Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2025 to Question 85962 on Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making support for families available fro

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered the potential merits of introducing mandatory labelling of meat products to indicate the method of slaughter.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many enforcement actions relating to breaches of animal welfare regulations at slaughterhouses were taken by the Food Standards Agency in each of the last five years; and how many of those rela

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Members

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance the Government provides to membership-based charities to ensure compliance with charity law where benefits are restricted to members.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Pupil Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children (i) in Fylde and (ii) across Lancashire are expected to benefit from the increased Early Years Pupil Premium.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the expansion of school-based nurseries will contribute to increasing access to funded childcare, particularly in areas with limited provision.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Childcare: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families (i) in Fylde and (ii) across Lancashire are expected to receive the additional £736.06 per child in childcare support as a result of changes to universal credit rules.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what action her Department will take where local authorities are found to be retaining more than the permitted 3% of early years funding.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

English Language: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards are now in place to prevent malpractice in English language proficiency tests used for university entrance, following the issues identified by Ofqual with Pearson’s PTE Academic Online test.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Languages: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to ensure that modern foreign language qualifications are set and marked in line with Ofqual requirements and do not unfairly disadvantage particular groups of students.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with Ofqual regarding the risk management processes used by awarding organisations when introducing new qualifications.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press notice of 15 December 2025 entitled Ofqual fines Pearson £2 million for rule breaches affecting thousands of students, how many students were affected by each of the three cases for

12 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of free schools compared with maintained schools and academies in terms of educational outcomes.

12 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of increasing the bus travel fare cap from £2 in July 2024 to £3 on the accessibility of services in Fylde constituency.

12 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Resident Doctor strikes on the delivery of healthcare services in Lancashire.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that consumers are provided with sufficient information to make informed choices regarding the method of slaughter used in producing meat

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department has assessed the potential benefits of enabling GPs to issue automatic repeat prescriptions for patients on stable, long-term medication.

11 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many small boat crossings have taken place in each of the last ten years, including 2025.

11 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what engagement her Department has had with counterparts in Sri Lanka regarding Storm Ditwah.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Assessments: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps will be taken to ensure that school leaders, exam officers, teachers, parents and students are fully consulted during the 12-week consultation on regulating on-screen assessments.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Assessments: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures will be put in place to prevent any widening of attainment gaps between students with differing levels of access to digital technology when on-screen assessments are introduced.

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce transmission of influenza in Lancashire.

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of hospital admissions due to acute influenza across Lancashire; and how this compares to the same period last year.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to announce whether the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme will be renewed beyond 31 March 2026.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December to Question 95479, on Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: VAT, how many applications to the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme in the last 12 months exc

10 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the written answer of 9 December 25 to question 96953 on Child Benefit, how many of the 23,500 compliance enquiries (i) were confirmed to be eligible, (ii) were found to have been incorrectly receiving t

9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Visitor Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which level of local authority will be responsible for collecting the proposed tourist tax; and what estimate his Department has made of the administrative costs of implementing

9 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Visitor Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria will guide decisions on whether an overnight stay levy is “modest” and appropriate for local areas; and will there be a cap.

9 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of drug smuggling among illegal migrants who arrive in the UK via the Channel.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Terminal Illnesses: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms exist for healthcare professionals to report poverty in people with terminal illnesses to the Department for Work and Pensions.

Source: official written-questions record.