Written questions
1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Badgers: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce cases of Badger Baiting.
30 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the department plans to respond to written question 3633 on Climate Change: Environment Protection tabled by the hon. member for Newton Abbot on 20 May.
30 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Trusts reported to be failing to meet cancer standards have been (a) mandated and (b) encouraged to use Cancer360 by NHS England.
30 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals use Cancer360 for managing patient pathways.
30 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Social Workers: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of response times from Social Work England for complains about social workers.
29 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has estimated the number of parents who have been found ineligible for the additional funded childcare entitlement solely because they are paid every four weeks rather than monthly.
29 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the minimum earnings eligibility criteria for the additional funded childcare entitlement on parents who are paid on a four-weekly payroll cycle; and whet
29 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot sent on 14 May 2026 under case ref MW15899.
29 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Telecommunications: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the response to proposed planning reforms relating to permitted development rights and the National Planning Policy Framework for telecommunications infr
29 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Telecommunications: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology to discuss planning reforms relating to permitted development rights and the Natio
29 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Telecommunications: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to accelerate proposed planning reforms relating to permitted development rights and the National Planning Policy Framework for telecommunications infrastructure
29 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Coastal Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police forces maintain specialist crime capability for coastal communities under proposed policing reforms.
29 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which stakeholders, including hon. Members, she has consulted in developing Police Bill reforms; and if she will publish a summary of responses to those consultations.
29 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Devon and Cornwall Police: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of governance and structural reforms on the ability of Devon and Cornwall Police to deliver improvement plans.
29 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission the National Audit Office to review the financial and skills capacity of the proposed new policing governance structures.
25 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Hydrogen: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help attract private sector investment into the hydrogen market.
25 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what demonstrations of (a) the maternity Single Patient Record system and (b) any tools used to (i) summarise patient data and (ii) construct clinical timelines have been provided to witnesses givi
25 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the North West maternity trial of the Single Patient Record, referred to in the Health Bill Committee on 16 June 2026, is being delivered through the Federated Data Platform; and what role
25 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the proposed Single Patient Record will have audit trails that are directly accessible to patients as a matter of course.
25 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that patients can access audit logs of who has accessed their health records across (a) GP Connect, (b) the Summary Care Record and (c) other existing systems
25 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Market Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what is her Department's planned timetable for publishing the findings of the Mobile Market Review.
25 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Official Hospitality
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that entries in the Ministry of Defence Hospitality Register are made in a timely manner; whether his Department provides guidance on the maximum period within which
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
5G
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what support her Department is offering to Local Authorities to support the connectivity of 5G in their areas.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
5G: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the merger of Vodafone and Three on the rollout of 5G services in (a) Devon and (b) Newton Abbot constituency.
23 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to create a South West regional police force as part of the boundary review.
23 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the size of Policing Boards within the new merged Police Authority on (a) effective scrutiny and (b) decision making.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for the Department to publish a breakdown of the expenditure on the Universal Credit (UC) housing and Housing Benefit (HB) over the last ten years.
22 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential financial impact on residents of Devon of harmonising police council tax precepts across larger policing areas following any future police force mergers
22 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent reforms to the IOPC and police misconduct system on public confidence and independent oversight of policing.
22 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to support forces in embedding equality, diversity and inclusion across operational policing, in particular during proposed police force mergers.
Source: official written-questions record.