Written questions

1,432 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thames Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the deadline is for Thames Water to submit its annual review of its Water Resources Management Plan under section 37A of the Water Industry Act 1991.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to help support parents with the costs of the Family Court system.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment she has made of the performance of the Family Court system in (a) London and (b) the rest of the country.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Twickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to increase funding for (a) road maintenance and (b) pothole repairs in Twickenham.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Locksmiths: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to address consumer protection concerns in the locksmith sector.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Locksmiths: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the current regulatory framework for the locksmith industry.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Universal Credit and (b) Universal Credit health element claimants are (i) current and (ii) previous members of the UK Armed Forces.

24 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many matter starts there have been for (a) legal help public law level one, (b) family help public law lower level two, (c) legal help private law level one and (d) family help private law lower level two in

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of (a) telephone and (b) online Work Capability Assessments in ensuring the needs of disabled people are (i) met and (ii) understood.

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the New Economic Foundation's publication entitled Flying Fair: Modernising the air transport tax system, published in June 2025.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on care-leavers.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that care leavers are not disproportionately impacted by the proposed changes in the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.

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

Environment Agency: Twickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to increase the Environment Agency's budget for the maintenance of assets in Twickenham.

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

Environment Agency: Twickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Environment Agency on the maintenance of assets in Twickenham.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of ending transitional protections for free school meals on levels of school funding.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any of the funding announced in the Spending Review for reform of the SEND system will be used to cover existing SEND related deficits at local authority level.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the funding announced in the Spending Review 2025 for reform of the SEND system will be invested in improving early identification of SEND.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the increase to the core schools budget for 2025-26 and 2026-27 is expected to be spent by schools in covering part of the (a) recent teacher pay rise and (b) National Insurance contribution increas

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support access to postal services for small businesses.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on improving (a) service and (b) delivery.

13 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the affordability of rail fares in (a) Twickenham constituency and (b) London.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

School Transport: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the announced expansion to Free School Meals eligibility will affect eligibility for Free School Transport.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas voters from Twickenham constituency are impacted by frozen British Pensions; and what steps she is taking to support those overseas voters.

11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that statutory duties for safeguarding (a) children with special educational needs and disabilities and (b) other children are met, in the context of the NHS

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of Heathrow Airport's regulatory framework.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that plans for Heathrow’s expansion do not result in increased costs for passengers.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to undertake a comprehensive review of Heathrow’s economic regulation before a final decision on a third runway is made.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national roll out of the category 2 segmentation pilots run by (a) London Ambulance Service and (b) West Midlands Ambulance Service to prior

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including strokes as a Category 1 ambulance call.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the length of ambulance response times on outcomes for stroke patients.

Source: official written-questions record.