Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the sale of Time 107.5 FM to Nation Broadcasting on the provision of (a) local news and (b) community programming in Romford con

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Signs and Markings: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her department's policy to ban (a) bilingual and (b) and foreign language street signs.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Repatriation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to deport immigrants found guilty of violent crimes.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Sunscreens: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the safety of (a) over the counter and (b) prescription grade sun cream in England.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times she has met with representatives of (a) the Church of England, (b) mainstream Islamic denominations and (c) mainstream Jewish denominations in the last calendar year.

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Women: Minority Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to support women from minority faith communities in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Church of England: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support to the charitable work of the Church of England.

22 Jul 2025 · Women and Equalities

Church of England: Employment

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government has taken to support (a) Anglo-Catholics and (b) traditionalist Anglo-Catholics of the Church of England in the workplace.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

VJ Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government plans to take to mark the commemoration of VJ Day 2025.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Churches: Tourist Attractions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential of local parish churches to be tourist attractions.

22 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners

Clergy: Retirement

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, representing the Church Commissioners, what financial support is available to retired clergy.

22 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners

Clergy

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many ordinations to (a) the diaconate and (b) the priesthood there have been in each year since 1993.

22 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners

Church Services: Internet

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what funds the Commissioners allocate to parish churches for the enabling of online church services.

22 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners

Religious Buildings

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the National Church Institutions have issued guidance on the use of sacred places of worship for secular purposes.

22 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners

Christianity

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many Christians have been received from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of England in each year since 1993.

22 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners

Churches: Closures

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many churches have closed in each year since 1997.

22 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners

Clergy: Vacancies

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many rural parishes have a vacancy for (a) an incumbency and (b) a priest-in-charge; and how many (i) incumbent and (ii) priest-in-charge vacancies there have been in each of

22 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners

Clergy: Vacancies

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many parishes have a vacancy for (a) an incumbency and (b) a priest-in-charge; and how many (i) incumbent and (ii) priest-in-charge vacancies there have been in each of the l

22 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners

Clergy

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many clergy of incumbent status have been dispossessed by diocese in each of the last five years; and how many (a) dispossession of office and (b) other schemes are being pre

22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of establishment of the Staff Treatment Hubs announced in the 10 Year Health Plan.

22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS staff that will be treated at the Staff Treatment Hubs within the first five years of their establishment.

22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department plans to use to determine where to locate the Staff Treatment Hubs announced as part of the 10 Year Health Plan.

22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timeframe is for the establishment of the first Staff Treatment Hubs.

22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Staff Treatment Hubs will be established as part of the 10 Year Health Plan.

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Smoking and Tobacco: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) the recent HMRC tax gap estimates for tobacco excise duty with (b) the data in UCL’s report entitled Trends in smoking prevalence and socio-economic inequalities acro

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Smoking and Tobacco: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) the data in UCL’s report entitled Trends in smoking prevalence and socio-economic inequalities across regions in England: A population study, 2006 to 2024, published

21 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Tobacco: Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the efficacy of enforcement provisions in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, in the context of the recent BBC investigat

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing enforcement (a) powers and (b) resources available to (i) Trading Standards and (ii) local authorities to tackle the sale of illegal tobacco

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish a (a) transition plan for the transfer of retail responsibilities from train operating company retail websites to Great British Railways and (b) timetable for formal market (i) cons

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to provide an interim digital rail retail solution before (a) train operating company retail websites are turned off and (b) the new Great British Railways retail offer goes live.

Source: official written-questions record.