Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of vehicle licence plate cloning were reported in each of the last five years.

9 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what technologies are employed by law enforcement agencies to identify vehicles using (a) ghost and (b) cloned licence plates; and what plans her Department has to (i) improve and (ii) expand such cap

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) detect and (b) reduce the use of ghost number plates designed to evade Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems.

9 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has consulted police forces on their capacity to implement changes to shotgun licensing procedures.

9 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with (a) police forces and (b) rural stakeholders on the potential benefits of a (a) digitised and (b) centralised firearms licensing system.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jellyfish: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities and coastal agencies in ensuring public safety during periods of increased jellyfish activity along the coast of Fylde

9 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stoma Appliances: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure equal access to stoma care across all regions of the UK.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Crossings: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received any recent representations from (a) individual and (b) organisations on the standard of maintenance of (i) tactile cones and (ii) other pedestrian crossing aids for blind and visually s

9 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Electronic Cigarettes: Synthetic Cannabinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of people who have used Snapchat to purchase vape products spiked with the synthetic drug spice.

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Injuries: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to (a) NHS local health boards and (b) trusts on treating jellyfish stings.

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stoma Appliances: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the (a) quality and (b) availability of stoma care services.

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stoma Appliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) access to stoma nurses, (b) psychological services and (c) home delivery of supplies does the NHS provide to people living with a stoma.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Public Lavatories

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to transport operators on making toilets (a) accessible and (b) usable for people with a stoma.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Road Works: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of environmental protection legislation to limit noise pollution from roadworks in built-up areas on weekends.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Works: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role local authorities have in regulating the timing of roadworks in residential areas; and whether they are empowered to enforce restrictions on noise and working hours.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

M6: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve safety on the M6 motorway.

8 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Advertising

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide a breakdown of Government spending on advertising via social media platforms broken down by Department, over the last 12 months.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

London Underground: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with (i) TfL and (ii) the Mayor of London on the cost of TfL strikes on the North West economy over the last 12 months.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Crossings: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to install (a) audible and (b) tactile signals on all pedestrian crossings on busy roads for blind and visually impaired peopl

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterans: World War II

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 25 to Question 73558 on Veterans: World War II, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of commemorating the contributio

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Mobility Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 72990 on Mobile Scooters: Safety, whether he plans to consult members of the public in the review.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Mobility Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 72990 on Mobile Scooters: Safety, if he will publish the terms of the review.

8 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) contractors and (b) subcontractors used by her Department publish accounts in line with HMRC requirements.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that buildings previously deemed compliant by local fire services are not subject to excessive remedial costs due to reinterpretations of insul

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of whether building safety regulations are being applied proportionately to low-rise, low-occupancy buildings that have historically met all safety

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of buildings under 18m in height but classified as higher-risk solely due to the treatment of non-residential base

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Manchester Airport: Air Traffic Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2025 to Question 73363 on Manchester Airport: Air Traffic Control, whether her Department has had correspondence with individual airlines operating out of Manchester airpor

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Manchester Airport: Air Traffic Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2025 to Question 73362 on Air Traffic Control: EU Countries, what representations her Department has made to other Eurocontrol members on delays at Manchester Airport cause

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has has made of the potential impact hospital specialists providing advice through the Advice and Guidance scheme on their workload; and whether additional (a) resources and (b)

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle regional variations in the uptake of the Advice and Guidance scheme; and what support is being provided to regions with lower adoption rates.

Source: official written-questions record.