Written questions

359 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) longest wait was for determination of an application for a new rail line by a private operator for each year that records are available.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Office of Road and Rail on reducing decision making times on the introduction of new rail routes (a) to and from London, (b) between London and Wales and (c) betw

28 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing and Local Growth Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has set a deadline for councils to publish their (a) local growth plans and (b) local housing development plans.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the timetable is for the (a) introduction of 5G and (b) the rollout of fibre broadband in Telford constituency.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

World Heritage Sites: Economic Growth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans has to use World Heritage sites to encourage economic growth.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential economic impact of introducing a football regulator.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

M54: M6

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a timetable for a decision on the funding of the M54-M6 North link.

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14th October 2024 to Question 6697 on Magistrates' Courts: Telford, when she expects Shropshire remand cases to be returned to Telford Magistrates' Court.

13 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ghana: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15510 on Ghana: Treaties, whether his Department holds any record (a) of a treaty ceding Akwamu to the Gold Coast Colony

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December to Question 16276 on Warm Homes Plan: Insulation, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) public awareness of and (b) access to loft insultat

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December to Question 16276 on Warm Homes Plan: Insulation, whether the Warm Homes Plan will support investment in loft insulation protection.

12 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Entertainers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exemption to the rules preventing anyone previously sentenced to more than 12 months in custody from obtaining visas for performing artist

9 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Working Conditions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of working conditions in the Armed Forces on the (a) mental health and (b) familial relations of Armed Forces personnel.

9 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Separated People

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support Armed Forces personnel with children when there is a breakdown in family arrangements.

9 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Child Arrangements Orders: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming child arrangement orders to help accommodate parents that are Armed Forces personnel on mandatory overseas deployment.

6 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has conducted qualitative research into recruitment barriers in the Armed Forces.

6 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the reasons why staff leave the armed forces; and what the most common reasons are.

6 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left the armed forces in each of the last five years, and what information his Department holds on the different types of departure.

6 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Paternity Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid in paternity pay to (a) civilian and (b) military staff in each of the last five years; and to how many fathers.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Schools and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to secure shared use agreements between schools and councils.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Telford consistency claimed pension credit in November (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the safety of platform train interfaces at train stations.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will include a degradation factor for new builds that applies to loft insulation over time in her Department's proposed Future Homes Standard.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to improve public (a) awareness of and (b) access to loft insulation protection to improve energy efficiency.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to roll out loft insulation protection through the Warm Homes Plan.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what outstanding money was owed by defendants in (a) court fines, (b) prosecution costs, and (c) victim related costs at Telford Magistrates for each year data is available.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Justices' clerks: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court clerks have worked at Telford Magistrates Court for each year that data is available.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data her Department holds on the number of (a) criminal legal aid firms and (b) duty solicitors contracted to provide legal aid in (i) Shropshire and (ii) Telford constituency for each year data is available

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Elections: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a permanent Access to Elected Office fund for disabled election candidates.

21 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ghana: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what records his Department holds on whether the Protectorate Treaty ceding Akwamu to the Gold Coast Colony, signed on 27 July 1886, was ratified.

Source: official written-questions record.