Written questions
1,036 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Sector: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the delivery of public services in rural areas.
30 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity: Permitted Development Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Energy Networks Association’s report entitled Our common sense plan for planning, published in December 2023, if he will make it his policy to (a) amend permitted develo
30 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Planning: Electricity
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to accelerate complementary reforms on the electricity distribution network to ensure that grid connections are accelerated, in addition to reforms to the planni
30 May 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking support (a) schools and (b) parents with school transport in rural areas.
30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: South Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the agriculture budget will be spent in South Shropshire constituency.
21 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sites of Special Scientific Interest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to improve the condition of Sites of Specific Scientific Interest.
19 May 2025 · Department for Education
Breakfast Clubs: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure rural schools are able to access the Breakfast Clubs Early Adopters scheme.
19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the retention and recruitment of dentists in rural areas.
19 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve the long-term viability of local authority-owned leisure centres.
19 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase active travel options in rural areas.
19 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve mobile reliability in rural areas.
19 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 5 December 2024 from the hon. Member for South Shropshire, inviting him to meet farmers in his constituency.
13 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the sustainability of bus services in rural areas.
13 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will reduce the cost of the Veterans Railcard.
12 May 2025 · Home Office
Police: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding will be allocated to roll out hotspot policing in rural areas.
12 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to increase awareness of the availability of Pension Credit in rural areas.
12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: South Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dental care in South Shropshire constituency.
12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Disadvantaged: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle pockets of deprivation in rural local authority areas.
12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: South Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to support community pharmacies in South Shropshire constituency.
12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the long-term sustainability of the hospice sector.
12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Orthopaedics: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to support access to orthopaedic care for veterans.
6 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Authorities: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the (a) skills and (b) capacity of planning authorities in rural areas.
6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a Minister for Veterans Affairs will be appointed.
6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department is providing for the renovation of multi-use sports pitches.
6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Television Licences: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the TV licence increase on household budgets.
6 May 2025 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Rural Areas
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to support small businesses in (a) South Shropshire and (b) other rural communities.
6 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture and Food: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to increase export opportunities for UK farmers and food producers.
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help retailers distribute surplus food to local charities.
29 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Inflation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help return inflation to the target rate.
28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce food waste.
Source: official written-questions record.