Written questions
6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
England: Anniversaries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it her policy to make 12 July 2027 a public holiday to mark the 1100th anniversary of the unification of England under King Athelstan.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
School Meals: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide funding to encourage the consumption of healthy food in schools.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to increase funding for support for parents in disadvantaged areas.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Drinking Water: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department has allocated for advertising public schemes for recycling water.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help improve air quality in major cities.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to increase the number of prison officers recruited from overseas.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of prison officers.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
World War II: War Memorials
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to create a memorial to the British Liberation Task Force 135 that freed the Channel Islands in 1945.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Abandoned Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle (a) untaxed and (b) abandoned vehicles on public roads.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Havering
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the provision of mental health services in the London Borough of Havering.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle health tourism.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to promote the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of UK medical graduates over international applicants.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Queen's Hospital Romford: Infant Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce infant mortality rates at Queen’s Hospital in Romford.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Animal Welfare: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is talking to promote the education of animal welfare in schools.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
British Overseas Territories: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to take steps to make it easier for people in the British Overseas Territories to enter army officer training in the UK.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Christianity: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to support Christian communities in (a) urban and (b) rural areas in England.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to help reduce levels of homelessness among children.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to help reduce levels of homelessness among women.
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps she has taken through the tax system to support small to medium-sized enterprises in the hospitality industry.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Flags
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to mandate the flying of the (a) Union flag and (b) Saint George's Cross at schools in England.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Numeracy: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to improve numeracy rates in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Literacy: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to improve literacy rates in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Further Education: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to help increase the number of pupils obtaining Level 4 qualifications in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to prevent people that illegally enter the UK from being able to work.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s policy is on housing of asylum seekers in houses of multiple occupancy.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to reduce the number of asylum seekers living in houses of multiple occupancy.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Telecommunications: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will bring forward legislative proposals for a mandatory 14-day cooling off period for telecom contracts.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to work with relevant authorities to reduce fare evasion on public transport.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Overseas Trade: Canada
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether external stakeholders will be invited to provide input into the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group’s consideration of market access barriers.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Overseas Trade: Canada
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group has made since its establishment.
Source: official written-questions record.