Written questions

310 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Community Ownership Fund: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Community Ownership Fund on rural areas.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussion she has had with consumer groups on the adequacy of veterinary services.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to update the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 in response to the provisional recommendations of the CMA veterinary services for household pets investigation.

5 Nov 2025 · Leader of the House

Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Leader of the House, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of improving parliamentary scrutiny procedures for international trade agreements.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Climate Change: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of investor-state dispute settlement provisions on the UK's climate targets.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with relevant stakeholders on tackling harassment on public transport against women and girls in the North East.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Department has made of the potential merits of continuing the use of Education, Health and Care Plans to support children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities with a guaranteed righ

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

Pride in Place Programme: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Plan for Neighbourhoods on communities in the North East.

5 Nov 2025 · Attorney General

Rape: North East

To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions her Department has had with relevant stakeholders in the North East on the Rape Action Plan.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the proposed ban on trail hunting.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on its manifesto commitment to extend the ban on trail hunting.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on providing support to victims of rape and sexual violence through the court system in the North East.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts in the North East.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Gender based violence: Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on tackling harassment on trains against women and girls in Hexham constituency.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussion her Department is having with relevant stakeholders to help tackle harassment against women and girls on trains in the North East.

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

Community Relations: Hexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help support community cohesion in Hexham constituency.

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

Community Recovery Fund: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the use of the Community Recovery Fund in the North East.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the role of a freelance champion in the North East.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Energy Intensive Industries: Hexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reduced electricity costs for employers on employment growth in energy- intensive sectors in Hexham constituency.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Investment: Hexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Office for Investment is taking to help increase private sector investment in Hexham constituency.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on ensuring that vulnerable pensioners in the North East are protected from online benefit scams.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parents with three and four- year-olds from (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle and (d) the North East have used their entitlement to 15 hours of free childcare in each of the la

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for veterans in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle and (d) the North East.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing Estates: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reform estate adoption in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, and (d) the North East.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Houses: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85401 on Public Houses: Rural Areas, what his planned timeframe is for publishing the outcome from the Call for Evidence on Reforming the licensing

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders to improve tennis facilities in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the North East and (e) England.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Hexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with Northumberland County Council on the adequacy of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities in Hexham constituency.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Department is taking to support public libraries in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle and (d) the North East.

4 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of suicide prevention training for staff working in police custody suites in the North East.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Department is taking to improve mobile telephone signal in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the North East and (e) England.

Source: official written-questions record.