Written questions

1,036 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to deliver at least one Family Hub in every local authority area.

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: South Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help expedite Pension Credit claims from South Shropshire constituency.

21 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Police: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the projected savings that will be raised via the police collaboration and efficiency programme.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help public libraries expand outreach work.

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

Food: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to focus public sector procurement on locally produced food.

18 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that medical students remain in the (a) UK and (b) medical profession after graduation.

18 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of training pathways to GP registration in (a) rural areas and (b) general.

18 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: South Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the numbers of GPs in South Shropshire.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help promote reading for fun in schools.

11 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Banks: Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of bank closures on access to (a) cash and (b) in-person banking services.

11 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Arts and Tourism: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to allocate funding to support (a) sustainability and (b) innovation in the arts, tourism and leisure sector.

11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health support for residents in rural areas.

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

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support (a) prevention and (b) recovery efforts by local flood action groups.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve transport infrastructure within rural communities.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the availability of funding for small charities.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help increase mobile phone coverage.

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

Combined Authorities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department has provided to help support the operation of mayoral combined authorities in each of the last five years.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to help protect Post Office services in rural areas.

5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support unpaid carers in rural areas.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available to retrofit homes in rural areas.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Rural Areas

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

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

Park Homes: Utilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to support park home residents with the cost of utilities.

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

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Question 25742 tabled by the hon. Member for South Shropshire on 22 January 2025.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase capacity within the prison system.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) quantity of apprenticeships within the (i) Armed Forces and (ii) associated supply chains.

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities reported an (a) underspend and (b) overspend on public health grants in the last five financial years.

27 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Police: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on police recruitment.

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support local authorities with the impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on public health contracts.

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing local authorities longer-term public health funding.

27 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Apprentices: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on apprenticeship schemes.

Source: official written-questions record.