Written questions

485 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: International Criminal Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to press the United Nations Security Council to refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court.

13 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure international justice for (a) past and (b) continuing atrocity crimes in Myanmar.

13 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the prevalence of airstrikes against civilian populations by the military regime in Myanmar.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with (a) large supermarket chains and (b) representatives of independent retailers on the illegal sale of fireworks.

10 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the value for money of the contract to house asylum seekers in the Ramada hotel in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to NHS trusts to increase (a) crisis support services in the local community (b) mental health inpatient beds in the West Midlands.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote (a) Sutton Coldfield (b) the West Midlands as destinations for British holidaymakers.

30 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Assistance: Conferences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a date has been set for her planned international summit on future of aid; and when she plans to announce her objectives for that summit.

27 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce incidences of gun crime in (a) the Birmingham City Council area and (b) Sutton Coldfield.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support the retention of (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of nursery availability on parents' ability to return to work in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Retail Trade: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to support small businesses in the retail sector in the West Midlands.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the health outcomes of veterans in the West Midlands.

20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Helena: State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 20 October 2025 to Questions (a) 81257 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty and (b) 81258 on St Helena: British Nationals Abroad, what steps she is takin

20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress she has made in helping to tackle (a) TB (b) HIV/Aids and (c) Malaria.

20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Arrest Warrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to sanction (a) General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and (b) Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo; and whether she plans to request that the International Criminal Court

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army and Army Reserve: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time is between receiving an expression of interest and receiving a formal application and the start of a training programme for a new recruit in the (a) Army and (b) Army Reserve.

13 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Helena: State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Chief Minister of Saint Helena on the unfreezing of pension benefits for entitled residents.

13 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the full implementation of the British Indian Ocean Territory Partnership Agreement, signed in October 2024.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated from the Active Travel England fund to local authorities in the West Midlands.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of speeding in the West Midlands.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) West Midlands Police and (b) Birmingham City Council on the forthcoming Road Safety Strategy.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support public awareness campaigns aimed at improving road safety in the West Midlands.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the number of pupils that miss education due to long term illness at (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in the West Midlands.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of his Department's procurement contracts were awarded to companies in the West Midlands in the 2024-25 financial year.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce educational inequalities for secondary school pupils in the West Midlands.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pollinators: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle harm to pollinators in the West Midlands.

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with bladder and bowel control conditions in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to recruit qualified Maths teachers in the West Midlands.

Source: official written-questions record.