Written questions

1,102 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, where the UK Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods will be located.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to phase out animal testing.

17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to improve standards in local politics.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet Watch Foundation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with the Internet Watch Foundation.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to protect children in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire from becoming victims of indecent deepfakes.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to break down the barriers to opportunity in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

17 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Policing and Crime Boards: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to deliver clearer, cheaper and more accountable local police oversight in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

17 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Police Stations: Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the access to a police front counter for people (a) living, (b) working and (c) learning in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

17 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Police: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve public access to police officers in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the resilience of the food system.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to replace the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the strength of the horticulture sector.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of food security.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to protect food security.

5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of funding for research and innovation for (a) less survivable cancers and (b) other cancer types.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to (a) diagnostic and (b) treatment options for women with heart valve disease.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) number of referrals and (b) time taken to treat people with heart valve disease in each region.

31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Oral Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote earlier detection of mouth cancer, (b) ensure (i) dentists, (ii) GPs and (iii) other frontline health professionals are trained to identify early

31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Oral Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of mouth cancer in the last ten years.

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Oak National Academy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with publishers on the potential impact of free access overseas to UK-government funded educational resources from Oak National Academy on their exports.

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Oak National Academy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to limit access to resources provided by Oak National Academy and funded by the Government through geo-blocking.

29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Council Tax: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) committed to prison and (b) given suspended committal orders for non-payment of council tax in 2024.

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to support the development of (a) affordable and (b) accessible padel courts in (i) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (ii) England.

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to increase the provision of (a) indoor and (b) covered tennis facilities in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has for funding (a) tennis and (b) padel facilities in (i) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (ii) Staffordshire.

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding she plans to allocate to (a) tennis, (b) padel and (c) other court-based sports, in the context of the £5 million allocated to basketball in 2026-27.

29 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jamaica: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to provide humanitarian support to the Government of Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa.

29 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jamaica: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide consular support to UK nationals in Jamaica who are impacted by Hurricane Melissa.

29 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the (a) humanitarian, (b) security and (c) political situation in Sudan.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Taxation: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fiscal measures her Department has considered to promote domestic recycling in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England.

Source: official written-questions record.