Written questions

476 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers and Water Supply: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has made available for the upgrade of ageing water and sewer infrastructure.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Streaming

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made on implementing the recommendations of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee in the report entitled Economics of music streaming, Session 2021-22, HC 50; and what step

20 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the payment of (a) PAYE income tax and (b) National Insurance contributions in respect of UK-based employees is considered as evidence that an organisation is operating in the UK.

20 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Functional Neurological Disorder: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of social care support available to those diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder.

20 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Functional Neurological Disorder: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of Functional Neurological Disorder.

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Migration

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the ability of British Overseas Territories to deal with future migratory flows.

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cayman Islands: Migration

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, ?whether her Department has assessed the financial cost to the Cayman Islands of irregular migratory flows.

18 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, will her department make an updated assessment of the annual cost to the UK economy of serious and organised crime.

18 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Trading Standards: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has his Department made of the potential impact of local government reorganisation on future recruitment and retention of Trading Standards Officers.

18 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Counterfeit Manufacturing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has her Department made of the adequacy of the capacity of local government to resource Trading Standards teams to tackle counterfeit goods sales from high street shops.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of outlawing the use of (a) Bixlozone, (b) Cinmethylin, (c) Isoflucypram and (d) Pydiflumetofen on farmers.

17 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of bans on e-scooters and e-bikes riding in pedestrian areas.

17 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Emergency Services: Medals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in implementing the Injury on Duty Award Scheme.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has his department made of the role of flexible office spaces in facilitating the activities and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises.

17 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Offices: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her department plans to take to support small and medium-sized enterprises who no longer qualify for business rates relief due to the VOAs reclassification of flexible office spaces as single properties.

17 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Offices: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of the Valuation Office Agency's reclassification of flexible office spaces as single properties on (a) the level of business rates and (b) small and m

17 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regulator of Social Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the performance of the Housing Regulator in meeting its KPIs on i) Driving improvement, ii) Maintaining confidence, iii

17 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on the proportion of cases to the building safety regulator that (i) currently and (ii) historically require an extension before being as

17 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the building safety regulator is (a) fully staffed and (b) working at full capacity.

2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Addictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has been made on the relationship between ADHD and Substance Use Disorders.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress the Medical Research Council has made on delivering ME/CFS research improvements.

2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Post-mortems: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the (i) number and (ii) adequacy of provision of paediatric post-mortem specialists in (a) Gloucestershire, (b) the South West and (c) England.

24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Combined Authorities: Gloucestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy for Gloucestershire to be placed in a mayoral combined authority devolution deal with Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy that integrated care board boundaries should match mayoral combined authority boundaries.

24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Combined Authorities: Gloucestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is his proposed timetable for Gloucestershire to join a mayoral combined authority.

24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local government reorganisation processes in Gloucestershire will enable new unitary authority elections to take place in 2027.

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has made to address the health needs of those classified with severe ME/CFS while exploring the specialised very severe ME/CFS service.

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department's proposed timeline is for announcing its decision on the prescription of a specialised service for Very Severe ME/CFS.

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to help ensure that the Pupil Premium is spent on supporting the needs of the eligible children’s needs.

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the efficacy of schools’ use of the Pupil Premium to support eligible children.

Source: official written-questions record.