Written questions

1,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to introduce a ban on pavement parking in non-metropolitan areas.

19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 29563 on General Practitioners: Finance, what his planned timetable is for confirming funding for GP surgery projects.

19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 29563 on General Practitioners: Finance, what his planned timetable is for confirming the allocations for integrated care boards.

19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of call waiting times for emergency support for suicidal people in Bedfordshire.

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

Sport England

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release entitled Bureaucratic burden lifted to speed up building in growth agenda, published o

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Theatre

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the economic contribution of live theatre to the creative industry.

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

Arts: Theatres Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release entitled Bureaucratic burden lifted to speed up building in growth agenda, published o

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

Arts: Theatres Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release entitled Bureaucratic burden lifted to speed up building in growth agenda, published o

18 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate support for people with postural tachycardia syndrome in Bedfordshire.

18 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of waiting times for visas on (a) the super priority service and (b) other processes.

18 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of fast-tracked passport applications taking longer than one week.

18 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of passport applications taking longer than three weeks.

18 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of waiting times at the Passport Office.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Planning: Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of apprenticeship levy reforms on Chartered Town Planner Level 7 Apprenticeships.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2025 to Question 27313 on Private Education: Special Educational Needs, if she will make a separate assessment for SEN pupils.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of teachers employed in state schools in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of SEN children fined for school absences in the last academic year.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Thameslink Line: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of planned housing developments in Bedfordshire on Thameslink services.

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2025 to Question 24312 on Health Services: Pensioners, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of holding that data centrally.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Universities: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support university-partnered venture capital investment companies outside the Oxford, Cambridge and London triangle; and whether Ministers in his Department h

17 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Bank Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29957 on Bank Services and Banking Hubs, if her Department will direct the Financial Conduct Authority to require the creation of banking hubs in new towns with

17 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29193 on Hospitality Industry: Employment, whether her Department has done a sector specific analysis of the projected impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on emplo

17 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28608 on Employers' Contributions: Public Sector, whether the funding provided will offset the full impact.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Recreation Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of green space maintenance standards by developers after the construction of new housing developments.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Theatres Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Bureaucratic burden lifted to speed up building in growth agenda, published on 10 March 2025, what assessment her Depart

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Sport England

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Bureaucratic burden lifted to speed up building in growth agenda, published on 10 March 2025, what assessment her Depart

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Garden Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Bureaucratic burden lifted to speed up building in growth agenda, published on 10 March 2025, whether there will be a de

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Bureaucratic burden lifted to speed up building in growth agenda, published on 10 March 2025, which statutory consultees

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

Electricity Generation: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to provide guidance to forestry authorities on prioritising energy generation in the context of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

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

Electricity Generation: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of hectares of forestry land that will be made available for energy generation, in the context of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

Source: official written-questions record.