Written questions

96 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with (a) specialist and (b) independent providers to ensure that reforms to the (i) SEND and (ii) schools system improves outcomes for children requiring specialist care.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to ensure that the (a) experiences and (b) evidence of specialist education providers are reflected in policy decisions affecting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) extend the consultation period and (b) hold further discussions with (i) specialist and (ii) independent providers on the proposed schools white paper.

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Special Olympics

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken steps to explore hosting the Special Olympics World Summer Games.

21 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department was first alerted to the possibility of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans being banned from the fixture against Aston Villa on 6 November 2025.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department was first alerted to the possibility of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans being banned from the fixture against Aston Villa on the 6th November.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Performing Arts: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the Injury Prevention Consultancy entitled Impact of Injury ’24 report, published in March 2025, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure the safety of performe

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Landfill Tax: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of HMRC’s attempts to tackle landfill tax fraud on unauthorised illegal waste sites; and how much money has been recovered from prosecutions in the last 3 years.

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

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many illegal waste sites the Environment Agency has closed in the last three years.

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

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency’s budget is for tackling illegal waste activity in the financial year 2025-26.

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

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle illegal waste activities in (a) Worcestershire and (b) England.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to legal aid.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve Child Maintenance Service response times.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the Child Maintenance Service.

27 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of siting solar farms near Category A prisons on the security of (a) communications, (b) wi-fi and (c) energy supplies.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Droitwich and Evesham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with South Western Railway on the potential impact of the removal of the 7.37am service from Worcestershire Parkway to Birmingham New Street on commuters living in Droitwich and Eve

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) local authorities on the proposed acceleration of (a) Worcestershire Parkway and (b) other housing site

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for housing developments in (a) Wychavon District Council and (b) England have the Gardens Trust and Sport England contributed to in their capaciti

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the answer of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the urgent question of 14 January 2025 on Drones: High-security Prisons, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using

14 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Prisons: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the urgent question of 14 January 2025 on Drones: High-security Prisons, what assessment she has made of the potential imp

23 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the annual budget for the proposed Office for Value for Money; whether that body will be established in statute; and how its Board will be appointed.

23 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Public Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions she had transition talks with officials in her Department in the last Parliament; and whether she had discussions on economic forecasts pertaining to the public finances.

23 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Public Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech of 8 July 2024, whether the Office for Budget Responsibility has played a role in her review of public finances.

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been (a) seized and (b) taken into quarantine at (i) the Port of Dover and (ii) Eurotunnel in each month in 2019.

11 Apr 2019 · Attorney General

Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions

What steps the CPS is taking to prosecute people responsible for female genital mutilation.

7 Feb 2019 · Women and Equalities

Domestic Abuse: Females

What steps the Government is taking to support women who have experienced domestic abuse.

6 Feb 2019 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad

What plans he has to change the time limit on the entitlement of UK citizens living overseas to register to vote in UK parliamentary elections.

29 Jan 2019 · Treasury

Income Tax

What progress he has made on reducing the amount of income tax that people pay.

20 Dec 2018 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Israel

What recent discussions he has had with the Government of Israel on bilateral trade and investment.

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government

What recent steps his Department has taken to support local government.

Source: official written-questions record.