Written questions

1,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Bradford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made on the adequacy of funding for children with special educational need in Bradford.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with mayoral combined authorities to deliver large-scale transport infrastructure.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the cost to the public purse of delaying the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has imposed new conditions on the release of funding for the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme following the government review.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delaying the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme into the late 2030s on Bradford.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme is delivered by the late 2030s.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what lessons her Department has learned from the cancellation of previous mass transit proposals in West Yorkshire when overseeing the current scheme.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the impact of inflation on the projected costs of the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme following its delay.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has conducted an equality impact assessment of the delay to the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role the Rail Minister has been given in overseeing the West Yorkshire mass transit project following the recent review.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the delay to the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme does not disproportionately disadvantage communities in Bradford.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria her Department uses when deciding whether a major transport project should be added to the Government’s Major Projects Portfolio.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the £2.1bn funding commitment for the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme remains fully allocated to the project following the programme reset.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what specific risks were identified by her Department that led to requiring West Yorkshire Combined Authority to separate route planning from the business case for the mass transit system.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recent government review of the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme on planned delivery timescales for the Bradford–Leeds line.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will publish regional breakdowns of households spending more than 20 per cent of disposable income on energy, including figures for Bradford, as part of the annual Fuel Poverty Statist

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding has been allocated to clean energy and green industrial projects in West Yorkshire since July 2024; and what steps she is taking to ensure that Bradford benefits from those i

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Budgets

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress her Department has made in meeting the targets set out in the Carbon Budget Delivery Plan; and what assessment she has made of the implications of current progress for ho

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to increase funding to local authorities such as Bradford Council to support the delivery of local home retrofit and insulation programmes as part of the Carbon B

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to end the higher standing charges paid by prepayment meter users; and if she will make an assessment of the impact of that inequality on low-income families in Bradf

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the additional annual cost to households in Bradford caused by delays in delivering large-scale home insulation programmes since 2019.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan: Bradford East

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many homes in Bradford East are expected to benefit from the Government’s Warm Homes Plan; and what estimate she has made of the average annual saving per household from those upgrades.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty: Bradford

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the level of fuel poverty in Bradford; and what steps her Department is taking to support households spending more than a quarter of their income on ene

31 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the penalties for driving with a non-compliant or ghost number plate.

31 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had recent discussions with West Yorkshire Police on tackling the use of ghost number plates in Bradford and the surrounding area.

31 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) local authorities and (b) police forces in West Yorkshire on the prevalence of illegal or ghost number plates used to evade enforcement cameras.

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mould: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the public health impact of prolonged exposure to damp and mould caused by defective insulation installed under government energy-efficiency schemes

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has worked with the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government to assess the implications of insulation-related building damage on housing safety and standards

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the disproportionate effect of failed insulation schemes on low-income households targeted by previous government energy-efficiency programmes.

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how future home energy efficiency programmes are planned to be independently audited to ensure quality assurance and prevent a recurrence of widespread installation failures such as those ide

Source: official written-questions record.