Written questions

33 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Take-away Food: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support his Department is providing to high street fish and chip shops.

14 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase availability of legal aid to people who are victims of violence against women and girls, particularly in relation to people who wish to pursue judicial review.

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clozapine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the MHRA intends to take to consider patient and bereaved family lived experience as part of its current scientific review of Clozapine; and whether he is taking steps to ensure that liv

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clozapine: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Yellow Card adverse drug reaction reference GB-MHRA-MED-202605220730230940-NSQYR (linked to case file CEC 256289) is being actively reviewed by the clinical assessors of the Neurology,

9 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to make changes to the medical entry standards for joining the Armed Forces.

24 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Business: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with the Information Commissioner's Office to increase business registration compliance.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025, what his planned timetable is for the implementation of the earned income disregards; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of these changes.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the treatment of cancer patients.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the relevance of mental health conditions to the sentencing of people convicted of child sexual abuse.

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to (a) impose penalties on developers who fail to complete adoptable highway works within agreed timescales and (

13 Nov 2025 · Attorney General

Sentencing

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help tackle differences in sentencing guidelines that contribute to uses of the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme.

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Lighting: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to (a) traditional incandescent and (b) halogen lightbulbs for individuals able to provide medical evidence of photosensitivity.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help support small businesses to improve the energy efficiency of their premises.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the (a) diagnoses of and (b) treatments for motor neurone disease are undertaken in a (i) efficient and (ii) timely manner.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Batteries: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to strengthen fire safety regulations for battery energy storage systems.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle online (a) grooming and (b) predatory behaviour on metaverse-type platforms; and what discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Leave: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing statutory menstrual leave for people diagnosed with (a) endometriosis, (b) adenomyosis and (c) other chronic reprodu

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure that people who are deemed medically unfit to drive have appropriate access to alternative modes of transport.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Payments: Teenage Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to support local authorities to help tackle the differences in (a) access to the Sure Start Maternity Grant and (b) other financial and practical support between

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will list the number of people in receipt of the personal independence payment due to a psychological disorder by (a) psychological disorder and (b) constituency in (i) January 2020 and (ii) in t

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

5G: Darlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department is making on the rollout of 5G in Darlington.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to speed up the sentencing of people found guilty of domestic violence.

26 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Pilot Schemes: Darlington

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using Darlington as a pilot case study for the place based reforms to the Green Book.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reform the Child Support Agency to improve the speed and success of claims.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to auto-enroll people who lose their PIP payments into suitable appropriate support programs within 13 weeks of the decision.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the guidance on people who will be protected from reassessment of PIP due to their long term severe conditions will be published.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children who are home schooled due to a lack of appropriate SEND provision.

25 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Police: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with police authorities to ensure a single point of contact in the police for families affected by (a) serious trauma and (b) violent crime.

25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that victims of domestic violence do not have the sentencing hearings of their abusers postponed the day before they are due to take place.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Darlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many projects are waiting to be connected to the National Grid in Darlington constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.