Written questions

1,036 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Banking Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the adequacy of assessment criteria for establishing banking hubs.

5 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Crime Prevention: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is available from her Department for local crime prevention measures in rural areas.

5 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: South Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in rural towns and villages in South Shropshire constituency.

5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will reinstate financial support for the development of neighbourhood plans.

4 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Holiday Accommodation: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of extending Energy Performance Certificate regulations to short-term holiday lets on the financ

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the prevalence of the use of non-disclosure agreements during corporate restructuring in safety-critical sectors.

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

National Landscapes: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will increase the level of support available for the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to promote limestone insulation as an energy efficiency measure.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Environment Protection: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of of green levies on utility bills.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Churches: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support conservation projects in churches at risk.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve the sustainability of local authority leisure centres.

21 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres: South Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of community diagnostic hubs in South Shropshire constituency.

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

Food Supply: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to improve food security in South Shropshire constituency and the West Midlands.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of shotgun licences on funding for youth activities.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Fraud: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is being taken to increase scam awareness in rural communities.

21 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what action is being taken to support SEND transport costs in South Shropshire constituency.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements during corporate restructuring in safety-critical sectors in the context of the Employment Tribunal correction

18 Nov 2025 · Women and Equalities

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for South Shropshire dated 19 June 2025 with case reference number SA34564.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support independent specialist education colleges.

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

Rural Areas: Economic Growth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential for economic growth in rural areas.

12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support community ownership.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support community pubs.

12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Civil Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen UK civil defence and resilience.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support community libraries.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: South Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the visitor economy in South Shropshire constituency.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail on tackling postal delays in rural communities.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the provision of childcare in all rural areas.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mortuaries: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to closed mortuaries on family visiting arrangements.

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that veterans have access to childcare options.

30 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the ability of police forces to implement the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee.

Source: official written-questions record.