Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Protection: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the data protection implications of offering lower prices in exchange for consumer data.

6 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Supermarkets: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review the (a) use of personal data in supermarket loyalty schemes and (b) the potential impact of those schemes on equitable pricing.

6 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Supermarkets: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of supermarket loyalty schemes on consumer pricing.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure consistency in accessibility standards for disabled motorists across (a) privately and (b) publicly operated car parks.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether statutory protections exist to prevent indirect discrimination in parking provision.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what monitoring her Department undertakes of local authority decisions to transfer control of car parks to private entities; and whether those decisions are subject to central (a

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued recent guidance on equal access provisions when public car parks are (a) privatised and (b) have a change of contract with a private parking com

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Chemicals: Sanitary Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help tackle the presence of (a) pesticides and (b) other harmful chemicals in period products.

4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 52406 on Pharmacy, what proportion of people do not have access to a pharmacy within two miles in Newton Abbot constituency.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rescue Services: Dogs and Cats

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to regulate dog and cat rescue services.

4 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of compliance of local authorities with the Public Sector Equality Duty when entering into agreements to transfer public car parks to

4 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will include guidance issued to local authorities on public consultation when transferring council-owned car parks to private (a) ownership and (b) management w

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve broadband connectivity in rural areas of Newton Abbot constituency.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Standing Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of standing charges on retirees in Devon.

4 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure care workers are excluded from reductions on work visas.

3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of Talkworks NHS Talking Therapy in supporting patients with mental health issues in Devon.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the UK trade envoy to Israel.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure that employers provide disabled people with the support they need to stay in work.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities on the potential impact of the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, publi

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in the cost of living on disabled people with complex needs.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Employment Agencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of private agency profit margins in the supply teacher market on (a) schools and (b) supply teachers.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of piloting a publicly funded (a) national and (b) regional supply teacher register for England.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with stakeholders on (a) public, (b) cooperative and (c) non-profit models of supply teacher provision.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of supply teaching arrangements on workforce retention (a) in general and (b) among teachers with protected characteristics.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department (a) collects and (b) plans to collect data on the number of supply teachers leaving the profession annually.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Pay and Pension Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the employment of supply teachers through private supply agencies on the (a) pay and (b) pension rights of early career teachers.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average daily rate paid to supply teachers by (a) agencies and (b) schools.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Employment Agencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of supply teachers employed through private agencies in (a) England and (b) the devolved Administrations.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Conditions of Employment and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) employment conditions and (b) average pay of supply teachers.

30 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diego Garcia: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of UK-US sub-rental of Diego Garcia atoll will be offset in the next financial year by the same year's equivalent payment of the UK's exit deal of the Chagos

Source: official written-questions record.