Written questions

1,102 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help businesses in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire to increase exports.

14 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Job Creation: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the creation of well-paid jobs in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

14 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Manufacturing Industries: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the advanced manufacturing sector in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Sentencing: Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that victims of crime have an adequate amount of time to challenge potentially unduly lenient sentences in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

13 May 2026 · Treasury

Bank Services: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what most recent discussions she has had with Banks to help support victims of economic abuse in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Plans: Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the impact of there being no approved Local Plan in Newcastle-under-Lyme on people living, learning and working in that area.

13 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Payments Agency

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

13 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken alongside her Arab counterparts to help protect residents in the West Bank from settler violence.

13 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she will take to help a) protect the lives of and b) support people living in the West Bank.

13 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Zimbabwe

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) volume and (b) value of trade between the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.

13 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) volume and (b) value of trade between the United Kingdom and Ireland.

13 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Jamaica

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) volume and (b) value of trade between the United Kingdom and Jamaica.

13 May 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Women: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the safety of women and girls in Northern Ireland.

13 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Gibraltar

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Government of Gibraltar about the processing of raw sewage in Gibraltar.

13 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Commonwealth Secretariat: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the British financial contribution to the Commonwealth Secretariat.

13 May 2026 · Wales Office

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants in her Department undertook work relating to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

13 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Zimbabwe: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the (a) Southern African Development Community and (b) African Union on the political situation in Zimbabwe.

13 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Office for Environmental Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Office for Environmental Protection.

13 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers whose livestock are affected by bovine tuberculosis outbreaks in a) Audley, b) Newcastle-under-Lyme and c) Staffordshire.

13 May 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to help ensure Staffordshire County Council is able to effectively support children and young people with additional needs in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

13 May 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the benefits to the youngest children in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire of learning through play.

13 May 2026 · Department for Education

Sports: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking alongside Staffordshire County Council to ensure that more girls and young women take up sport at secondary schools in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regeneration: Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support he can provide Newcastle-under-Lyme District Borough Council in the development of a market strategy.

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Market Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what specific support he plans to provide market towns like Newcastle in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

27 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking alongside Staffordshire County Council to ensure that more girls and young women take up sport at secondary schools in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

27 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the benefits to the youngest children in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire of learning through play.

27 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent actions she has taken to support a two-state solution to the war between Palestine and Israel.

27 Apr 2026 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Abuse

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, when she expects the redress scheme for survivors of church-related abuse to be open to applications.

27 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to support Staffordshire County Council to maintain roads and highways in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

27 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Police and Crime Commissioners: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to support the Police, Crime and Fire Commissioner in Staffordshire.

Source: official written-questions record.