Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the repair and re-use economy.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Electronic Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce e-waste.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have left the NHS in (a) Devon & Cornwall and (b) the UK under non-disclosure agreements.

28 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) Operation Scorpion and (b) other initiatives in reducing drug trafficking and county lines activity in Devon and Cornwall.

28 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) disrupt county lines operations and (b) reduce exploitation of vulnerable people in Devon and Cornwall.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide additional funding for pothole repair in Newton Abbot constituency.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Prisoners: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28734 on Prisoners: Parents, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of having a parent in prison on SAT performances; and whether

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Channings Wood: Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Rapid Deployment Cells are in use at Channings Wood.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Shaldon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce sewage discharges at Shaldon.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Dawlish

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce sewage discharges at Dawlish Town.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Teignmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce sewage discharges at Teignmouth Holcombe.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Dawlish

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce sewage discharges at Dawlish Coryton Cove.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments: Shellfish

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to reduce animal testing on decapod crustaceans in scientific research.

28 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Shellfish

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to include decapod crustaceans in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of private parking companies on motorists in Devon.

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of local authorities that have transitioned to using private parking companies for local parking enforcement.

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23/04/20225 to Question 45236 on private parking sector, if she will publish the minutes of her upcoming meetings with both private parking trade associ

24 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Teignbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure Teignbridge District Council receives additional funding for the building of social homes.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

M5

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the M5 into Newton Abbot constituency.

24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of health misinformation on public health decision making.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of poor media literacy skills on young people's (a) employability and (b) workplace readiness.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of poor media skills on young people's (a) employability and (b) workplace readiness.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) civil society and (b) community organisations delivering lifelong media literacy programmes for adults.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure media literacy programmes are part of local and regional strategies.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Media: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that media literacy is included in the Curriculum and Assessment Review.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Forestry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will expand agroforestry support to include (a) multiple species and (b) increased tree planting density.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to adapt existing farming subsidy schemes to incentivise the (a) housing of all farmed animals in woodland and (b) planting of woodland in permanent pasture to im

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Grazing Land: Biodiversity and Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) silvopastoral and (b) holistic planned grazing practices to enhance (i) carbon sequestration and (ii) biodiversity.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Ticket Offices: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with Great Western Railway on the potential closure of ticket offices in Devon.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of additional costs incurred during eye tests on low income households attending opticians.

Source: official written-questions record.