Written questions

34 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chorley and South Ribble Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the 24-hour opening of the accident and emergency department at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: South Ribble

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (i) create more space for nature and (ii) protect natural wildlife in South Ribble constituency.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16–24-year-olds in South Ribble are claiming unemployment benefits.

14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking in response to the Government Internal Audit Agency’s finding of Limited Assurance for the Armed Forces Pension Scheme in FY 2024–25, particularly in relation to (a) internal c

15 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many arms export licences in respect to Israel have been reviewed over the past 12 months, and of those reviewed, how many have been revoked or suspended/part suspended.

22 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) Committee: Meetings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers attended the meeting of the Domestic and Economic Affairs Committee on 25 March 2024.

22 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) Committee: Meetings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a ministerial attendance list for the meeting of the Domestic and Economic Affairs Committee of the Cabinet on 22 January 2024.

22 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) Committee: Meetings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a ministerial attendance list for the meeting of the Domestic and Economic Affairs Committee of the Cabinet on 19 December 2023.

22 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) Committee: Meetings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a ministerial attendance list for the meeting of the Domestic and Economic Affairs Committee of the Cabinet on 16 November 2023.

22 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) Committee: Hacking

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a meeting of the Domestic and Economic Affairs Committee of the Cabinet relating to a data breach took place in October 2023,.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Education, Health and Care (a) requests and (b) needs assessments have been (i) completed and (ii) issued within the statutory 20-week timeframe by Lancashire County Council in the last 12 months.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: South Ribble

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve SEND provision in South Ribble constituency.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department monitors the compliance of individual local authorities with statutory duties under the Children and Families Act 2014 in relation to the delivery of EHCP provision.

22 May 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information is investigating that relate to deaths of (a) armed forces personnel and (b) police officers.

13 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: South Ribble

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to take steps to enable (a) constituents and (b) businesses in South Ribble constituency to become eligible Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme.

13 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has alternative plans for reaching (a) premises and (b) communities that are deemed too expensive to reach through Project Gigabit.

13 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Road Traffic Offences: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance her Department has issued on whether Magistrates Courts in England and Wales can revert back to a conditional offer of £100 Fine and 3 Penalty Points rather than using the Sentencing Guidelines (Spe

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: South Ribble

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in South Ribble constituency are in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP); how those payments are broken down between the (a) daily living and (b) mobility component; and how ma

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Chorley Station: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on when accessibility improvement works will commence at Chorley railway station.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

M6: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of road traffic accidents leading to a fatality on the M6 motorway within Lancashire since 2022.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: South Ribble

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding asylum applications there are for people living in South Ribble constituency.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of women impacted by the maladministration of pension communications as highlighted by the WASPI campaign in South Ribble constituency.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much compensation was paid under the delay repay scheme for journeys on Avanti West Coast in 2024; and how much and what proportion of this compensation was paid from the public purse.

10 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the NHS to pay for all medications supplied to hospices.

10 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospices (a) have all medication supplied (i) for free and (ii) at a discounted rate and (b) do not have medication supplied by the NHS.

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

Flood Control: South Ribble

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on flood prevention works to protect the village of Croston in South Ribble constituency in the last five years; and what funds are allocated for future improve

9 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: South Ribble

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners receive Pension Credit in South Ribble constituency; and how many of these are new recipients since 31 July 2024.

15 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of NHS policy on the assessment of individual funding requests to support children for whom prescribing medical cannabis could help prevent repeated admissions to hosp

15 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Lancashire Teaching Hospital Trust on the potential merits of enabling clinicians to prescribe unlicensed cannabis products to children for clinical reasons.

15 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken recent research on the use of medical cannabis for the treatment of epilepsy.

Source: official written-questions record.