Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 59415 on Business: Market Towns, whether he has made an assessment with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential impact of rural public t

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Gobowen-Oswestry Railway Line: Economic Growth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to make an assessment of the potential impact of establishing the Oswestry-Gobowen railway line on the economy of the local area.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to make an assessment of the potential impact of rural transport connections on economic development in North Shropshire constituency.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Bank Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Post Office will continue to provide banking services after the expiration of banking framework 4 in 2030.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools in rural areas.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools that have discovered asbestos insulation in their building structures.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools experiencing structural damage caused by badgers.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of awarding teachers a 4 per cent pay increase on schools’ ability to (a) afford education supplies and (b) carry out building repairs.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Corbet School: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the structural issues in The Corbet School in Shropshire.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Corbet School: Condition Improvement Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will approve The Corbet School’s appeal against the rejection of its 2025-26 Condition Improvement Fund bids.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of areas in North Shropshire which are underserved by bus services.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department used to assess the adequacy of bus services in specific communities in North Shropshire.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Gobowen-Oswestry Railway Line: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 37330 on Gobowen-Oswestry Railway Line, if her Department will confirm whether the Oswestry-Gobowen scheme is included in the Spending Review 2025 and (b) by

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Whitchurch Station: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on (a) design finalisation, (b) contract award and (c) surveys for the Whitchurch step-free access project.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Whitchurch Station: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38692 on Whitchurch (Shropshire) Station: Access, when a decision on whether Whitchurch Station will proceed under the Access for All programme will be made.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many Radio Teleswitch Service meters are left to be switched off in (a) Shropshire and (b) North Shropshire constituency.

18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the government is taking to attach conditions to public research and development funding to ensure (a) equitable and (b) affordable access to the end products.

18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the government is taking to implement the provisions agreed in the Pandemic Agreement at the World Health Assembly in May 2025.

18 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Insurance: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure insurers (a) settle claims and (b) proceed litigation as (i) quickly and (ii) cheaply as possible.

18 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the progress of (a) NFU Mutual and (b) other insurance providers in implementing the recommendations of the Financial Conduct Authority outlined in its Dear CEOs lette

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

Bluetongue Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help minimise the potential impact of bluetongue regulations on markets trading livestock on the border between England and Wales.

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

Bluetongue Disease: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps with his Welsh counterpart to prevent different bluetongue regulation policies from being in place from 1 July 2025.

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

Bluetongue Disease: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to support farmers with the cost of bluetongue (a) tests and (b) vaccinations in Shropshire.

18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish quarterly reports on the steps he has taken to meet targets set out in the Elective Reform Plan.

18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Joint Replacements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the correlation between BMI levels and referrals for joint replacement surgery.

18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Joint Replacements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support people waiting for joint replacement surgery.

18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Hubs: Injuries and Orthopaedics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of surgical hubs on (a) waiting times for (i) trauma and (ii) orthopaedic treatment and (b) equity in access to treatment.

18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards and NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department's risk assessments of (a) the abolition of NHS England and (b) the 50% cost reductions required by Integrated Care Boards.

17 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Crime: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce rural business crime in North Shropshire constituency.

17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Development and Parish and Town Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) local communities and (b) town and parish councils can shape development and growth in their local areas.

Source: official written-questions record.