Written questions

629 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

New Towns: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding model his Department will use for infrastructure delivery in (a) Adlington, Cheshire East and (b) other proposed new towns.

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

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's document entitled Initial government response - September 2025, published on 28 September 2025, whether the proposed new delivery partnership f

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

Adlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the New Towns Taskforce on the potential impact of a new town at Adlington, Cheshire East on (a) Stockport Council and (b) other neighbouring loc

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

Adlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to consult residents in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester on the proposed new town at Adlington, Cheshire East.

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

Adlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department will use to decide whether Adlington, Cheshire East will be a new town.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to produce educational videos to aid early years staff in (a) reading and (b) learning the Early years foundation stage statutory framework.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Sleep

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that early years staff in all settings read (a) the relevant Early years foundation stage statutory framework, last updated on 1 September 2025, in full and (b) NHS guidance on

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 67189 on Pre-school Education: Accidents and Death, whether official communication channel exists to communicate early years foundation stage updates to every

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 66737 on Pre-school Education: Inspections, how much funding his Department plans on allocating to Ofsted to increase the frequency and quality of Early Years

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of directing Ofsted to ensure that one third of inspections are carried out without notice.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide frontline police officers with training to (a) recognise and (b) address antisemitism.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure transparency for consumers in the use of AI-generated music on streaming platforms; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of AI-generated mus

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with representatives of the music industry on the potential impact of trends in the level of AI-generated music available through streaming platforms on the music

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Ofsted: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Ofsted inspections are (a) standardised and (b) include safe sleep practice.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the absence of a formal central email channel for early years foundation stage updates for early years settings on the safety of children in those s

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 67189Pre-school Education: Accidents and Death, what steps she is taking to ensure that early years foundation stage safeguarding requirements are (a) implemen

10 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Community Security Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support the Community Security Trust in safeguarding (a) synagogues, (b) Jewish schools and (c) other Jewish community locations.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support artists in adapting to the growing presence of AI-generated music in the music industry.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Food Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Israel on ensuring that food aid reaches people in Gaza.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Famine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification of 29 July 2025 which states that Gaza has entered Phase 5 (Catastrophic/Famine conditions);

29 Aug 2025 · Women and Equalities

Disability: Public Lavatories

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing legislation that would ensure that all accessible toilets in public places have RADAR key locks on disabled people.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Academies: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department is taking to intervene when a multi-academy trust does not investigate serious safeguarding complaints adequately.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on (a) internal and (b) fixed-term exclusions in primary schools, broken down by race.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures are in place to ensure that allegations of racial bias in (a) schools and (b) academy trusts are adequately (i) investigated and (ii) monitored.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Academies: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of levels of consistency of safeguarding protocols in multi-academy trusts in relation to unauthorised adult access to school premises.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electronic Commerce

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing measures to ensure that (a) the (i) location and (ii) identity of online sellers can be effectively verified and (b)

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electronic Commerce: Hallmarking and VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that online sellers meet their obligations in relation to (a) the Hallmarking Act 1973 and (b) the payment of VAT.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial support for pensioners in single-person households who have higher per-person energy costs than th

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of British Nationals (Overseas) visa holders on the white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 202

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to support British National (Overseas) visa holders who (a) have nearly reached the end of the five-year settlement period and (b) will be subject to the planned ten-year

Source: official written-questions record.