Written questions
1,945 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Public Sector: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of potential efficiency savings in public services that could reduce pressure on public spending while maintaining service quality.
17 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Economic Growth and Productivity
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to bring forward supply-side reforms aimed at improving productivity in key growth sectors of the economy.
17 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the UK’s international tax competitiveness relative to comparable OECD economies; and what consideration she is giving to measures that would encourage investment and business growth.
17 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current counter-extremism programmes; and whether she plans to introduce further measures to tackle extremist activity and protect public safety.
17 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to expand the use of stop-and-search powers in areas with persistently high levels of knife crime.
17 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to expand the use of stop-and-search powers in areas with persistently high levels of knife crime.
17 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent police recruitment and deployment changes on neighbourhood crime levels.
17 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of removals of individuals with no legal right to remain in the UK; and what assessment she has made of current capacity for enforced returns
17 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current deterrence measures aimed at reducing illegal Channel crossings; and what further steps she plans to take to prevent small-boat arri
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2025 on Support for Young People, HCWS1137, what evidence underpinned the selection of Birmingh
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Sector-based Work Academy Programme: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2025 on Support for Young People, HCWS1137, what steps he is taking to ensure that expanded Sector-based Work Academy Programmes in West Midlands gr
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2025 on Support for Young People, HCWS1137, and the ambition to support 50,000 more young people into apprenticeships, what modelling his Department
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2025 on Support for Young People, HCWS1137, what assessment he has made of the readiness of Jobcentre Plus districts across the West Midlands, inclu
17 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Treasury: Video Recordings
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the treasury spends on external videography services annually.
17 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Treasury: Scotland and Wales
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on her visit to Wales and Scotland in early December 2025, including staffing, accommodation, expenses and security.
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways: Marketing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of introducing the Great British Rail branding on existing regional identities and heritage railway liveries; whether she plans to permit local or heritage-specific va
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways: Marketing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for implementing the Great British Rail branding across (a) rolling stock, (b) stations, (c) staff uniforms and (d) digital platforms; what estimate she has made of the cost of eac
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways: Marketing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Great British Rail branding designs currently in circulation are the final approved versions; what stages of design development or ministerial approval remain outstanding; what consultation has take
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways: Marketing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what external agencies or consultants her Department or its arm’s-length bodies have commissioned to design the branding, logo and visual identity for Great British Rail; whether those contracts were subject to
17 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways: Marketing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total budget is for the development and rollout of branding for Great British Rail; and what the cost has been to date.
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of how planning reforms will affect public consultation and community engagement in planning decisions in the West Midlands.
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to review the performance and efficiency of the planning appeals process under forthcoming reforms.
10 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways: Network Rail
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timeline is for the full transition of responsibilities from Network Rail to Great British Railways as set out in the Railways Bill.
10 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of rail freight capacity through the West Midlands corridor.
10 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Railways Bill on service reliability of rail routes (a) connecting Birmingham and Walsall and (b) the rest of the West Midlands.
9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's planning reform proposals on the continued protection of green spaces and environmentally sensitive sites
9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Brownfield Sites: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support is available to West Midlands local authorities to bring forward brownfield sites under the proposed changes to the planning system.
9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that planning reforms support the timely delivery of local infrastructure in areas experiencing housing growth in the West Midlands.
9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Plans: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of planning reform proposals on the timescales for the adoption of local plans by local authorities in the West Midland
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many face-to-face assessments for benefit claimants have taken place since 1 January 2024.
Source: official written-questions record.