Written questions

504 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of measures in place to prevent violence against NHS staff.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to secure a UK-EU defence and security agreement.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce child poverty in Stratford-on-Avon constituency.

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

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the adequacy of the support they received for holding local elections in May 2025.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to support more employers to provide technical apprenticeships.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to require local authorities to use the same licensing regulations for (a) private hire vehicles and (b) taxis.

22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Adrenaline Auto-injectors: Emergency Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether adrenaline auto-injectors are routinely carried by first responders.

22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve preparedness for first-time anaphylaxis incidents in rural communities.

14 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of violence by armed groups and militias such as M23 armed group in the Eastern Democratic Republic

13 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with childcare providers on (a) changes in the level of additional service charges and (b) their potential impact on working families’ ability to access affordable childc

13 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory requirements for nurseries to provide itemised breakdowns of additional service charges.

18 Dec 2024 · Women and Equalities

Foster Care

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make care experience a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.

16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Warwickshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, whether elections to Warwickshire County Council will take place on 1 May 2025.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of interest rates for university student loans on (a) students and (b) their families.

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of voter ID on specific migrant communities.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential for data sharing with the DVLA to enable applications for reduced rate vehicle excise duty to be made (a) online a

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty: Stratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to tackle fuel poverty in the Stratford-on-Avon constituency in winter 2024-25.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to extend home-to-school transport for SEND students to include those in post-16 education.

4 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Personal Care Services: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to reduce the VAT (a) rate and (b) threshold for businesses that provide personal care services.

3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Stratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of (a) NHS dentists and (b) NHS dental appointments in Stratford-on-Avon constituency.

27 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Farmers: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has conducted an impact assessment on the potential impact of changes to agricultural property relief on tenant farmers.

27 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) debt collecting companies to wait for decisions of appeal courts before taking action and (b) otherwise require improve the regulation of debt collection practi

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the independence of the nuclear deterrent; and if he will take steps to reduce reliance on the US for the (a) testing, (b) maintenance, and (c) replacement of missiles.

26 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve waiting times to access dementia treatment in Warwickshire.

19 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the independence of the nuclear deterrent; and if he will take steps to reduce reliance on the US for the (a) testing, (b) maintenance, and (c) replacement of missiles.

19 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle (a) violation of personal freedoms of female students and (b) other forms of mistreatment of women and girls in Iran.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plants: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) levels of risk and (b) rates of checks on plants at the UK border.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) impact of the Border Target Operating Model on Environmental Horticulture businesses.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of schools that have applied full-time attendance targets for (a) autistic and (b) neurodivergent children w

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing (a) fines and (b) other sanctions on companies that use automated software programs to buy driving test appointments.

Source: official written-questions record.