Written questions

609 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of EIP25 targets for improving plantations on ancient woodland soils with Forestry England’s 2044 target on PAWS restoration.

2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Care and Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve preventative and community care.

2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve GP to patient ratios.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Oxford-Cambridge Arc

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timeline is for woodland creation for the Oxford–Cambridge National Forest; what interim milestones have been set; and when plans for boundaries and targets will be pu

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Oxford-Cambridge Arc

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether indicators of progress for tree planting, canopy cover, ancient woodland condition, tree survival and biodiversity for the Oxford–Cambridge Forest will be published annually.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting: Oxford-Cambridge Arc

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in relation to the Oxford–Cambridge Forest, what assessment has been made of the impact of afforestation on hydrology in the region.

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

Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to introduce reforms to Energy Performance Certificates, in the context of the development and implementation of the Home Energy Model.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the effectiveness of funding for renewable energy projects through the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7.

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

Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his timeline is for publishing the outcome and response to the Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings regime consultation.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the strategy Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 2025, which sp

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond substantively to Question 90841 tabled by the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire on 13 November 2025.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his timeline is for launching the proposed framework to scrutinise additional costs and levies on consumer energy bills.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to recover the 6120 missing responses from the Railways Bill consultation; and what steps she is taking to ensure the integrity of the consultation process for future consultations.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department's consultations comply fully with the Gunning Principles in the future.

3 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Genetics: Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of progress against the commitment in the NHS 10 Year Plan for Health to launch a new large-scale study to sequence the genomes of 150,000 adults and assess how g

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy: National Grid

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timeline is for rolling out the Connections Accelerator Service.

3 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Genetics: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to launch the study to sequence the genomes of 150,000 adults.

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

Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 91533 on Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity, whether she plans to consult further on the definition of (a) small and (b) medium sites

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

Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 91533 on Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity, if she will ensure adequate Parliamentary scrutiny of that impact assessment before fina

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

Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 91533 on Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity, whether the full impact assessment will be published prior to her response to the consul

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

Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 91533 on Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity, when the full impact assessment will be published.

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

Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to make sites below 0.5 hectares exempt from Biodiversity Net Gain.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Access to Work scheme on the economy and society.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to improve the Access to Work scheme.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Violent and Sex Offender Register

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a publicly searchable register of individuals convicted of sexual offences.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made of the potential impact of the proposals in the consultation on Earned Settlement on victims of domestic violence before its publication; and what steps she will take to ensur

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure that England has a palliative care workforce able to cope with increases in demand for end of life care.

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to reduce emergency hospital admissions involving people who are in the last 12 months of life.

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the early identification of palliative care needs.

Source: official written-questions record.