Written questions
68 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 May 2026 · Department for Transport
Road Safety Investigation Branch
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the formation of the Road Safety Investigation Branch for Great Britain.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Parents: Advisory Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's planned timeline is for the Online Parenting Interventions project.
29 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence
National Cyber Force
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on establishing a National Cyber Force HQ in Lancashire.
23 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Pupils: Chronic Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has assessed schools' adherence to the duty to care for students with medical conditions.
23 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Parents: Advisory Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that evidence drives the rollout of online parenting support contained in the Best Start in Life Strategy.
23 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Babies: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the rollout of Healthy Babies is compatible with the 10 Year Health Plan’s commitment to match Start for Life (Healthy Babies) services.
23 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Babies: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equitable access to Healthy Babies services for babies in constituencies that cross multiple local authority boundaries.
15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Streptococcus: Notifiable Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 91494, if the UK Health Security Agency will publish its assessment of the need for mandatory notification for Group B Streptococcus.
17 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Roads: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the review of standards for Home Office Type Approval of road enforcement technology will be completed.
17 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Roads: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the review of standards for the Home Office Type Approval process applied to road enforcement technology.
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timeline is for the data collection, evaluation and interim decision for the in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how newborn screening laboratories can join the in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Streptococcus: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a screening programme for group B Streptococcus in pregnant women.
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Streptococcus: Notifiable Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of designating group B Streptococcus as a notifiable disease.
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Civil Procedure Rule Committee on the implementation of fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence claims valued up to £25,000.
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Personal Injury: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) repealing or (b) amending Section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948.
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help lower (a) legal and (b) overall costs incurred through clinical negligence.
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Footpaths
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of opening paths on disused railway lines to increase public access to nature.
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recreation Spaces
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to make it easier to create more routes (a) to and (b) through green spaces.
27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Family Hubs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to confirm the funding settlement for Start for Life services from 1 April 2026; whether that funding settlement will include the (a) increased geography and (b) widened a
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will take steps to publish a green paper to expand access to nature.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Outdoor Recreation and Access to Nature's report entitled, Outdoo
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Walking
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new river trails designed for multi-use.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Birds: Special Protection Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to instruct Natural England to develop proposals for new Special Protection Areas for vulnerable bird species.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Recreation Spaces
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) mental and (b) physical health benefits of having access to (i) green and (ii) blue spaces for recreation.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Children: Recreation Spaces
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential benefit to children of having access to (a) green spaces, (b) blue spaces and (c) other types of nature as part of their education.
16 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Playing Fields: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the legislative proposal to remove Sport England as a statutory consultee in planning decisions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the protection of
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the UK National Screening Committee’s in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy covers a wide geography.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to involve laboratories in the in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Government Departments: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) the adoption of data standards and (b) funding for data infrastructure across Government departments.
Source: official written-questions record.