Written questions

503 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards can continue to provide consistent care and support to service users while restructuring processes are ongoing.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Bridges: Great Grimsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support North East Lincolnshire Council to complete the long-overdue repairs and re-open Corporation Bridge in Great Grimsby.

1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential merits of introducing routine finger-prick blood glucose testing or urine testing for children who display one or more recognised symptoms of Type 1 diabete

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: North East Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of early years SEND support capacity in North East Lincolnshire; and what support her Department is providing to ensure early identification and intervention for children age

1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children referred for (a) neurodevelopmental and (b) paediatric assessment continue to receive care during transitions between (i) services and (i

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls the Child Maintenance Service MP hotline has received in 2025.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Market Rasen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with National Rail and LNER on alternative platform solutions at Market Rasen on the Lincoln to Cleethorpes East Coast line.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Technical Excellence Colleges: Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a Technical Excellence College in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her department is providing to local authorities to help them increase levels of library use ahead of the national year of reading in 2026.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Extended Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) financial sustainability of early years providers and (b) capacity of schools to deliver wraparound care in areas experiencing long waiting lists.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the installation of solar panels on the level of Energy Performance Certificate ratings for domestic properties.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that rail companies maintain (a) station ramps and (b) boarding equipment to safe standards for passengers using wheelchairs and mobility scooters.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85197 on Motor Vehicles: Testing, what steps her Department is taking to support small and independent MOT testing stations in managing operational costs.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85820 on Marriages and Civil Partnerships: LGBT+ People, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the guidance on registering births to

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure registrars receive clear (a) guidance and (b) training on registering births to same-sex couples who conceive after marriage.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage competition between independent MOT testing garages and large national chains.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Motor Vehicles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Sentencing Council on introducing tougher sentences for repeat (a) motorbike and (b) car theft offenders.

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Clean Energy: Technical Excellence Colleges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing one of the five proposed Clean Energy Technical Excellence Colleges in Northern Lincolnshire.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department had with teachers on the removal of the application window for the 2024–25 Student Finance England teacher student loan reimbursement scheme to March 2026, and what assessment sh

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of probation staff pay, in the context of the (a) workload and (b) public safety responsibilities of probation staff.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to Lyft shots prescribed for children with Type 1 diabetes in (a) Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency and (b) England.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of variations between integrated care boards for access to free Lyft shots on the management of Type 1 diabetes; and whether he has plans to ensu

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coeliac Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of gluten free prescribing provision for people with coeliac disease.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Agencies: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking fiscal steps to help support employment agencies in the context of trends in the level of costs in that sector.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to meet representatives of the UK fishmeal and fish oil export sector to discuss (a) the impact of delays at EU ports and (b) potential solutions.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support UK exporters of Category 3 fishmeal and fish oil facing delays at EU Border Control Posts.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how often physical sampling checks are applied by the Service d’Inspection Vétérinaire Et Phytosanitaire to UK consignments of Category 3 fishmeal and fish oil exported through Calais;

2 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments rate; and whether she plans to update that rate.

2 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Skilled Worker visa salary threshold on the ability of veterinary practices to recruit staff; and what appeals process is a

2 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the minimum salary requirement is for overseas-qualified veterinary surgeons to be eligible for Skilled Worker visas.

Source: official written-questions record.