Written questions

216 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Literacy: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether declarations of interest were made by (a) Ruth Miskin, (b) Read Write Inc and (c) other (i) individuals and (ii) organisations involved in (A) drafting and (B) advising on the new Writing Framework.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Literacy: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to prevent conflicts of interest during the development of the new Writing Framework for primary schools.

11 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Police: Leicester

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of levels of funding for policing Leicester on trends in levels of bicycle theft in that area.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of introducing a national free travel pass for NHS workers.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national free travel pass for NHS workers.

22 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral statement of 21 July 2025 on Middle East, Official Report, column 595, whether UK made arms components were used in the incident at the Project HOP

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Neurodiversity: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce mandatory neurodiversity training for all (a) teachers and (b) education staff.

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Processed Food: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support households (a) with children and (b) on a low income to (i) reduce their consumption of ultra-processed foods and (ii) use more minimally processed an

24 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Hospitals: Autism and Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether each Integrated Care System is required to reduce the number of (a) people with a learning disability and (b) autistic people from their area in mental health hospitals by 10 per cent withi

24 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Hospitals: Autism and Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what baseline figure his Department will use to measure progress on reducing the number of (a) people with a learning disability and (b) autistic people in mental health hospitals by 10 per cent wi

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Glaucoma: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to help prevent irreversible blindness due to glaucoma progression.

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Glaucoma: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of combined cataract and trabecular bypasses on glaucoma progression.

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Glaucoma: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the use of innovative technologies to treat glaucoma through the 10-Year Health Plan.

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Glaucoma: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking through the NHS 10-Year Health Plan to improve glaucoma care.

20 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Leicester

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the guidance entitled Libraries as a statutory service, published on 21 February 2025, whether her Department was informed by Leicester City Council of its plans for a consultat

20 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries the armed forces provided training to in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and which armed service provided that training.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the financial sustainability of nursery providers in the context of changes to free childcare entitlement.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of regional variations in the cost of delivering nursery provision in England.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative estimate her Department has made of the (a) number of available nursery places and (b) demand for those places in England by region.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new nursery settings have opened in England in each year since 2018.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery providers have closed in England in each year since 2018; and what data her Department holds on the reasons for those closures.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding rates for early years providers offering free nursery places.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the average shortfall between Government funding and the actual cost to nurseries of delivering a funded nursery place.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free nursery hours were funded in each year since 2018; and what the total cost to the public was in each of those years.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average hourly funding rate provided to local authorities for the delivery of free nursery places in England was in each year since 2018.

18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on trends in the level of political violence in that country.

16 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries received training from the armed forces in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and which branch of the armed forces was responsible for delivering that training.

13 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Durham Commission on Creativity and Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Israel: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56822 on Israel: Military Aid, whether a human rights assessment was carried out before approving training for the Israel Defence Forces.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Israel: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56822 on Israel: Military Aid, what the cost to his Department has been of training Israel Defence Forces personnel in each of the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.