Get the tracking checked out
For the coulmn, if its an RSi it will have PAS.
Pull the rubber boot up at the bottem of the column, you will see a universal joint, and then above it a rectangular section, with the rest of the coukmn slotted inot it, prolly with loads of plastic tack coming out of it, grab the column above and below this is twist and see fi there is any play, there shoudl be no play in it when twisted like this by hand.
Easy soloution is to get a garage to weld this joint up, makes the stearing 100% better