Written questions
1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the whether social media age restrictions on platforms headquartered overseas would be enforceable.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence and Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that young people from all regions, including the North East, are represented in consultations on online safety and Al regulation.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of social media age restrictions on young people accessing illegal platforms.
20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Genomics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to ensure that the NHS Genomic Medicine Service’s pipeline of whole genome sequencing for cancer patients is unconstrained by local tissue storage practices; and whether th
5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether regional cost-of-living variations will be factored into proposed maintenance grant calculations.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing the No Recourse to Public Funds income thresholds to ensure equity of eligibility for all children when expanding access to the free school meal
26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hearing Impairment: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on developing national guidance for Auditory Verbal therapy for deaf children since March 2025; and whether he plans to establish a timeline for publishing tha
16 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Washington and Gateshead South
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Washington and Gateshead South constituency are covered by the pension triple lock.
16 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Washington and Gateshead South
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of measures to reduce child poverty on children in Washington and Gateshead South constituency.
16 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Police: Washington and Gateshead South
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate policing in Washington and Gateshead South constituency.
16 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Public Sector: Washington and Gateshead South
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public sector workers have received an above-inflation pay rise in Washington and Gateshead South constituency since 5 July 2024.
16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Washington and Gateshead South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made in meeting the 18-week referral-to-treatment standard in Washington and Gateshead South constituency.
14 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
School Meals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to launch the consultation on updating school food standards.
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Fireworks: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to adopt a UK-wide model similar to the Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Act (Scotland) 2022.
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Fireworks: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment of the fireworks black market his Department has made to determine whether further restrictions on sales and use of fireworks would fuel illegal trade.
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Fireworks
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made to determine whether the 120 dB noise limit for consumer fireworks is sufficient to protect animals and vulnerable people from harm.
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Fireworks
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will conduct a review into fireworks legislation.
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Fireworks
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will meet with fireworks industry stakeholders, such as Fireworks Impact Coalition, to discuss calls for a comprehensive review of fireworks legislation.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
School Meals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to introduce monitoring arrangements to assess compliance with the updated school food standards once they are in force.
2 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Heat Batteries: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered adding heat batteries to the list of Energy Saving Materials.
2 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Heat Batteries: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she had made of the potential implications for her policies that heat batteries do not qualify for VAT relief through the Energy Saving Materials framework, while being MCS-certified and eligible for
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what measures are being introduced to protect and support small and medium-sized enterprises in the retrofit supply chain under the Energy Company Obligation and related schemes.
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Warm Homes Plan
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the proposed timeline is for the implementation of the Warm Homes Plan, and what steps are being taken to ensure collaboration with local authorities, industry stakeholders, and consumer
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Company Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will set out the detailed allocation plan for the additional £1.5 billion funding for the Energy Company Obligation, including the timeline for disbursement and the criteria for priorit
15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Allergies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to schools following the inquest into the death of Benedict Blythe.
12 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce a Good Food Bill by the end of this Parliament.
10 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Washington and Gateshead South
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, within Washington and Gateshead South constituency in the most recent 12 months for which data is available, what is the total sum of money resulting from a) deductions, and b) sanctions applied to Univ
28 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide redress for mesh and sodium valproate families.
26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cosmetics: Afamelanotide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the legal status of the sale of tan- enhancing nasal products containing Melanotan II for cosmetic purposes.
24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cosmetics: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to set out (a) where responsibility sits for action to prevent the availability of tan- enhancing products containing Melanotan II and (b) the steps that have been taken to prevent the availability
Source: official written-questions record.