Written questions
1,705 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Multiple Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will legislate for mandatory licensing of all Houses in Multiple Occupation.
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
Swimming: Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that children who didn’t reach the water safety section of national curriculum swimming lessons receive the required teaching on water safety.
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
Swimming: Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate the Government has made of the number of children who didn’t reach the water safety section of national curriculum swimming lessons.
14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infectious Diseases: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to tackle (a) sepsis, (b) meningitis and (c) pneumonia in newborn babies.
14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infectious Diseases: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve prevention of (a) Group B Strep and (b) serious infections in newborn babies.
14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infectious Diseases: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to raise awareness of (a) Group B Strep and (b) severe infections in newborn babies.
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made regarding turnaround times for investigations in the recovery from estate department.
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what target times are set for investigations in the recovery from estate department.
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce backlogs in the recovery from estate department.
9 Jul 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure Centres: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to support local authorities with the cost of maintaining leisure centres.
9 Jul 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government are taking to increase the number of leisure centres in Britain.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
Physical Education: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support private external companies that provide general curriculum PE lessons to schools.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
Physical Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools with the costs of providing high quality PE.
7 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of long A&E wait times on older patients.
7 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of A&E capacities in England.
7 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department is taking to reduce A&E wait times in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England.
6 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
Kinship Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve support available to children in kinship care.
24 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Convictions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have entered Britain illegally in the last three years that have previously been convicted of a crime in another country.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent conversations her Department has had with the DVLA regarding waiting times for applications involving medical conditions.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds regarding waiting times for applications to the DVLA involving medical conditions.
23 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Anti-social Behaviour: Motorcycles
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to increase police powers to address antisocial off-road biking.
23 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Anti-social Behaviour: Motorcycles
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle antisocial biking in towns.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve accessibility on buses.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve accessibility on trains.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to improve (a) ease of travel and (b) safety for visually impaired people on public transport.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Station: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to introduce step free access at Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station.
23 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Theft: Motorcycles
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle motorcycle theft in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) nationwide.
23 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Motorcycles: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of judicial powers in respect of motorcycle theft.
23 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Anti-social Behaviour: Motor Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police powers to seize (a) motorcycles and (b) other vehicles being used antisocially.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of judicial penalties for fly-tipping offences.
Source: official written-questions record.