Written questions
485 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Technology: New Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support tech start-up companies to scale up in the Midlands.
13 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the identification of mental health needs among young people entering the criminal justice system for the first time in the West Midlands.
13 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Podiatry: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB to help reduce the number of patients that are waiting an extended period for podiatry services.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Teachers: Languages
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to recruit qualified modern languages teachers in the West Midlands.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeships in the West Midlands.
2 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Supply: Sutton Coldfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure energy security in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trend in patients waiting over 4 hours for admission transfer and discharge in emergency departments in the NHS Birmingham And Solihull Integrated Care Board area
25 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the level of Official Development Assistance funding on the Global Health Partnerships scheme.
23 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Cybercrime: Sutton Coldfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle cyber crime targeting older people in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
23 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Birds: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support the wild bird population in the West Midlands.
9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he had had with Birmingham City Council on their best value duty.
9 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police about increasing officer numbers serving the rail network in the West Midlands.
9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure eligible men take up prostate cancer screening in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that eligible women take up breast cancer screening in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
5 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Polio: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department will provide £50 million per year, for the next two years, to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
New Businesses: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support young people to pursue careers in tech start ups in the Midlands.
3 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Wheelchairs: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB to reduce the number of patients that are waiting an extended period for a wheelchair.
29 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 98739 on Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park, what discussions she has had with Birmingham City Council on additional funds t
29 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity: Sutton Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 98739 on Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park, how many meetings have taken place between Natural England and Birmingham City
28 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zimbabwe: Commonwealth
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to question 57617 on Zimbabwe: Commonwealth, what recent steps she has taken to support a further Commonwealth assessment mission.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Construction: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of young people entering the building and construction sector in the West Midlands.
27 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the availability of clinical trials for dementia patients.
22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Arthur Terry Learning Partnership
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide further (a) financial and (b) other support to the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership in the West Midlands.
22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 98739 on Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park, whether additional monitoring is in place to ensure that the recommendations fr
22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 98739 on Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park, what housing developments in the vicinity of Sutton Park have been discussed be
22 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zimbabwe: Commonwealth
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her counterparts in the Commonwealth to help support Zimbabwe rejoin the Commonwealth.
20 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Birmingham and Solihull
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has set a target for the number of job starts to be offered to long-term unemployed 18–21-year-olds on Universal Credit in Birmingham and Solihull during the first 6 months of the Jobs Guaran
20 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce concentrations of fine particulate matter in the Birmingham City Council area.
14 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pollution Control: Sutton Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 98739 on Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park, what recent discussions her Department has had with Severn Trent on how sewage
14 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 98739 on Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park, what official guidance has been issued by the Forestry Commission to Birmingham
Source: official written-questions record.