Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot dated 24 July 2025.

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot dated 24 July 2025.

3 Sep 2025 · Women and Equalities

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 16 July 2025 from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot.

3 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Statement on Strengthening border security and reforms to the asylum system of 1 September 2025, whether applicants to the Ukrainian Permission Extension scheme who applied in Sp

2 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2025 to Question 30304 on Gaza: Internally Displaced People, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people displaced fro

2 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June to Question 59824 on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid, whether his Department has had discussions with the International Maritime Organisation on the

2 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June to Question 59825 on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid, what diplomatic steps his Department has taken to help ensure freedom of navigation in the East

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken is for GP practices to secure funding for expansion through ICBs; and how his Department plans to reduce that time.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions NHS England has had with ICBs on the number of GP surgery expansion applications awaiting capital funding.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that local decision-making by ICBs is in line with national strategic priorities for primary care infrastructure growth.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with ICBs on providing GP practices with (a) clearer and (b) more transparent criteria on the approval process for (i) surgery expansion and (ii) new builds.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered introducing a ring-fenced national funding stream to support the expansion of GP surgeries in (a) high-growth and (b) underserved areas.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices of regional variances in GP surgery expansion approvals under the integrated care board-led funding mechanism.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department is working with integrated care boards to help tackle potential barriers for GP partnerships when seeking funding for (a) new premises and (b) expansion under the capital funding

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the funding model administered by integrated care boards supports (a) long-term infrastructure planning for primary care and (b) the timely development of new

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review capital funding allocation processes for new GP premises, in the context of the potential impact of the integrated care board framework on such expansions.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current Integrated Care Board (ICB)-led funding model in supporting the expansion of GP surgeries in areas with rapidly growing populations.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Audit and Corporate Governance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to present the Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill during this parliamentary session.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 8 July 2025.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Multiple Sclerosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve multiple sclerosis services in NHS hospitals in Devon.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that the proposed deposit return scheme has adequate collection zones in (a) rural areas and (b) villages in Newton Abbot constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Multiple Sclerosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of service specifications for multiple sclerosis.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of neurology departments in NHS hospitals.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Multiple Sclerosis: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has commissioned research into multiple sclerosis services in the last year.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed deposit return scheme will include (a) drink bottles and (b) food containers.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will take steps to help ensure that administrative delays in the processing of solar panel installation applications do not reduce levels of public confidence in renewable g

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring tariff payments for electricity exported to the grid from solar panels to be backdated to the commissioning date of the

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of delays in (a) processing applications for solar panel installations and (b) issuing Distributor Network Operator reference numbers on hous

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the National Grid is under a (a) statutory and (b) regulatory obligation to process solar panel installation applications within a specified timeframe.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on the average time taken by the National Grid to (a) process applications for solar panel installations and (b) issue Distributor Network Operator reference nu

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