Written questions

253 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to incentivise local authorities to provide funding for public electronic vehicle charging points.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take steps to help reduce the cost of using the public electric vehicle charging network.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce universal signage for electronic vehicle charging points.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the (a) installation and (b) use of CCTV recordings in private nurseries a formal requirement for Ofsted inspections.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Greater Manchester Police: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Greater Manchester Police to reduce response times in north Greater Manchester.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people into work in (a) north Greater Manchester and (b) Heywood and Middleton North constituency.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the proportion of 18 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training in north Greater Manchester.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to prioritise areas of high economic inactivity in north Greater Manchester through the inactivity trailblazer programme.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to target additional judicial resources toward court settings which are at capacity in Greater Manchester.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to mitigate rail congestion across East-West rail lines in the north of England.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the deliverability of the Northern Powerhouse Rail project.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure the resilience of critical transport infrastructure in the north of England.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure families from disadvantaged backgrounds have access to high quality childcare provision.

20 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Delivery Services: Crimes against the Person

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle (a) violence and (b) abuse against retail delivery drivers.

20 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to help increase awareness of careers in the maritime sector.

20 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Ports: Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to support the use of shore power technology to aid maritime decarbonisation.

20 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Ferries and Passenger Ships

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to help promote maritime tourism for both (a) ferry and (b) cruise markets.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Heywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health services for (a) young men, (b) young women and (c) vulnerable people in Heywood and Middleton North constituency.

12 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on appointing a special envoy for complex detention cases.

12 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Heywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the creative industries in Heywood and Middleton North constituency.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will (a) extend legal protections for and (b) improve financial security available to foster carers.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help retain skilled and experienced foster carers.

5 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Crimes of Aggression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will advocate for a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against (a) President Putin and (b) the political leadership of the Russian Federation.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Airports: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce an independent organisation to (a) monitor and (b) control parking fees at airports.

5 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has considered establishing an independent national oversight mechanism for deaths involving (a) state and (b) law enforcement bodies.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues on timings schools will be expected to run free breakfast clubs to and from on a given day.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to take steps to help ensure private telecommunications infrastructure providers are unable to install hardware without consultation with local communities.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how long will the Government fund free breakfast clubs.

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to increase his Department's support for (a) Commonwealth veterans and (b) British army veterans born outside of the UK.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to take steps to (a) improve signposting and (b) create a central database for small and medium enterprises on grants for which they are eligible.

Source: official written-questions record.