Written questions

1,705 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to introduce stricter enforcement on the size of Traveller encampments.

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce new powers to allow local authorities to address illegal Traveller encampments.

13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Quetiapine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase domestic production of quetiapine.

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether their department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the amount offered in decoration allowance following repairs to social housing being carried out by a loc

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people living in social housing receive sufficient decoration allowance following home repairs carried out by a local authority.

28 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to address the low uptake for local authority homelessness assessments amongst young people.

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing levels of welfare spending on foreign nationals by benefit type.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure people whose homes have inadequate access space can access emergency ambulance services to their property.

16 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Emergency Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the number of houses in the UK with inadequate access space for emergency service vehicles.

16 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Emergency Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure new housing developments are built with adequate space for emergency service vehicles to (a) enter and (b) manoeuvre.

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the bilateral criminal records sharing agreements with (a) Albania, (b) Kosovo and (c) the Five Eyes Alliance when vetting individuals seeking re

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: INTERPOL

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of information-sharing through INTERPOL channels with non-EU member states on individuals seeking residency in the UK.

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking to ensure people arriving from (a) EU states and (b) non-EU sates are subject to criminal record checks when entering the UK.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Therapy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential link between increases in digital communication methods and speech, language and communication needs in children.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment the Government has made of the connection between speech, language and communication needs for children and their long-term employment prospects in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) natio

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment the Government has made of the connection between speech, language and communication needs and educational attainment in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) nationally.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Therapy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for NHS children’s speech and language therapy support in (a) Ashfield, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) nationally.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the use of regional airports.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support domestic ferry companies.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Ports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure British ports operate at high efficiency.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Shipping: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce international maritime drug smuggling through British ports.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on trends in the number of jobs in the oil and gas sector since 2023.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on trends in the average cost of household energy bills since 2023.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the quality of open water in Ashfield constituency.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the water quality of open water in Ashfield constituency.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to ensure people living with bowel cancer can access suitable support.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support research into (a) causes and (b) treatment of bowel cancer.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to provide earlier diagnosis for bowel cancer.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of support guidelines in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for children with autism.

Source: official written-questions record.