Written questions
485 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Polisario Front
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to designate the Polisario Front as a terrorist organisation.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small business growth in (a) Sutton Coldfield and (b) the West Midlands.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: East Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to improve the electric vehicle charging network in the West Midlands.
17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ali Kololo
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will consider the case of Ali Kololo in the review of the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Guidance.
17 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Ali Kololo
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering an official apology to Ali Kololo.
17 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Ali Kololo
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what costs the Metropolitan Police have incurred defending the civil claim filed by Ali Kololo.
1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning: Biodiversity and Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure that planning guidance issued by her Department includes measures on preserving (a) biodiversity and (b) habitats for pollina
1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Redundancy: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people who have been made redundant to access (a) training and (b) skills support in the West Midlands.
27 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Fines: Surcharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding from the Victims Surcharge has been allocated to charities in the West Midlands in the last three years.
27 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Food: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the food and beverage sector in the West Midlands.
27 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tourism: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to increase tourism in the West Midlands.
27 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) retail and (b) hospitality businesses in the West Midlands.
27 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed reduction to Official Development Assistance on trends in the levels of aid delivered to Sudan.
27 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Darfur: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the [humanitarian OR security] situation in (a) Zamzam and (b) El Fashir in north Darfur.
27 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle vaccine preventable diseases including (a) measles and (b) cholera in hard to reach areas of Sudan.
27 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support vaccine distribution in conflict affected areas of Sudan.
27 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to GAVI to ensure equitable vaccine distribution in Sudan.
10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help reduce the average waiting times for accessing NHS mental health services in the West Midlands.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase biodiversity in the West Midlands.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Education: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide funding to help improve the mental health of (a) primary school pupils, (b) secondary school pupils and (c) 18-25 year olds in (i) further or (ii) higher education.
4 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Transport: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to implement a (a) long term and (b) devolved approach to funding for (i) local and (ii) regional transport services in the West Midlands.
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plastics: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take with local authorities to reduce the amount of plastic pollution in public parks.
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Secondary Education: Sutton Coldfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with Birmingham City Council on increasing the number of secondary school places in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Motor Vehicles: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the level of vehicle theft in the West Midlands.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests in the West Midlands.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with (a) the West Midlands Combined Authority and (b) Birmingham city council on the AI Growth Zones scheme.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the recycling rates in Birmingham in 2022-23.
11 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to provide proceeds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club to humanitarian causes in Ukraine in the first half of 2025.
4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding levels for NHS dentists in the West Midlands.
4 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: Sutton Coldfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of households impacted by changes to the eligibility criteria for Winter Fuel Payments in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
Source: official written-questions record.