Written questions

58 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of abolishing the two-child limit policy for (a) two-earner couple households and (b) two-earner couple households in which both earners are in 

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households affected by the two-child limit policy are (a) two-earner couple households and (b) two-earner couple households in which both earners are in full-time work.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of new HGV drivers that would need to be trained annually to maintain workforce levels; and what steps her Department is taking to help support the industry t

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce a strategy to help improve the (a) quality and (b) quantity of truck parking.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which state schools are taking part in the Music Opportunities Pilot by (a) local authority and (b) constituency.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Speech And Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which state schools are taking part in the Early Language Support for Every Child Programme by (a) local authority and (b) constituency.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which state schools took part in the Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools programme in the most recent financial year by (a) local authority and (b) constituency.

30 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Metals: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) the police and (b) immigration enforcement are taking to prevent unlicensed scrap metal dealing.

27 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Metals: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of preventing scrap metal yards using prepaid credit cards to pay scrap metal dealers.

27 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Metals: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action she is taking to stop unlicensed scrap metal dealing.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take steps to review taxi licensing in the context of the findings of the National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a recovery mechanism in incidents of NHS pay uplifts not being provided to (a) nursing staff and (b) other general pra

11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of pay transparency for (a) staff and (b) nursing staff working in GP surgeries.

11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether general practice employers in England will be required to provide a 4% pay uplift to (a) nursing staff and (b) other general practice staff in line with the NHS pay award for the financial

11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by how much will the pay of general practice staff, including nursing staff, increase for the financial year 2025-26.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Tipton and Wednesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who receive (a) enhanced daily living Personal Independence Payment awards and (b) standard daily living Personal Independence Payment awards did not score four or more points on any ind

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library of the House of Commons a table setting out (a) whether it is a maintained school or an academy trust, (b) by which local authority it is maintained, or to which trust it belong

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library of the House of Commons a table setting out (a) the name of the trust and (b) the company number of that trust under which it is registered with Companies House for every academ

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Oscar Mayer: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with Oscar Mayer on their employment practices.

13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for IVF for access to treatment for surrogate mothers where the intended parents are same-sex male couples.

9 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Academies: Off-payroll Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 86 of the document entitled Academies consolidated annual report and accounts: 2021 to 2022, published on 5 February 2024, whether it is her Department's policy that off-payroll arrangeme

9 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Academies: Off-payroll Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of academy trusts that have reported off-payroll arrangements for staff who are also trustees in each of the last five years.

18 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6735 on Temporary Accommodation: Costs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential savings to local government

10 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the (a) equality of and (b) potential impact on councils in low income areas of the funding formula for local government; and whether she has plan

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) section 21 evictions and (b) the provisions in the Renters' Rights Bill on (i) temporary accommodation cost

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Tenants' Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure tenants are aware of new rights created through the Renters' Rights Bill.

30 Aug 2024 · Home Office

Sexual Offences

To ask Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect workers travelling home late at night who are at risk of sexual violence.

27 Aug 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to bring forward the Employment Rights Bill.

Source: official written-questions record.