Written questions

1,102 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Young People: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the article by The University of Manchester entitled Making headlines: Young people’s social media use and navigating media narrati

14 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) political and (b) security situation in Pakistan.

14 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Imran Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Pakistan on former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing a heat strategy.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Government’s approach to climate adaptation.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of aligning the UK's PM2.5 air quality targets with the World Health Organisation’s 2021 guidelines.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of PM2.5 exposure on children’s health outcomes.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire are able to offer high quality music education through (i) the national curriculum and (

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Dormant Assets Scheme: Youth Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of dormant assets funds will be allocated to youth services.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the Universal Credit health element on claimants under the age of 22.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with mental health conditions are not disproportionately disadvantaged by the proposed reforms to PIP.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the registration dates for industry under UK REACH.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish his Department's strategy for (a) the chemicals industry and (b) chemicals management.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the consultation on the UK REACH Alternative Transitional Registration model (ATRm) for chemicals.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection and Trade Agreements: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department had with the Paymaster General regarding UK-EU trade and environmental standards prior to the UK-EU summit in London on 18 May 2025.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to include discussions on the future co-operation on chemical regulations in the annual UK-EU summits.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether closer co-operation on chemical regulations was discussed at the UK-EU Summit on 18 May 2025.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Insolvency: Reform

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with the Prudential Regulation Authority on the potential impact of reforming Solvency UK on the availability of annuity capital for investment in (a) housing, (b) transport and (c) i

1 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that Homes England will take a strategic approach to affordable rural housing delivery by embedding the needs of the countryside at all levels

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

GCE A-level

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the breadth of subjects students study at A-Level on (a) life chances, (b) employability and (c) the economy.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current maths curriculum in the context of increasing demand for data skills.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the UK’s PISA mathematics performance.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Mathematics: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the gap between the lowest and highest achievers in GCSE maths performance.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure more students from less affluent areas are taught by trained maths teachers.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to continue funding tennis facilities following the conclusion of the Park Tennis Project.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to invest in (a) tennis, (b) padel and (c) court-base sports in the 2025-2026 financial year.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) other communities have access to covered tennis facilities to enable year-round play.

16 Jun 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Gender Based Violence: Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the level of violence against women in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of Europe.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people who are in receipt of the Universal Credit health element who were not also in receipt of the Personal Independence Payment daily living component prior to the Work Capability Assessment

5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will support the establishment of Centres of Excellence for each less survivable cancer type.

Source: official written-questions record.