Written questions

253 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Parking: Large Goods Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider mandating the allocation of sites for HGV parking as part of the conditions for consent for larger infrastructure projects.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Large Goods Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of parking facilities for HGV drivers in the North West.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to publish an official list of officially recognised training institutions for the consideration of prospective private hire vehicle drivers.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help prevent prospective private hire vehicle drivers from enrolling in unofficial training institutions.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that private hire vehicle drivers receive qualifications from officially recognised training institutions.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) accessibility and (b) effectiveness of grants for people who (i) have purchased used electric vehicles and (ii) cannot afford new electric vehicles.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on increasing EV charging infrastructure initiatives in under-served (a) urban and (b) rural areas.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase access to EV charging points.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) reduce class sizes and (b) provide focused support in maintained special schools.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support local authorities in the North West to (a) process and (b) issue education, health and care plans for SEND children.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that appeals for education, health and care plans for SEND children reaching tribunal are processed swiftly.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that education, health and care plans for SEND children are issued by local authorities within five weeks.

9 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing indefinite leave to remain for Ukrainian nationals that have fled to the UK since 2022.

9 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the extension of visa for Ukrainian nationals in the UK who have fled the war since 2022.

9 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

MMR Vaccine: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to counter disinformation pertaining to the MMRV vaccine.

9 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

MMR Vaccine: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase uptake of the MMRV vaccine among children.

9 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

MMR Vaccine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide up-to-date clinical guidance on the age groups that should receive the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine.

29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office

British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to assess the potential merits of flexible visa arrangements with the European Union for British nationals who face challenges with the Schengen rules.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Bridleways: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential potential impact of bridleways on supporting active travel in urban areas.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve patient safety across the NHS in Greater Manchester.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to implement a single patient record system across the NHS.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve information sharing between GPs and hospital trusts in Greater Manchester.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the timely sharing of patient information between hospital trusts with different IT systems.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing for people who have been diagnosed with PTSD in Greater Manchester

17 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence: Running

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of the recommendations of the article entitled Abuse of Women Runners: implications for the violence agai

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill and her Department's document entitled English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, whether she will bring forward legis

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support bereaved families who have lost loved ones as a result of serious and violent crimes committed by reoffenders.

7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help improve the quality of probation services across the North West of England.

7 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the mental health needs of children in Ukraine.

7 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support the mental health needs of children in Gaza.

Source: official written-questions record.