Written questions

462 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Ceramics

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority's analysis of the ceramics sector’s carbon leakage risk.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Bricks

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with representatives of the brick-making industry from East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency on replacing the EU Carbon Leakage List.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Bricks

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the brick-making industry on replacing the EU Carbon Leakage List.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making commercially viable decarbonisation solutions available.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he considered introducing (a) carbon leakage protections and (b) carbon border adjustment mechanisms before extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme beyond 2030.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that the proposed reforms of the student finance system include (a) refinancing and (b) reform options for historic student loan repayments.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a comprehensive review of student loan interest rates.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support councils with home to school transport costs for SEND children.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to set out her planned timetable for the urgent review of the 2014 Reforms to the SEND Code of Practice.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to help reduce regional differences in SEND funding.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: West Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the SEND funding allocation system for children in West Sussex.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing long term funding through (a) grants and (b) discounts to small abattoirs.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps has he taken to reduce regulations on (a) small-scale abattoirs and (b) other rural food producers in Sussex.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help expand the network of small abattoirs in (a) the South East and (b) England.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support small abattoirs.

22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Slaughterhouses: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Food Standards Agency (a) inspection charges and (b) regulations on small abattoirs.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of small abattoirs on food (a) safety and (b) security.

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Farms: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of an independent review of inheritance tax changes for family farms.

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Farms: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed inheritance tax changes to family farms on (a) rural communities and (b) East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent fraud by nationwide GP chains.

21 Jul 2025 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers were contracted in the seasonal workforce within Border Force in 2024.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Audits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to conduct regular financial audits of GP practices that are part of national chains on an (a) national and (b) local individual surgery basis.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) ICBs have issued guidance to larger GP practices with multiple sites across several ICB areas.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance on the maximum distance that a patient should travel to see their registered GP.

21 Jul 2025 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former seasonal workforce officers were offered permanent positions after their contacts ended prior to 2024; and how many vacancies there were for them in 2024.

21 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions waiting time targets were exceeded at major points of entry in 2024.

21 Jul 2025 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) travel and (b) other costs were of back filling shortfalls in Border Force staff in 2024; and how many (i) posts and (ii) hours of time were backfilled.

21 Jul 2025 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) sickness and (b) staff retention rates were of the seasonal workforce in Border force in 2024.

21 Jul 2025 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget was for the seasonal workforce for Border Force in 2024.

21 Jul 2025 · Wales Office

Railways: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to her oral answer in response to the question from the hon. Member for Lichfield of 16 July 2025, Official Report, Column 282, what the evidential basis is for her statement on historic underfunding.

Source: official written-questions record.