Written questions

274 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Eastbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce the levels of air pollution in Eastbourne constituency.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Erosion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect seaside towns from coastal erosion.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Parks: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for National Parks in England.

27 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that local authorities are meeting their obligation to support (a) individuals and (b) families placed in temporary accommodation.

27 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are transparent with other Councils receiving out-of-area placements.

23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Latchmere House: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of rehabilitation practices used at HMP Latchmere House on reducing reoffending.

17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts and Tribunals: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts and tribunals have been closed since 2015.

16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that next of kin can swiftly access medical records of deceased relatives from (a) Yorkshire Ambulance Services NHS Trust and (b) other NHS trusts.

3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Independent Sentencing Review, published on 22 May 2025, whether the introduction of an identifier at sentencing for domestic abuse perpetrators will enable the Government to exclude offende

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Disability: Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent (a) hate crime and (b) harassment towards people with hidden disabilities.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce delays in processing Personal Independence Payment assessments.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support employers to create inclusive workplace environments that support people with hidden disabilities to (a) secure and (b) stay in work.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to engage with mental health service users on the development of mental health policy.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools in response to recent changes to the Ofsted Inspection Framework.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish evidence on the impact of puberty blockers.

17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the planned reduction in international aid on (a) global poverty and (b) international relationships.

8 Apr 2025 · Scotland Office

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Scottish offence of domestic assault in tackling violence against women and girls.

7 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Pre-sentence Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of cases a pre-sentence report was requested in each year since 2013.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to introduce measures to protect men and boys online.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Latchmere House: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department’s policies of rehabilitation practices in HMP Latchmere House.

25 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse (Aggravated Offences) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to support the Domestic Abuse (Aggravated Offences) Bill.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Sheep Meat: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of placing a ban on the import of lamb produced on farms that carry out mulesing without pain relief.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to produce an animal protection strategy detailing steps to (a) increase animal welfare standards and (b) end the use of cages for farm animals.

18 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Serco: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value is of penalty charges imposed on Serco for underperformance in relation to its electronic tagging contract since November 2023.

14 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve early diagnosis and (b) access to effective treatments for people with brain tumours.

14 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Illnesses: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help raise awareness of (a) endometriosis and (b) other women's health issues; and what steps he is taking to help (i) reduce waiting times for diagnosis, (ii) increase a

13 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Eastbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed within Eastbourne constituency in the most recent year that data are available.

11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve early diagnosis rates and (b) support the (i) development and (ii) availability of treatments for dementia.

10 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) the Government Actuary Department and (b) fire service pension providers have adequate tools to calculate pension entitlements for retired fire s

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

Livestock: Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with representatives from the agricultural industry on (a) animal welfare and (b) ending the use of cages for farm animals; and if he will take steps to pub

Source: official written-questions record.