Written questions

359 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Poverty: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) wards and (b) super output areas are within the top (i) 1%, (ii) 5% and (iii) 10% for deprivation in Telford constituency.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when court room six at Shropshire Justice Centre will be re-opened.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust and (b) Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB has improved according to his Department's matrices for performance and improvement since July 2024.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

M54: M6

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timeline is for the (a) funding and (b) construction of the M54 and M6 link road; and what the split between public and private funding will be.

7 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Parental Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers claimed parental leave pay through Small Employers Relief in each of the last five years.

7 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Parental Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in parental leave by recipient's income decile for each of the last five years.

7 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses (a) claim Small Employers Relief and (b) have more than 100 employees in each (i) region and (ii) nation.

7 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Parental Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of parental leave payments were paid to employers claiming Small Employers Relief in each of the last five years.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Office of Rail and Road

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) operational cost and (b) salary of the Chief Executive of the Office of Road and Rail is; what assessment she has made of the (i) value for money and (ii) effectiveness of that office; and whether

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2025 to Question 60172 on Motability: Telford, if she will publish the number of Motability Scheme claims in Telford constituency by medical condition.

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

Regeneration: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the criteria by which communities may qualify for capital grants from upper tier local authorities for physical and social regeneration funding.

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

M6: Tolls

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to to allow the M6 toll company to remove pay barriers and introduce barrier-free technology.

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the (a) the cost of the Motability Scheme, (b) number of people who benefit from the scheme, (c) analysis of the medical conditions of people who benefit from the scheme, (d) age of

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

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to enable upper-tier councils to increase council tax bills by a set amount rather than a fixed percentage through future reviews of local government funding.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

M54: M6

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of the funding for the M54 link road to the M6 and (b) potential economic impact on the (i

16 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households stopped receiving child benefit following the introduction of (a) the two child benefit cap and (b) means testing in (i) Telford constituency, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many customers claimed a mobility car in Telford constituency in each year for which data is available.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many customers were supported by Telford Job Centre in each year for which data is available.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants there were in Telford constituency in each year for which data is available by category.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport for Wales: Finance and Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the train line between Aberystwyth and Birmingham International in the last 12 months; and whether she plans to allocate funding to improve (a)

13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future of the NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel; when that panel last made a decision; what the average length of its (a) decision making and (b

13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel to make a decision on GP out of hours services in the Shrewsbury and Telford and Wrekin ICB.

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the retirement age of reservists from 60 to 65.

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists are aged between 55 and 60; and how many will be 60 in the next 12 months.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish any centrally-owned workforce planning documents for early years provision.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of early years professionals required in each region in each of the next five years.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years teachers there are in each region.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years professionals were recruited following the introduction of the £1000 tax-free cash incentive.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on its scheme to offer £1000 sign-on incentives to help recruit early years professionals.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on programmes to help recruit early years professionals in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) programme and (b) region and nation.

Source: official written-questions record.