Written questions

38 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what share of employment-support funding associated with the increase in spending to over £3.5 billion by 2028-29 has not been allocated to specific programmes and interventions.

1 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Spending Review, if he will publish a breakdown of the funding allocations contributing to employment-support funding of over £3.5 billion by 2028-29 in each financial year from 20

14 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, ?what steps she is taking to help ensure that the UK has sovereign AI capacity.

12 Mar 2026 · Attorney General

Crime: Victims

To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Crown Prosecution Service's communications with victims of crime.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Freight: Large Goods Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support small and medium enterprises in haulage to transition to low-emission heavy good vehicles.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the maths-teacher recruitment target for postgraduate initial teacher training course entries in 2025-26.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has estimated the proportion of driving licence addresses which are inaccurate.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prosecutions of driving licence holders there have been for failure to notify of a change of address in the most recent year for which information is available.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

National Connectivity Alliance: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what funding her Department plans to provide to the National Connectivity Alliance in each of the next three financial years; and whether her Department has assessed the potential impac

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the commencing Section 70 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022.

29 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dairy Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the dairy industry.

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Energy: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help lower energy bills.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Dementia and Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to consult people with lived experience of dementia on the Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia.

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

5G: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to commission a review of the 2017 Electronic Communications Code reforms to evaluate its potential impact on the deployment of 5G masts.

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

5G: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the 2017 reforms to the Electronic Communications Code on levels of (a) 5G coverage and (b) network performance in com

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with (a) landowners (b) Wireless Infrastructure Providers and (c) Mobile Network Operators on the implementation of sections 61-64 of the Product

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 on rent revenues earned by NHS properties hosting mobile infrastructure.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to delay implementation of Sections 61-64 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act until the Government’s review of the mobile mark

26 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Deposit Return Schemes: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of applying VAT to unredeemed deposits in the Deposit Return Scheme on levels of private investment into the scheme’s (a) infrastructure and (b) delivery.

20 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Careers Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the National Jobs and Careers Service will complement the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025.

4 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Careers Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, published on 26 November 2024, what progress her Department has made on the planned pilot of the National Jobs and Careers Service.

4 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department plans to allocate the additional funding for supporting young people into work outlined in her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Ge

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Physical Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools are delivering two hours of PE a week.

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

Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the obligation on (a) sellers, (b) estate agents and (c) solicitors to ensure that property is transferred

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

Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the publication entitled Approved Document B: Fire safety - frequently asked questions, published on 23 August

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of standardising the process by which ICBs commission palliative care, in the context of administrative pressures on hospices.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the steps taken to improve the provision of care in the period in the period since the publication of the Independent review into the death of Clive

29 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of regulation of the private car parking sector.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of classing trainee teachers as being in work for the purpose of claiming free childcare.

29 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making integrated care boards statutory consultees on applications for planning permission.

Source: official written-questions record.