Minister for Skills
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 20 March 2025
HLWS535
Lords
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Update to Contingent Liability arising from the EWS1 Professional Indemnity Insurance Scheme following closure
Lord Khan of Burnley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 20 March 2025
HLWS534
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
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20 March 2025
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19 March 2025
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18 March 2025
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17 March 2025
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20 March 2025
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18 March 2025
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17 March 2025
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