Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Electricity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide funding to support the electrification of UK fishing fleets.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 30796 on Childcare: Finance, if she will collect data from councils on (a) how childcare providers deliver entitlements and (b) how many and what proportio

17 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Crimes Outside National Territories: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will review the adequacy of its policies on police forces supporting foreign jurisdictions, in the context of the case of Ali Kololo.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of aligning UK General Product Safety Regulations with those in the EU to remove the need for an EU Responsible Person when trading with the EU.

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS nurses providing additional cover for staff shortages are adequately compensated.

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of ending enhanced payments for NHS nurses covering staff shortages on staffing levels at (a) Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, (b) No

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that ending enhanced payments for NHS nurses covering staff shortages does not increase reliance on agency staff.

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of ending enhanced payments for NHS nurses covering staff shortages on the finances of nurses; and what estimate his Department has m

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that independent schools are subject to the same inspection standards as state-funded schools.

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered replacing Ofsted with a new HM Inspector of Schools with a (a) revised inspection framework and (b) assessments of (i) staff and (ii) pupil wellbeing.

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Ofsted inspections place greater emphasis on (a) pupil wellbeing, (b) creative subjects and (c) social development.

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of Ofsted inspections on teacher (a) wellbeing and (b) retention in the past five years.

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of including (a) pupil wellbeing and (b) staff retention data in school performance tables.

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the \(a) accuracy and (b) breadth of school performance indicators to ensure they reflect (i) pupil wellbeing and (ii) teacher satisfaction alongside academic outc

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research her Department has conducted on the effectiveness of lighter-touch testing compared to mandatory SATs in assessing pupil progress.

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Assessments: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce teaching to the test in primary schools to improve pupils' (a) engagement and (b) learning outcomes.

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of mandatory SATs on pupil wellbeing and teacher workload; and whether her Department has considered adopting moderated teacher assessments as an

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2025 to Question 27704 on Russia: Shipping, if she will list the Russian shadow fleet vessels that have entered UK waters in the last 12 months.

14 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 35451 on USA: Defence, what information his Department holds on (a) spending on the procurement of defence-related (i) items and (ii) services from the US and (

14 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Overseas Trade: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 34422 on Overseas Trade: Russia; if his Department will ban UK-Russian imports and exports that are not directly linked to

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the EU General Product Safety Regulation on costs to UK businesses (a) before and (b) after the UK left the EU.

14 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 35862 on Beer: Excise Duties, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of variations in (a) beer and (b) other alcohol taxatio

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Trade: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 35024 on Overseas Trade: Russia, if the Department will publish the licenses issued on trade insurances by UK-based companies with a final destinatio

14 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will convene a stakeholder roundtable to help tackle the shortage of Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy medication with (a) manufacturers, (b) patient advocacy groups and (c) other relevan

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long a period of notice was given to stakeholders before the closure of SFI.

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Old Oak Common Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all trains on the Great Western Mainline will be required to call at the proposed Old Oak Common station.

14 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29983 on Parking: Fees and Charges, whether she has had discussions with parking companies on the potential impact of a par

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment o strengthening protections from AI-generated CSAM by introducing a statutory duty for all Generative AI developers to (a) complete a risk assessment and (

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to protect children against the risks of generative-AI content on small websites.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will put a statutory duty on small websites to prevent putting children at risk of (a) sexual extortion, (b) grooming and (c) generating child sexual abuse images.

Source: official written-questions record.