Written questions
1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 19 August 2025 with case reference MW09759.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 26 August 2025 with case reference MW09650.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 21 August 2025 with case reference MW09328.
13 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 9 September 2025 with case reference MW10038.
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
West of England Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support (a) South Western Railway and (b) Network Rail in improving the West of England mainline to prevent soil moisture deficits impacting rail journeys on that route.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) couples and (b) families are able to use the same email when signing up for the NHS app.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Primary Education: School Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Libraries for Primaries campaign.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Primary Education: School Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to provide funding for all state primary schools to have a library.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether modelling of the number of clinicians needed to meet patient needs will help inform the proposed 10-year Workforce Plan.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 52410 on Sewers, if she will set out the current (a) legal and (b) regulatory framework governing the (i) adoption, (ii) maintenance a
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 52410 on Sewers, when she plans to commence Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 52410 on Sewers, if she will set out the current obligations for housing developers are in respect of the installation of sustainable
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to reduce the impact of chronic respiratory conditions on the NHS in winter 2025-26.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) integrated care boards and (b) trusts (i) collect and (ii) publish data on the provision of respiratory diagnostics.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) integrated care boards and (b) trusts provide a (i) locally enhanced service and (ii) similar arrangement to support the establishment of resp
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of creating neighbourhood level respiratory diagnostic hubs.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) increase capacity and (b) reduce inequalities in accessing respiratory diagnosis.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 91 of his Department's policy paper entitled Fit for the future: 10 year health plan for England, published 1 July 2025, what criteria was used to determine which conditions
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of producing a modern service framework for respiratory care.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Horses
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of including equestrian safety in driving theory tests on reducing accidents.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Horse Riding
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road collisions took place between vehicles and horses in 2024; and what proportion of these were a result of a vehicle passing too closely or quickly.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Horse Riding
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which equestrian organisations her Department has consulted in developing its approach to equestrian road safety.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animals: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of sanitary and phytosanitary transfers between the UK and EU since 2020 on the economy.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Livestock: UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement on the number of cross-border transfers of livestock since 2020.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Birds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to monitor the population of Cirl Buntings in (a) Devon and (b) Cornwall.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has included requirements for sovereign AI capability in contracts awarded under the Federated Data Platform.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on sovereign AI capability through public sector procurement contracts since 10 September 2025.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Electronic Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what potential providers in the private sector her Department has had discussions with on the GOV.UK Wallet policy.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had discussions with (a) Apple, (b) Google and (c) other technology companies on delivering digital identity schemes.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which organisations her Department has met with as part of the development of digital identity proposals.
Source: official written-questions record.