Written questions

1,945 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Skilled Workers: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with local employers in the West Midlands on tackling skills shortages.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current employment support programmes in former industrial areas.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: Aldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help increase uptake of apprenticeships among young people in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of local labour market participation rates in the West Midlands.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve outcomes for children with special educational needs.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels in the availability of specialist school places in constituencies such as Aldridge-Brownhills.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to reduce SEND assessment backlogs.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Cycling: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure all children can access cycle training at school.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is her Department taking to ensure that all pupils leave school with life-saving road safety skills.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Physical Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the benefits to educational outcomes of regular physical activity.

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce fly-tipping in suburban and semi-rural areas.

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed waste reforms on local authorities such as Walsall Council.

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support councils to improve recycling rates.

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the consistency of household waste collection services across the West Midlands.

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in reference to HCWS1230, 8 January 2026, when the Farming Roadmap will be published; what timescales it will set out for future changes to farm support; and how it will provide long-t

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hill Farming: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to HCWS1230, what funding she has allocated to the place-based uplands approach announced at the Oxford Farming Conference; what objectives it is intended to achieve; an

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to HCWS1230, when the Farming and Food Partnership Board will be established; what criteria will be used to ensure balanced representation across the farming and food se

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to HCWS1230, how her Department will define small farms for the purposes of reopening the Sustainable Farming Incentive; what assessment she has made of barriers to part

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to HCWS1230, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms to the Sustainable Farming Incentive on levels of domestic food prod

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has she made of the number of places that will be available for a) young British nationals and b) young EU nationals in each of the next five years under the new Erasmus scheme; and what assessmen

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to proposals to modernise planning committees and introduce a national scheme of delegation, whether applications affecting green belt land could be determined by

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the new cross-boundary strategic planning mechanisms proposed in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, what assessment he has made of the level of the risk that

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Impact Assessment accompanying the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, what assessment he has made of the proportion of additional housing delivery expected t

22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 90706, how the Neighbourhood Health Service will improve access to care in rural areas and communities with poor digital connectivity or low d

22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 90706, how neighbourhood health services in the West Midlands will be staffed in practice; what steps are being taken to address workforce sho

22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 90706, what funding has been allocated to each West Midlands area participating in wave 1 of the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation

21 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gibraltar: UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government intends to publish an Explanatory Memorandum alongside the UK-EU Treaty on Gibraltar addressing its constitutional, economic and security implications.

21 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gibraltar: UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to make a written or oral statement to the House on progress towards ratification of the UK-EU Treaty on Gibraltar, including the remaining steps and expect

21 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gibraltar: UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government’s anticipated timetable is for laying the UK-EU Treaty on Gibraltar before Parliament for scrutiny and ratification.

20 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of the threat posed to UK interests by extremist groups operating in north-west Syria.

Source: official written-questions record.