Dr Simon Opher

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a timeline for a review of the commission fee paid on the sale of park homes.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 18684 on Students: Loans, what progress she has made in developing a longer-term plan for higher education reform.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, why her Department introduced a cap of £25,000 on claims through the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the evidential basis of her Department's decision to reduce the level of VAT relief available through the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) foster carers, (b) kinship carers and (c) adoptive parents.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of information provided on (a) choice over pregnancy, (b) menopause care and (c) the availability of free contraceptive pills at pharmacies.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase volunteering opportunities for disabled people.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which organisations received funding through the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme in the last 12 months; and how much each organisation received.

14 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Bitcoin: Proceeds of Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for Bitcoin seized from criminal activity.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Local Government: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a legal duty on councils to (a) meet climate targets and (b) tackle the loss of wildlife.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which services accessed funding through the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme in the most recent year where data is available; how much funding was received by ea

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the value of support accessed through the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme in the most recent year where data is available.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme.

10 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Forests: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the tax exemption from woodlands.

9 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has not published service standards for the time taken for applications for Family visas made on the basis of a person’s private life to be considered.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hypertension: Kidney Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) referral to and (b) uptake of testing for chronic kidney disease among people diagnosed with hypertension through the NHS Health Check programme.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hypertension: Kidney Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people diagnosed with hypertension through the NHS Health Check programme were subsequently tested for chronic kidney disease in each of the last five years.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives were working in the NHS in England at the most-recent point for which figures are available; how many of those qualified (a) in the UK and (b) outside of the UK, by country; and w

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Mathmatics

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) dyscalculic learners and(b) learners with maths learning difficulties.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Take-up

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to raise awareness of the availability of Pension Credit this winter.

1 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to review the criteria for which applications to join the British Army are rejected on medical grounds.

1 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason there are currently no service standards in place for Family route visa applications.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Ordnance Survey: Subscriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information his Department holds on the amount of income generated by the Ordnance Survey from public subscriptions in the last five years.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Ordnance Survey: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with Ordance Survey on the potential merits of making the Ordnance Survey Maps Premium (a) service and (b) app available to the public for free.

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

Young People: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase political engagement amongst young people.

24 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban advertising of unhealthy foods at sports events.

24 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban sponsorship of sports events by unhealthy food brands.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the occurrences of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Bristol and Stroud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve transport links between Bristol and Stroud.