Written questions

1,102 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individual representations her Department has received from Staffordshire County Council in relation to potholes in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) North Staffordshire in each of the last five years.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many individual representations her Department has received from Staffordshire County Council in relation to SEND provision in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) North Staffordshire in each of the last five y

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Environment Protection: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the industrial strategy and (b) skills policies provide green skills across sectors.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Environment Protection: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Skills England helps create green skills in all decarbonising sectors.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Environment Protection: Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the report of the Green Jobs Delivery Group on skills for the green energy sector.

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

Recycling: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of green skills for a circular economy.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire have received notices of finance from Staffordshire County Council.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: North Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many individual representations her Department has received from Staffordshire County Council on the (a) funding and (b) quality of SEND provision in North Staffordshire in each of the last five years.

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chiropractic

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will (a) reevaluate the categorisation of chiropractic care as a complementary and alternative medicine and (b) conduct further research into the potential merits of integrating c

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Musculoskeletal Disorders: Chiropractic

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing chiropractors to people with musculoskeletal conditions to help increase the number of people in work.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) industry, (b) NGOs and (c) other stakeholders on the future of UK REACH.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on developing a UK Chemicals Strategy.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects his Department to respond to the UK REACH Alternative Transitional Registration model (ATRm) consultation, which closed on 25 July 2024.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Gingerbread report entitled Fix the CMS, published on 25 November 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enabling Child Maintenance Service users

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Bodies: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage public bodies to prioritise the purchase of produce from (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Trade: Sub-Saharan Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help increase trade with countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Ceramics: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the ceramics industry in Staffordshire.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme: Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme on the living standards of the recipients of that pension in Newcastle-un

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve digital skills for young people not in education, employment or training in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b)

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve digital skills for people over 70 years old in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve digital skills for women in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Internal Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with his Cabinet colleagues to increase trade between the four nations in the UK.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Investment in UK: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to increase international investment in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Ceramics: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many individual representations her Department has received from Staffordshire County Council in relation to the ceramics industry in North Staffordshire in each of the last five years.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

M6: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of motor vehicle accidents that have taken place between junctions 12 and 16 of the M6 in each of the last five years.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on generating new funding streams for arts and culture initiatives in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the United Kingdom.

5 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to provide information for non-UK personnel at recruitment and transition about their rights and entitlements.

5 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made a comparative an assessment of the career trajectories of (a) non-UK and (b) UK personnel.

25 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Drugs: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle drug related crime in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Payments Agency: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the (a) effectiveness and (b) performance of the Rural Payments Agency.

Source: official written-questions record.