Written questions

1,338 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to improve transparency in (a) method-of-production welfare labelling and (b) country of origin labelling.

5 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Night-time Economy: Edmonton and Winchmore Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the night-time economy in Edmonton and Winchmore Hill constituency.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to introduce a national supply register for teachers.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Employment Agencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to reduce the use of large commercial agencies in the supply teaching sector.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by Independent Age entitled Too Little Too Late, published on 15 May 2025.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by Independent Age entitled Jumping Through Hoops, published on 4 March 2025.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Edmonton and Winchmore Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase take up of Pension Credit in Edmonton and Winchmore Hill constituency.

3 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Shellfish

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to include decapod crustaceans.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Commodities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to implement provisions in the Environment Act 2021 to impose due diligence regulations for forest risk commodities.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Rainforests: International Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing funding to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Kinship entitled Handle with Care: Annual survey of kinship carers 2025, published on 2 October 2025.

31 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent reports of a communications blackout being imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of Prostate Cancer Research's report entitled Prostate Cancer Screening: The Impact on the NHS, published in 14 October

20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Syrian counterpart on recent clashes between the Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces in Aleppo.

14 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Digital Services Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has considered making the Digital Services Tax a permanent measure.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies House: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether alternative non-digital methods of identity verification will be available for company directors following the rollout of mandatory identity verification via GOV.UK One Login from 18 November 2

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electronic Government: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of compulsory identity verification via One Login on (a) small business owners and (b) people who are digitally excluded.

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the the potential impact of reintroducing a nuclear role for the Royal Air Force on the UK’s commitment to nuclear disarmament under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in households impacted by No Recourse to Public Funds living in poverty.

16 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of British citizen children living in households subject to No Recourse to Public Funds.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of uprating the maximum income threshold for free school meals eligibility for children in families with No Recourse to Public Funds in line with the eligibi

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in families subject to No Recourse to Public Funds have received the concession on access to free school meals since 2022 by (a) region and (b) year.

5 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the post by the Israeli Government’s Arabic-language X account, published on 25 August 202

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Conditions of Employment and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with trade unions on the (a) pay and (b) conditions of NHS support staff.

1 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Food: Wholesale Trade

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions her Department has had with food and drink wholesalers on reforming the business rates system.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nutrition: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) parents and (b) caregivers in making informed nutritional choices for children.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Foods: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of commercial baby foods being marketed for infants under six months on baby health.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Foods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) cartoon characters on baby food packaging and (b) other child-directed imagery on baby health.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Foods: Sugar

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of sugar in snacks for children under two.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police: Subject Access Requests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service on the time taken to process Subject Access Requests.

Source: official written-questions record.