Written questions

2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide opportunities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds to learn a musical instrument.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve access to music education in schools.

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Organs: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve NHS Organ Donor Register registration rates among (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish people.

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Organs: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve NHS Organ Donor Register registration rates among ethnic minority groups.

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Transplant Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting times were for patients requiring an organ transplant in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) religion and (b) ethnic group.

20 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, will she make an assessment of the potential merits of delivering the next stage of the Midlands Rail Hub.

20 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Birmingham Cross City Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of restoring Birmingham’s Cross City service to four trains per hour on the economy.

19 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Baha'i Faith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Yemen on the restriction of freedom of religion or belief for Baha’is in that country; and whether the John Bunyan

19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of employees of NHS England: Midlands are in the (a) ESM 1, (b) ESM 2, (c) ESM 3 and (d) ESM 4 salary bands.

19 Mar 2025 · Attorney General

Gender Based Violence: Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure effective prosecutions in cases of violence against women and girls in Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for driving tests is in Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to modernise Job Centres in Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency.

19 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing levels of defence spending on levels of (a) Government funding and (b) private sector investment in Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Unemployment: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of young people not in education, employment or training in (a) Birmingham and b) Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency.

19 Mar 2025 · Attorney General

Crimes of Violence: Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure effective prosecution rates (a) serious and (b) violent crime in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.

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

Property Management Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regulations for managing agents.

19 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the collection of data on people affected by hate crime by (a) religion and (b) ethnicity.

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

Religious Hatred: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle hate crimes based on religion in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Birmingham and (c) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.

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

Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has she made in implementing the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023.

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

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to continue supporting local authorities with large shares of exempt supported accommodation in their areas through the supported housing improvement programme.

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

Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has she made of the adequacy of local authority powers to ensure that vacant rental properties are made available for new tenancies.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of proposals to (a) integrate geospatial data into the National Data Library and (b) review licensing barriers to its use.

19 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Cooperatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting cooperatives in developing countries.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress has been made on revising the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the contribution of the creative sectors in (a) Birmingham, Edgbaston, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands to the UK economy.

10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the defence sector in (a) Birmingham, Edgbaston, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands to the UK economy.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Children and Young People: Exercise

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to boost physical activity among children and young people.

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

Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on developing a food strategy that addresses both (a) public health and health inequalities and (b) affordability.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries across England and Wales were open in the most recent 10 years for which data is available.

10 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Development Association

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what contribution he will make to the World Bank IDA's 21st replenishment.

Source: official written-questions record.