Written questions

322 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish the Farming Profitability Review.

14 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of all the instances between 4 July 2024 and 14 October 2025 when 100 or more migrants have crossed the Channel in a single small boat, including (a) the date of the crossin

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of enforcement powers available to local authorities in respect of developers who fail to comply with planning conditions

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Roads: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will issue guidance on the steps steps a local authority can take to compel a developer to comply with the conditions of their original planning consent relatin

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Spring Statement 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the funding of the Farming and Countryside Programme on the net number of

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what annual percentage increases in healthcare demand is the 10 Year Heath Plan based.

16 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33002 on Asylum: Finance, how many top-up payments have been made to Asylum Support Enablement Cards since 4 July 2024, broken down by week.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is taking steps to (a) control and (b) report on the potential risk of toxic contamination from the use of (i) recycled Energy Recovery Facilities incine

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Meadowgate Academy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding is available from her Department for repairs to the heating system at Meadowgate Academy.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) filled and (b) unfilled full-time equivalent roles there were in each of the NHS regional teams in (i) 2023-24, (ii) 2024-25 and (iii) 2025-26.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to discontinue the electronic Bed and Capacity Management Systems initiative on (a) A&E waits and (b) patient transfers.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the expected in-year cost of redundancy payments in (a) DHSC and (b) NHS England is in (i) 2025-26, (ii) 2026-27 and (iii) 2027-28.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue further guidance to the NHS organisations on ending the recruitment of dedicated equality, diversity and inclusion staff.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 48901 on Motor Neurone Disease: Research, by what date he expects the total allocated to motor neurone disease research since the start of 2022-23

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline for for the proposed Fens Reservoir is for the (a) submission of a development consent order application to the Planning Inspectorate, (b) final decision on t

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to new innovations for people living with inherited cardiac conditions in East England.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) diagnostic equipment and (b) other services for inherited cardiac conditions in East England.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle inequalities in (a) waiting times and (b) access to treatment for cardiovascular disease patients in East England.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure there is adequate infrastructure to offer access to treatment for people living with inherited cardiac conditions in the East of England.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in East England are currently awaiting treatment for inherited cardiac conditions; and if he will make a comparative estimate of the length of waiting times with the rest of the UK.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Out of Area Treatment: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who do not meet the criteria to reside were inpatients in (a) Hinchingbrooke Hospital, (b) Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn and (c) Peterborough City Hospital on 21 April 2025.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Virtual Wards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he expects the NHS to have a virtual ward capacity of 40 beds per 100,000 people.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department plans to provide for motor neurone disease research in 2025.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help improve the career progression of (a) nurses from Agenda for Change Band Five to Band Six and (b) other nurses in the context of plans not to introdu

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the impact of providing a one per cent increase in pay to all NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts in the 2025-26 financial year on (a) total costs, (b) pension c

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

County Councils: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what national formula will be applied in calculating national distribution of the debt from county councils that are disbanded; and by what date that will be published.

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Internal Drainage Boards: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to explore alternative funding models of Internal Drainage Boards.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Internal Drainage Boards: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 February 2025, HCWS417 on the Flood Investment Announcement, whether he plans to provide additional support to local authorities impa

7 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Deportation: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 14 February 2025 to Question 30619 on Deportation and (b) 25 February 2025 to Question 33426, how many appeals against deportation orders have sought to rely on rights un

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Meadowgate Academy: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish her Department's advice issued to Cambridgeshire County Council in relation to plans to expand the number of places at Meadowgate Academy in Wisbech.

Source: official written-questions record.