Written questions
1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport
Transport: Oswestry
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve transport links in Oswestry.
3 Sep 2024 · Department for Education
Private Education: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of applying VAT to private school fees on state-funded special educational needs provision.
3 Sep 2024 · Treasury
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential impact of applying VAT to private school fees on local sports clubs.
3 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure stability of management at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
3 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Market Drayton
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to expand the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme to include facilities in Market Drayton.
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport
Abnormal Loads
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Schedule 12 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of inconsistent application of those guidelines by police force
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport
Abnormal Loads
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Schedule 12 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, if she will make an assessment of the level of consistency of application of those guidelines by police forces.
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Education
Teachers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of spending by schools on using recruitment agencies to fill teaching vacancies in the 2023-24 financial year.
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Market Drayton
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to sports facilities in Market Drayton.
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of ineligibility for the frequently flooded fund on communities which are frequently flooded.
2 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Floods: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to reform the eligibility criteria for the Flood Recovery Framework to include more (a) households and (b) businesses that have experienced flooding.
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timetable is for responding to the recommendations of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report into changes to women's State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024.
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Marches Growth Hub: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding the Marches Growth Hub received (a) when the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) was in place and (b) after the LEP was removed.
30 Aug 2024 · Home Office
Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the (a) average and (b) target time taken for a DBS check to be completed in England.
30 Aug 2024 · Home Office
Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken for DBS checks to be carried out for employers in England.
26 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Bicycles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to encourage the carrying of bicycles on buses to create a more integrated public transport service.
26 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Bicycles: Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing lockable bike storage at rural (a) bus and (b) rail stations.
26 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she will take to help make the public transport system more accessible for rural users.
26 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Shared Rural Network: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the overspend of the Shared Rural Network project will be paid from the public purse.
26 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Shared Rural Network: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the value for money of the Shared Rural Network.
25 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Shared Rural Network
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of progress made on the Shared Rural Network.
25 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to improve mobile signal for (a) farmers and (b) rural businesses.
25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of accommodation for (a) service people and (b) their families.
25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will make military service family accommodation subject to the decent homes standard.
25 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the support available receivers of Universal Credit who wish to appeal a decision of her Department at an Upper Tier Tribunal.
24 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he expects every household in North Shropshire constituency to have access to gigabit broadband.
24 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of mobile signal roaming in rural areas.
24 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
4G and 5G: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the accuracy of Ofcom coverage maps for (a) 4G and (b) 5G signal.
24 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
4G: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department plans to take to help improve 4G signal (a) partial not spots and (b) total not spots.
24 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the DVLA will publish a comprehensive list of reportable medical conditions.
Source: official written-questions record.