Written questions
1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of year-on-year changes to hospital handover delays in (a) Shropshire (b) West Midlands and (c) England.
3 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tourism: Essex and Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential for Shropshire’s 2026–2029 Destination Management Plan and the inter-county partnership between Shropshire and Essex to lead to a national renewal
3 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Cultural Heritage
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department provides for faith interface and reconciliation work carried out following cultural discoveries.
3 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Cultural Heritage
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support private stewards who manage significant national patrimony in private hands.
3 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Soulton Hall
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the national heritage significance of the Byrga Geniht studies identifying Soulton Hall as the likely place of reburial for Erkenwald and the location o
2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Trains: CCTV
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the availability of CCTV coverage in train carriages.
2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Freight: Abnormal Loads
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the National Police Chiefs’ Council guidance on abnormal loads on the haulage sector.
2 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Abnormal Loads
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage police forces to apply the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s revised guidance on abnormal loads.
2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of corridor care on NHS workforce numbers.
2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to allow pending cases to be tried by a judge alone on (a) the number of pre-trial hearings and (b) the number of appeals to these hearings.
2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what modelling his department has used to establish that allowing pending cases to be tried by a judge alone will deliver swifter justice as referenced in the Minister for Courts and Legal Services’ letter to the
2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases due to be affected by the decision to allow pending cases to be tried by a judge alone.
26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of care for people who have received dementia diagnoses, in the context of the contribution of (a) continued activity and (b) social engagement for slowi
26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with dementia are able to access a timely diagnosis.
26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Dementia Assessment Services in Shropshire.
26 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Aerials
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help improve collaboration between landowners, telecoms infrastructure providers and mobile operator companies.
26 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Aerials
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many mobile masts have been installed in (a) England (b) Wales (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland that provide coverage in areas that did not previously have coverage in each of
26 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Aerials
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many existing mobile masts have been removed in (a) England (b) Wales (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the past 10 years.
26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to (a) GP practices (b) integrated care boards and (c) NHS trusts of participating in the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme.
26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of moving data controller responsibilities from GPs to (a) NHS and (b) government bodies.
26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help facilitate compliant data sharing between organisations involved in the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme.
26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to (a) public (b) private and (c) voluntary organisations involved in the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme on best practice data sharing.
25 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided to community pharmacies through retained margin in the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework in real terms accounting for inflation in each year sinc
24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cataracts: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many planned cataract surgeries have been delayed in each of the past 12 months due to integrated care boards not having enough money in their financial-year budget to pay the private providers
24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has issued guidance to integrated care boards regarding the management of waiting lists for private providers of NHS procedures.
24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cataracts: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the timely delivery of cataract surgery for patients in Shropshire.
23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme will be continuing beyond March 2026.
23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what dedicated funding he is providing to (a) primary care networks and (b) integrated care boards for the development of integrated neighbourhood teams.
23 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Visas: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will have discussions with her Spanish counterpart on expediting the processing of visa applications for British nationals at the Consulate of Spain in Manchester.
23 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Park Homes: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the impact of the commission charge on the sale of park homes on park home owners.
Source: official written-questions record.