Written questions

253 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that men’s mental health organisations in the north of England are consulted on the forthcoming men’s health strategy.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the wider community utility of rail stations in the north of England.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Community Railways Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help support the long-term viability of community rail organisations in the context of (a) her Department's rail reforms and (b) the inception of Great British Rail.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Community Railways Initiative: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support community rail in the north of England.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

School Support Staff Negotiating Body

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure collaboration between the School Support Staff Negotiation Body and academy trusts.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

School Support Staff Negotiating Body

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that recommendations made by the School Support Staff Negotiating Body are implemented.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

School Support Staff Negotiating Body

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the independence of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

School Support Staff Negotiating Body

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the School Support Staff Negotiating Body will be operational.

7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Bridleways: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect bridleways in the context of changes to national planning regulations.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Bridleways: Active Travel

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

20 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Police: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure the provision of appropriate accommodation for police officers whose careers were shortened by significant injury.

17 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether people who (a) are already living in the UK and (b) hold active visas will s

17 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the

10 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps with his international counterparts to establish an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace.

6 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure improved service from the Child Maintenance Service.

6 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase resourcing for the Child Maintenance Service.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Recruitment: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the new jobs and careers service will work with employers to help tackle ageism in (a) recruitment and (b) the workplace.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people in their (a) 50s and (b) 60s are included in the design of its new digital employment support offer.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including an increase in employment among people aged 50–59 and 60–66 as a distinct intermediate outcome metric in the Get Britain Working frame

20 May 2025 · Department for Education

Childcares: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that it is financially viable for childcare settings to offer places to three and four year-old children.

20 May 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support single parents re-entering the workforce with funding to access high-quality childcare.

20 May 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of single parent family access to high quality childcare settings.

20 May 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of early years funding models in supporting (a) parents and (b) guardians who work fewer than 16 hours per week.

19 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Armed Forces Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Armed Forces Covenant Duty on the work of her Department.

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Missing Persons: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to better equip local police forces to ensure the safe return of missing children.

19 May 2025 · Department for Education

Missing Persons: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to develop a cross-Government strategy for reducing the numbers of missing children.

19 May 2025 · Treasury

Infrastructure: North West

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Infrastructure Strategy will support infrastructure enhancements in the North West.

19 May 2025 · Treasury

Infrastructure: North West

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the Northern Arc infrastructure project.

19 May 2025 · Treasury

Railways: Greater Manchester

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to improve connections between the Greater Manchester City Region and (a) Yorkshire, (b) the Liverpool City Region and (c) North Wales.

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Devolution: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to provide fiscal autonomy to the North West.

Source: official written-questions record.