Written questions
1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8912 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much and what proportion of the (a) £41 million funding for refurbishment, heating, and room conversions to provide extra b
11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
RAF Shawbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of military accommodation at (a) RAF Shawbury and (b) of armed forces personnel in the surrounding area.
11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Clive Barracks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of military accommodation at Clive Barracks.
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve (a) access to and (b) the (i) frequency and (ii) affordability of bus services in North Shropshire constituency.
9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tomography: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for diagnostic scans in North Shropshire constituency.
9 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Banking Hubs: Market Towns
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of LINK’s banking hub criteria for market towns.
9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning: Bank Services and Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that adequate access to (a) banking and (b) postal services is considered during the planning process.
9 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33135 on Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax, what the evidential basis is that the alternative clawback mechanism to the proposed changes to agricultural propert
6 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Neighbourhood Plans: Parish and Town Councils
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support town and parish councils with the costs of developing Neighbourhood Development Plans.
5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Children: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards are sufficiently resourced to carry out their statutory child safeguarding duties following changes to their level of funding.
5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Estates Safety Fund: 2025 to 2026, updated on 30 May 2025, whether the site for the funding allocated to the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopa
4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Local Transport Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2024 to Question 5803 on Local Transport Plans, what progress she has made on reviewing guidance for Local Transport Authorities on Local Transport Plans.
4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with NHS England to ensure (a) patient safety and (b) the maintenance of the NHS’ statutory functions following changes to the level of funding for to integrated care boards
3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has set formal (a) criteria and (b) guidance on the key functions Integrated Care Boards will be expected to provide under the proposed cost envelope.
3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list (a) all functions identified for (i) transfer and (ii) decommissioning in the NHS England Model Integrated Care Board Blueprint and (b) the designated receiving organisations for ea
3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the template issued by NHS England to Integrated Care Boards for completing their cost reduction plans by 31 May 2025.
3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to to transfer (a) statutory duties and (b) functions from Integrated Care Boards to other bodies.
3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what statutory basis NHS England has required Integrated Care Boards to reduce their running cost allowances by 50% by Quarter 3 of the 2025-26 financial year.
3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has provided guidance to integrated care boards on sequencing cost reduction to avoid operational disruption.
3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has (a) issued and (b) waived guidance to integrated care boards on redundancy policies since 1 April 2025.
3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has approved a national redundancy scheme for the 50% integrated care board cost reduction target; and whether he has allocated funds allocated to meet exit costs.
2 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35636 on Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax, if her Department will publish its modelling for an alternative clawback mechanism for agricultural property relief
2 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Markets: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce business rates for the owners and tenants of buildings containing market stalls.
30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to support small businesses with public procurement applications.
30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the (a) cost and (b) complexity of public procurement applications on the capacity of small and medium-sized businesses.
30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of public procurement contracts awarded to small and medium sized businesses.
30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Project Gigabit: Freedom Fibre
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Freedom Fibre on Project Gigabit contracts since 1 January 1 2025; and whether he will publish the minutes of those meetings.
30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Project Gigabit: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made and assessment of the suitability of Freedom Fibre to deliver the Project Gigabit contract in North Shropshire constituency since the termination of Freedom Fibre’s
30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Project Gigabit: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many properties had been connected to full fibre under the North Shropshire Project Gigabit contract on 1 May 2025.
30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Project Gigabit: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the progress of the Project Gigabit rollout in North Shropshire constituency since 1 January 2025.
Source: official written-questions record.