Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of the £75 million allocated to Great British Energy solar panels will be spent on (a) administrative and (b) consultancy costs.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what criteria were used by his Department to select the chosen sites for the Great British Energy solar scheme.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Road Traffic Offences: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people convicted of causing death by dangerous driving who have been charged with subsequent motoring offences.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has provided to prostate cancer public awareness campaigns in each of the last five years.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current average waiting time is from referral to treatment for prostate cancer patients in each NHS trust.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve early diagnosis rates for prostate cancer.

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Community Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of immigration on patterns of social cohesion.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Community Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the role of social media in (a) improving and (b) undermining community cohesion.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to (a) update ate the integrated communities strategy and (b) publish a revised action plan.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) improve levels of community cohesion in areas experiencing demographic change.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Sign Language: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that British Sign Language is taught in schools.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24721 on Dental Services: Lancashire, what recent progress he has made on delivering 700,000 additional dental appointments.

13 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the total value of funds likely to be recovered through the Voluntary repayment of Covid-19 funding scheme by 31 December 2025.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

School Libraries: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release entitled New youth guarantee for eligible young people and funding for libraries in all primary schools, published on 29 September 2025, whether the funding fo

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

School Libraries: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in (a) Lancashire and (b) Fylde constituency do not have access to a library in the latest period for which data is available.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

School Libraries: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to define a library for the purposes of eligibility under the new primary school library funding scheme.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any sanctions will apply to young people who decline a work placement under the Youth Guarantee scheme.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he will consider introducing a statutory duty for local planning authorities to provide technical assistance to groups preparing neighbourhood plans.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans: Parish and Town Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) support and (b) resources his Department has provided to (i) parish and (ii) town councils to help support the preparation of neighbourhood plans.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many neighbourhood plans have been formally adopted in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Fylde constituency since 2015.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that neighbourhood plans are given due weight in planning decisions.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Shops: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local communities are consulted the type of shops permitted on high streets.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled Military families and veterans prioritised in ‘forces first’ housing scheme, published on 29 September 2025, whether the planned 100,000 homes on surplus land will be

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of military families who will be affected by the Forces First approach in each of the next three years.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the impact of Children and Young People’s Continuing Care on hospital admissions among children with complex health needs.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average annual cost is of a Children and Young People’s Continuing Care package by region.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children and young people are in receipt of Children and Young People’s Continuing Care packages in the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board area.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Children and Young People’s Continuing Care framework in meeting the needs of eligible (a) children and (b) families.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

First Homes Scheme: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many First Homes properties have been built; and how many are due to be built by 2030.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

First Homes Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what eligibility criteria local authorities may use for the First Homes scheme; and whether his Department has oversight over those criteria.

Source: official written-questions record.