Written questions

614 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with OFGEM regarding the potential impact of its guidance on the pricing practices of energy suppliers towards small businesses.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ofwat: Public Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with OFWAT regarding the accessibility of its public contact channels; and what steps are being taken to ensure that members of the public receive timel

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Market Operator Services: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of MOSL’s administrative overheads on levels of investment in water infrastructure; and whether she has considered changes to ensur

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of administrative and financial processes that small businesses are required to follow by the non-household water retail marke

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason small businesses are prohibited from purchasing water and wastewater services directly from local water companies; and whether she plans to review this restriction.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of transparency of pricing information provided by non-household water retailer; and what steps she is taking to ensure that sma

2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS waiting times for ADHD assessments; and what role he expects the independent sector capacity to have in meeting demand.

2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patient Choice Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to integrated care boards on local commissioning in the context of patients’ legal right to choose under the NHS Choice Framework.

2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Patient Choice Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Integrated Care Boards placing (a) activity caps and (b) other restrictions on NHS Right to Choose ADHD providers on patient (i) access, (ii)

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Exports: Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken for export inspections on UK exporters, international competitiveness, customer confidence and business survival.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken for exports on specialist engineering and manufacturing firms reliant on timely international shipments.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department provides to UK firearms-related manufacturing businesses to ensure that legitimate exports are processed in a timely manner.

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Export Controls

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to reduce the time taken for consignments accompanied by valid Export Control Joint Unit licences to clear the border.

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Exports: Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average processing time is for export consignments subject to additional checks by HMRC and Border Force; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce backlogs for compliant exporters.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to strengthen whistleblowing protections for teachers who raise concerns about safeguarding, political indoctrination or unlawful gender-related practices in schools.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Freedom of Speech

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many whistleblowing complaints relating to (a) free speech, (b) academic freedom and (c) political discrimination have been reported to her Department since 2020.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Freedom of Speech

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support university (a) staff and (b) students who raise concerns about breaches of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.

12 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that civil servants who raise concerns about (a) misconduct, (b) political bias and (c) breaches of impartiality are protected from retaliation.

12 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of internal whistleblowing channels within the Civil Service; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an independent external repo

12 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many whistleblowing complaints were submitted by civil servants in each of the last five years.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that regulators correctly investigate whistleblowing disclosures.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Sector: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of regulatory oversight of whistleblowing complaints in the public sector.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that whistleblowers are not subject to (a) disciplinary action, (b) dismissal and (c) blacklisting after raising concerns in the public interest.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to bring forward proposals to strengthen statutory protections for whistleblowers.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Bodies: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the whistleblowing framework in protecting people who report wrongdoing in public bodies.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Courier Services: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of working conditions for self-employed couriers in the parcel delivery sector, including training standards, pay rates, and safeguarding obligations.

9 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Courier Services: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed the potential impact of courier networks using sub-accounts within courier networks on trends in the level of people working illegally.

9 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Courier Services: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal working investigations have been opened into parcel delivery firms in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in (a) civil penalties and (b) prosecutions.

9 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Evri: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received reports of (a) under-18s, (b) individuals without a driving licence and (c) individuals without valid immigration status being engaged as couriers by (i) Evri and (

9 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Evri: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of compliance by Evri and its subcontractors with statutory right-to-work checks.

Source: official written-questions record.