Written questions
773 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Scooters: Hire Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities verify that rental e-scooter users have a provisional or full UK driving licence with a category Q entitlement when operating trials in their
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Scooters: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will consider the potential merits of allowing the use of privately owned e-scooters if covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy.
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
VAT: Maladministration
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the official statistics entitled 2025 HMRC statistics announcements, published on 8 October 2025, what assessment he has made of the reasons for HMRC’s error in recording VAT cash receipts outturn.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many learner drivers did not attend their practical driving test (a) nationally, (b) in Norfolk and (c) in North West Norfolk constituency in each of the last five years.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Urban Areas: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage investment in high streets.
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Retail Trade: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed higher business rates multiplier on employment in the retail sector.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ICBs have retained their unspent dental allocation in each of the last five years.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding allocated to dentistry was clawed back by NHS England for each ICB area in 2024-5.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 69881 on Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis, whether her Department will make business case documents available for each scheme ahead of the Full Business Ca
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 69881 on Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis, what criteria was used to select each project; and when she will publish details.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 69881 on Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis, whether detailed Green Book analyses, costs, and benefit cost ratios for each scheme (a) had been calculated at
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Takata airbags no drive recall notice on (a) learner drivers and (b) practical driving test wait times.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of learner drivers not attending their practical driving test.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 25328 on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, whether he has received a copy of the report; and, with reference to his Department policy p
16 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Self-assessment: Fines
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to prevent people who owe no tax from being charged HMRC late-filing penalties.
16 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Self-assessment: Fines
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) abolishing and (b) capping the penalty for a single missed tax return for people earning less than £50,000.
16 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Self-assessment: Fines
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing HMRC late-filing penalties.
15 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power: Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with Island Green Power on the proposed plans for The Droves Solar Farm; and if he will publish (a) the minutes and (b) the agenda of any such meetings
8 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Landfill Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms in the Consultation on Reform of Landfill Tax in England and Northern Ireland, published on 28 April 2025 on the Government’s housebuildin
8 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Landfill Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms in the Consultation on Reform of Landfill Tax in England and Northern Ireland, published on 28 April 2025 on costs to the average UK infra
8 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Landfill Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms in the Consultation on Reform of Landfill Tax in England and Northern Ireland, published on 28 April 2025 on UK infrastructure proj
8 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Landfill Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed abolition of the lower rate of Landfill Tax, included in the Consultation on Reform of Landfill Tax in England and Northern Ireland, publis
1 Sep 2025 · Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department’s Spending Review settlement includes funding for a multi-year extension to the Holiday activities and food programme.
22 Jul 2025 · Treasury
Gambling: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her proposal for a remote betting and gaming duty on (a) rugby league, (b) snooker and (c) darts.
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her oral statement of 8 July on Road and Rail Projects, Official Report, column 815-817, what the benefit-cost ratio is for each project.
16 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the benefit-cost ratio of the Ely Area Capacity Enhancements scheme.
16 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to approve the Ely Area Capacity Enhancements scheme.
15 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Video Games
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) implementation of guidance entitled Loot boxes in video games: update on improvements to industry-led protections, published o
30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to meet with those harmed by sodium valproate.
30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a provisional registration scheme for trained international dentists to practice (a) under supervision and (b) with training support in the UK.
Source: official written-questions record.