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.