Written questions

609 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to support businesses exporting goods.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing British exports of (a) e-bikes and (b) pedal cycles.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Bicycles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to support UK bicycle manufacturers.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has modelled the effectiveness of the Warm Homes Plan on reducing energy bills.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support landlords to improve energy efficiency in the private rented sector.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will work with Cabinet colleagues to introduce a national register of landlords to assist local authorities with identifying landlords to help by enforcing energy efficiency standards.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Local Area Energy Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will develop a national framework for developing local area energy plans.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing locational pricing in the electricity grid.

10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Authorities: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding to local authorities to support attracting and retaining senior planners.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps: Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to engage with landlords to (a) raise awareness of heat pumps and (b) reassure them on (i) installation, (ii) cost and (iii) tenant disruption.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to incentivise heat pump adoption through (a) tax breaks and (b) low-interest loans.

10 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to include older women in international development (a) policies and (b) commitments.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Active Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of children travelling to school by (a) walking, (b) wheeling and (c) cycling on learning.

10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Overseas Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of UK-trained doctors that have emigrated because of high competition ratios in the last three years; and if he will make an assessment of the po

10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Tree Preservation Orders: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of Planning Inspectorate appeals related to Tree Protection Orders that have been overdue in financial year 2024-25.

7 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of schools that receive charitable funding to cover essential costs.

7 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: South Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding she plans to provide to schools in South Cambridgeshire in the 2025-26 financial year.

7 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide additional funding to expand enhanced resource bases.

7 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of occupational pension scheme investment supporting economic growth.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued to staff on (a) contacting and (b) assessing benefits claims for (i) victims and (ii) survivors of domestic violence and economic abuse.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claims for Child Disability Living Allowance were decided within the target timeframe of 45 working days in (a) 2024 and (b) so far in 2025.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish information on success rates for (a) Mandatory Reconsideration of decisions on Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) applications and (b) Tribunals relating to decisions on Child D

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will ensure that Mandatory Reconsiderations relating to decisions on Child Disability Living Allowance claims are dealt with within 28 days.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the level of teacher salaries on staff retention in (a) Cambridge and (b) other areas with high living costs.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure sustainable funding for (a) mainstream education and (b) SEND provision in (i) South Cambridgeshire constituency and (ii) other areas.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will making it her policy to review the national funding formula for schools and high needs.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to address regional disparities in school funding.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: South Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a comparative assessment of per-pupil funding in South Cambridgeshire constituency with other regions.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: South Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of the level of funding for schools in South Cambridgeshire constituency.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has for electricity market reform.

Source: official written-questions record.