Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the NHS Find a dentist online service contains accurate information.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of rural broadband coverage.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the mean average length of time from submission to payment for (a) the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (b) the Group Litigation Order Scheme and (c) the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure that developer funding contributes to the improvement of sporting facilities in the loca

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department is providing to facilitate the completion of projects listed by the Football Foundation as priority.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to deliver (a) the Greenfields Sports Ground project, (b) the Marches School project and (c) the North East Area (Whitchurch) 3G FTP project..

3 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Givinostat: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to Givinostat for patients in North Shropshire constituency.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of staff working in nursery settings.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of nursery places available for children in rural areas.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of nursery places available for children in rural areas.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) availability of nursery places in (i) North Shropshire constituency and (ii) Shropshire.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made on procuring a new supplier to deliver Project Gigabit connections in North Shropshire constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of her Department’s budget for (a) investment spending until 2029-30 and (b) day-to-day spending until 2028-29 is allocated to the Access for All scheme.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase funding and research into polycystic ovary syndrome and associated treatments and care pathways.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of the impact of polycystic ovary syndrome among NHS professionals.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS services in North Shropshire are adequately equipped to provide care for people with polycystic ovary syndrome.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecology: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for gynaecological referrals in Shropshire.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Stroke Association’s report entitled Unlocking Potential: A Bold Vision for Stroke Care in England.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on making clear recycling labels mandatory for pharmaceutical packaging.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on mandating the (a) size and (b) clarity of recycling labels on consumer plastic products.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unclear recycling labels on the waste management system.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that recycling labels are (a) clear and (b) readable for consumer plastic products.

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

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of levels of resourcing for Border Force on food security.

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

Dover Port Health Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of designating Dover Port Health Authority as the lead authority for checking for illegal meat imports at th

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

Dover Port Health Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the level of funding provided to Dover Port Health Authority to carry out pro-active vehicle spot checks.

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

Inland Border Facilities: Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of renting the Dover Bastion Point facility in each year since it was first in public use.

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

Inland Border Facilities: Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of maintaining the Dover Bastion Point facility in each year since it was first in public use.

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

Meat: Port of Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of checks for illegally imported meat at the Port of Dover.

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

Meat: Port of Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of vehicles checked for illegally imported meat entering through the Port of Dover.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biochar: Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase uptake of biochar as a carbon capture method.

Source: official written-questions record.