Written questions

125 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disabled Facilities Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing the financial limit for the disabled facilities grant.

25 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Urban Areas

?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of broadband provision in historic town centres.

18 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rabies: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to secure access to supplies of the rabies vaccination for those travelling to countries where rabies is present; and when he expects supplies of the rabies vacc

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme's timeline is to contact people eligible for payments.

14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are plans to allow the electronic transfer of GP records when people move from Wales to England.

23 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Cross Border Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking under GBR to increase cross border rail connections, such as the Wrexham-Shropshire-Midlands Railway.

22 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which English counties do not have a direct train link to London; and whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the lack of such links on those counties.

22 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Office of Rail and Road

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how competition regulations on state aid are applied by the Office of Rail and Road when assessing applications for Open Access rail services; and what changes are expected following the ORR's move into her Dep

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Transport: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, of the £21 billion of new local transport funding announced across the Comprehensive Spending Review period, how much funding is allocated to (a) Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities, (b) Mayoral Strategic

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood and Water Management Act 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department intends to bring section 42 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 into force.

3 Mar 2026 · Attorney General

Intestacy

To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming Bona Vacantia arrangements to permit local authorities to take ownership of unclaimed residential properties for public use.

3 Mar 2026 · Attorney General

Intestacy

To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the arrangements for managing unclaimed estates and properties under Bona Vacantia.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to develop a single national fibre broadband coverage map that identifies gaps in connectivity.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when veterans with more complex circumstances can expect to receive their Remediable Service Statements under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2015 remedy.

11 Feb 2026 · Church Commissioners

Church of England

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, when the Church will be opening the Church of England Redress Scheme to applications.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact the EU’s bans on certain pesticides and fungicides taking effect and the UK’s planned alignment in June 2027 on British farmers.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dairy Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to help protect farmers from fluctuations in milk prices following the removal of the Basic Payment Scheme.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Mayors

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure that Metro Mayors retain roles in heavy rail governance under the provisions of the Railways Bill.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she will take to assess passenger affordability when setting rail fares.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the Railways Bill will support improved connectivity for communities currently without such links.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the Railways Bill will ensure that access rights to the network are fair, transparent and enforceable, particularly where Great British Rail will both manage infrastructure and operate services.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Railways Bill will set out the duties of the Great British Railways.

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to lay secondary legislation enabling local authorities outside London to enforce against pavement parking.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration has been given to allowing appointees to use the Access to Work online portal.

7 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Hospital Transformation Programme on the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

24 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether individuals on the Hong Kong BN(O) visa route will have to meet B2 standard of English in order to achieve Indefinite Leave to Remain.

24 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make any changes to the existing 5+1 route to Indefinite Leave to Remain for individuals already on the Hong Kong BN(O) visa route.

14 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

A458 and A5: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of National Highways' work to improve road safety on the A5 and A458.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce the delays in decisions on Disability Living Allowance claims.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the processing times of (a) applications for and (b) mandatory reconsiderations of Disability Living Allowance.

Source: official written-questions record.