Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gulf of Mexico: Maps

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he bring forward legislative proposals to regulate maps used in the UK to ensure that the Gulf of Mexico is not referred to by other names.

13 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase access to driving tests in the Newton Abbot constituency.

13 May 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of areas with an identified need for 0-4 year old child care do not have spare classrooms at schools.

13 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Petrol: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it is policy to commit to the pump watch petrol price comparison platform.

13 May 2025 · Treasury

High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the High Income Child Benefit Charge on people earning just over £50,000 per year.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the High Income Child Benefit Charge on (a) single-earner and (b) dual-earner households with similar or higher combined incomes.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that have a joint income of over £90,000 that are not subject to the High Income Child Benefit Charge.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using household income to levy the High Income Child Benefit Charge.

12 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fossil Fuels and Offshore Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to (a) end fossil fuel subsidies and (b) provide support for people working in the oil and gas industry to transition to other sectors.

12 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to allocate funds toward supporting the re-training of oil and gas workers.

12 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to support the re-training of oil and gas workers to help them transition to renewable energy.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how her Department holds records of children with a parent in prison; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of holding this information in (a) a single and (b) multiple databases.

12 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to limit access to gambling advertising to people with problem gambling.

12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of creating a young cancer patient travel fund.

12 May 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) school support workers and (b) other relevant stakeholders in the drafting of the Employment Rights Bill.

12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Foods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to amend regulations on the (a) composition, (b) marketing and (c) labelling of commercial infant and toddler foods, in the context of products with (i) a high nutritional value an

12 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) risk assessment and (b) contingency plan his Department has produced for the National Grid in the event of a national blackout, in the context of the situation in Spain and Portugal

8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will require additional public reporting from water companies placed into (a) special measures or (b) special administration.

8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a statutory obligation for water companies in special measures to prioritise environmental repair in their restructuring plans.

8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofwat's powers to enforce compliance with (a) environmental and (b) financial regulations by water companies.

8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the conditions on which water companies' licences are renewed where there is repeated (a) pollution or (b) non-compliance.

8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that costs incurred by the Government for water companies entering special administration are recovered from that company's creditors.

8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings officials in his Department have held with (a) investor groups, (b) asset managers and (c) shareholder representatives with interests in UK water companies since July

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

District Councils: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to hold district council elections in 2027.

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Unitary Councils: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to delay planned local elections for new unitary authorities after 2027.

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's timetable is for responding to submissions from local authorities in relation to local government reorganisation, received by 21 March 2025.

7 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beaches: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help protect beaches between the mouth of the River Exe and mouth of the River Dart.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.

7 May 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital funding she plans to make available for schools in Devon in the 2026-27 financial year.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve conditions in psychiatric hospitals.

Source: official written-questions record.