Written questions

648 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes: Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance is provided to police forces on the enforcement of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 in relation to the harassment of elderly or vulnerable residents by park home site own

23 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Fit and Proper Person test in protecting park home residents from unsuitable landowners.

23 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes: Tenants' Associations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will review the enforcement powers available to local authorities in cases where a site owner refuses to formally (a) recognise and (b) consult with a Qualifying Residents’

19 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service is taking to rectify technical errors in its automated billing system that result in paying parents receiving multiple, conflicting requests for different paymen

19 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Child Maintenance Service’s (a) call-back performance and (b) adherence to its own service level agreements regarding telephone communicati

13 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bulimia: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his department has made on improving support for patients with bulimia.

13 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: River Wear

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her department has made to a) strengthen the Environment Agency and b) support the EAs work to improve the condition of the River Wear.

13 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Credit Unions: Reform

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress her Department has made on reform of the credit union common bond.

12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of patient parking at hospitals across County Durham.

6 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure the business rates system supports the regeneration of high streets.

2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison education staff have been made redundant in each of the past 12 months.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Training: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to restore public funding for union-led workplace learning programmes.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Universities: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the levels of the risk of insolvency among universities in England.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the international student levy on university incomes.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the number of course closures announced in higher education over the past year.

24 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of its internal review process for fraud investigations in cases where a claimant provides evidence of (a) identity and (b) location that con

24 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit fraud prosecutions were (a) withdrawn by his Department and (b) dismissed by a judge before trial in each of the last three financial years; and if he will provide a breakdown

10 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Disorders: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of providing training to mental health teams on adapting their support to children with lifelong speech and language difficulties.

10 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Developmental Language Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to treat developmental language disorders in line with autism by matching levels of freely available support, training and information for parents and carers.

10 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Developmental Language Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered requesting the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to set national clinical guidelines for developmental language disorders.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to improve a) universal, b) targeted and c) specialist speech, language and communication support.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Disabled Children’s Partnership and the Speech, Language and Communication Alliance's 2025 report entitled How to spend less an

10 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank: Demolition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential humanitarian impact of the reported demolition issued against 13 residential houses and a community centre in the village of Um

16 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making (a) critical thinking and (b) problem solving key competencies in the education system.

16 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Financial Institutions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a windfall tax on the profits of (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of restricting the sale of fireworks to organised and regulated displays.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equitable provision of palliative care in England.

15 Oct 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 fund the specialist palliative care provided by hospices.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospices receive the required funding to increase staffing wages in line with nationally agreed NHS pay rises.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect the (a) cost of the services they provide and (b) needs of their local populations.

Source: official written-questions record.