Written questions

1,565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reforming physical infrastructure access pricing for Project Gigabit to reduce rural build costs for alternative netwo

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing fiscal incentives to support private investment in rural broadband networks, in the context of the Physical Inf

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will hold discussions with Ofcom on revising the Physical Infrastructure Access pricing model to ensure consistent competitive conditions between (a) national ISPs and (b) altern

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Drax Power Station: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that public subsidies provided to data centre partnerships are not used to support Drax Power Station.

15 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Museums and Galleries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the flat rate anti-money laundering supervision fee regime on small art galleries.

15 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Museums and Galleries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) relief and (b) a discounted rate for small art galleries following the increase in anti-money laundering supervision fees.

2 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July to Question 64209 on Western Sahara: Human Rights, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Morocco on the details of what auto

2 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Migrant Camps

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to increase the provision of aid to the Sahrawi refugee camps, following the UN Secretary General’s report entitled Question of Western Sahara of 31 July 202

2 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on the blocking of visits by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to occupied Western

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) ringfencing a minimum amount of community justice funding specifically for residential rehabilitation services, (b) establishing formal pathways betwe

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to include residential rehabilitation treatment in her plans for justice reform.

16 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Block Grant: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 66247 on Public Expenditure: Wales, when her Department plans to publish a new release of Block Grant Transparency data.

14 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: International Cooperation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2024 to Question 4409 on Taxation: International Cooperation, what recent steps she has taken to support the implementation of UN General Assembly resolution A /RES/78/230 on t

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

McClure Solicitors: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to (a) identify and (b) support people affected by the collapse of McClure solicitors.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

McClure Solicitors: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate has she made of the number of people in Wales who have had difficulty in dealing with their (a) property and (b) other investments placed in trusts following the collapse of McClure solicitor

9 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the total amount of Barnett consequential funding which will be made available to Wales following the City Region Local Transport funding announced on 4 June 2025.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to establish an alternative disputes resolution process for people affected by changes in state pension age for women.

30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review report, published on 8 July 2020, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching a public inquiry i

23 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on Morocco's refusal to allow a visit to Western Sahara by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights since Januar

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of automatically exempting armed forces veterans with severe, long-term PTSD from repeat disability assessments.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory veteran-aware training for benefit assessors.

16 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on updating the Welsh Fiscal Framework.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telemedicine: Voice over Internet Protocol

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the National Telecare Campaign is delivered bilingually in (a) English and (b) Welsh across all platforms.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has received representations from the Welsh Government requesting that the East-West rail project be reclassified as an England only project.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department classifies heavy rail projects located entirely within England as (a) local and (b) national projects.

10 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48499 on Revenue and Customs, whether her Department plans to publish the minutes of the 2024 meeting of the Statutory Payment Consultation Group.

10 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48499 on Revenue and Customs, when HMRC's Statutory Payment Consultation Group will next be convened.

9 Jun 2025 · Treasury

East West Rail Line: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her Department's policy that the classification of the East-West rail project as carrying 100% comparability factor for Wales is a publishing error in each Statement of funding policy, published betwee

9 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Deirdre Murphy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Máire ní Mhurchú has access to legal representation following her detention by Israel.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any of the regional transport infrastructure projects announced on 4 June 2025 will be classified as England and Wales projects.

Source: official written-questions record.