Written questions
572 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Primates: Pets
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of primates being kept as pets in the UK.
18 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Primates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to produce updated public guidance on the ban on primates from April 2026.
18 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Zoos: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of local authorities to enforce regulations on zoo licensing.
15 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Veterinary Surgeons Act.
10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Fractures: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure all Integrated Care Boards have Fracture Liaison Services.
8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Restoration Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduced ring-fenced Water Restoration Fund on local water improvement projects.
8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Restoration Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Water Restoration Fund will be continued after the first round of payments have been awarded.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal and Plant Health Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62667 on Animal and Plant Health Agency, whether those investments include (a) biosecurity and (b) the redevelopment of the Animal and
30 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Central Line: Graffiti
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions with the Mayor of London on graffiti on the Central Line.
27 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided an increase in funding to schools for the 2025-26 teachers’ pay award in Essex.
27 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools are adequately funded to meet the full cost of the 2025-26 teachers’ and support staff pay awards in Essex.
25 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the (a) situation and (b) safety of British nationals in Iran.
25 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel and Occupied Territories: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the (a) situation and (b) safety of British nationals in (i) Israel and (ii) the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
25 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Animal and Plant Health Agency
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the funding allocated to rebuild the APHA site in Weybridge is part of the Government's commitment to spend 5% of GDP on national security by 2035.
16 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Central Line: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Mayor of London on proposed costs for upgrades to the Central Line's fleet of trains.
16 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Mayor of London on potential use of the £2.2billion provided in the latest multi-year settlement offer.
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horses: EU Internal Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Equidae (a) were recorded as transiting across Great Britain and (b) had been declared on their paperwork as having been imported via (i) Harwich, (ii) Dover, (iii) Killinghol
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horses: EU Internal Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Equidae recorded as transiting across Great Britain were declared as being exported from (a) Harwich, (b) Dover, (c) Killingholme, (d) Holyhead, (e) Birkenhead and (f) other p
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horses: EU Internal Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Equidae were declared as transiting across Great Britain on an intra-EU certificate in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025; and how many of those were declared as originating from
11 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horse Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the National Audit Office’s report entitled Resilience to animal diseases, published on 4 June 2025, what assessment his Department has made of failing to implement t
11 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horse Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 8 and 10 of the National Audit Office’s report entitled Resilience to animal diseases, published on 4 June 2025, what plans his Department has to (a) deliv
10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Whipps Cross and Princess Alexandra Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on when the rebuilding of (a) Whipps Cross Hospital and (b) Princess Alexandra Hospital will be completed.
10 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal and Plant Health Agency: Weybridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on when the full redevelopment of the Animal and Plant Health Agency headquarters in Weybridge will be completed.
10 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animals: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report by the National Audit Office entitled Resilience to Animal Diseases, published on 4 June 2025, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's prep
10 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the collapse of Thames Water.
10 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Thames Water and (b) Ofwat since the withdrawal of KKR from discussions on an equity recapitalisation deal.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meat: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10799 on Meat: Smuggling, how much illegal meat was seized (a) from 11 October 2024 to 31 December 2024 and (b) in 2025.
2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of penalties for the illegal sale of vaping products on those sales.
2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on the environmental impact of disposable vapes.
22 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) amend and (b) pause the extended producer responsibility scheme to mitigate the impact on pubs.
Source: official written-questions record.