Written questions

1,495 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Supermarkets: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with the Competition and Markets Authority on updating the designations under the Controlled Land Order to help promote fair competition in the grocery sector.

6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Direct Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with local authorities on enabling direct payment to care workers where providers have collapsed or ceased operations.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Career Breaks: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) initiatives and (b) retraining opportunities are available for people returning to work after a career break for caring responsibilities.

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of defence equipment collaboration between the UK and Germany on levels of investment in (a) infrastructure and (b) innovation in the North West.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that social care providers recruiting (a) internationally and (b) within the UK comply with British (i) legal obligations and (ii) ethical standar

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Care Workers: Pay and Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to enforce compliance among social care providers based (a) in the UK and (b) abroad that fail to pay (i) wages and (ii) pension contributions.

28 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help protect migrant social care workers from (a) substandard accommodation, (b) non-payment of wages, (c) contracts containing repayment clauses and (d) other e

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether permission from her Department was required by Avanti West Coast to undertake its station rostering review.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will make an assessment of the impact of (a) unfilled station staff vacancies and (b) use of fixed-term contracts at Avanti West Coast-managed railway stations on (i) trends in the length

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her Department has given to including Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in the cohort for the pilot on the kinship allowance trial scheme.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Strategy Advisory Board: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to introduce representation of independent (a) environmental experts and (b) clinicians on the Food Strategy Advisory Board.

7 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many scientific procedures involved the use of dogs from 2020- 2024.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will ask (a) local authorities and (b) combined authorities to undertake an audit of bus stops in order to identify those that fall below the standard.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

West Coast Main Line: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with Avanti West Coast on the (a) reliability and (b) speed of wifi connectivity on west coast mainline passenger railway services.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing adequate passenger services to Reddish South railway station.

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many physician associates were employed by the NHS in England in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the num

31 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Valuation Office Agency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to (a) reduce the backlog at the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and (b) improve the efficiency of VOA services.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to improve Passenger Assist service for rail users in England.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Journalism: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that more people from disadvantaged backgrounds take up journalism courses and training.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make an assessment of the sustainability of local news outlets in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) North West of England.

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to treatment for people with Parkinson’s in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) Greater Manchester.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) public awareness and (b) accessibility of the flood warning service.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote sustainable flood management practices in (a) flood-prone and (b) other areas.

24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support children living in poverty to access healthcare services in Stockport .

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the proportion of children in relative poverty in Stockport constituency.

19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the NHS to help ensure that it meets the target that 92% of people waiting for elective mental health treatment wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral t

19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many physician associates are working in GP surgeries across (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the North West.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Training: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase to employer's National Insurance contributions on the ability of independent training providers to provide skills development and

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Typhoon Aircraft: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of replacing retiring Tranche 1 Typhoon aircrafts with foreign-built aircraft on (a) BAE Systems sites at (i) Warton and (ii) Samlesbury and (b) the UK aerospac

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure the accountability of care homes providing care below acceptable standards.

Source: official written-questions record.