Written questions

78 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review proposals to tax pickup trucks as personal vehicles.

2 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to reintroduce measures to increase tax on higher polluting vehicles.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to roll out noise detection cameras on roads.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of using Body Mass Index as a way of measuring childhood obesity through the National Child Measurement Programme.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Telecommunications: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with regulators to help tackle (a) the use of inflation linked price rises in consumer communications contracts and (b) the advertising of VAT exclusive prices.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has considered making a carers allowance supplement payment available to carers in England.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospital patients with specific (a) dietary and (b) nutritional needs receive appropriate meals during their recovery.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Exploitation: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help protect young people in care from (a) grooming gangs, (b) exploitation and (c) other forms of criminal activity.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Barbecues: Public Places

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risks of using (a) disposable and (b) portable barbecues in public places.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the safety risks of in-car devices that can distract drivers.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to remove the requirement to reapply for a Blue Badge for people over the age of 80.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to mandate the use of AI labelling tools to differentiate between real and synthetic content.

8 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Proscribed Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the sale or promotion of merchandise linked to (a) the Wagner Group and (b) other proscribed terrorist organisations on (i) UK-based and (ii) UK-accessib

7 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate the registration process for overseas-trained dentists to help extend the provision of NHS dental care.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will provide an update on when HM Revenue & Customs will restart processing IHT30 clearance requests.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Leave: Adenomyosis and Endometriosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce a statutory right to paid menstrual health leave for individuals suffering from (a) endometriosis and (b) adenomyosis.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's revised code of practice for services, public functions and associations on the tourism i

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her Department's policy to increase the capital budget to schools to support them in implementing the proposed EHRC changes to the Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations.

2 Jun 2025 · Women and Equalities

Small Businesses: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent estimate she has made of the cost of legal advice for small businesses of the proposed changes to the Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations by the EHRC.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the legal costs of implementing the EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations for schools.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Academies: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of implementing the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations on academies; and whether she has had discussions with academy provider

16 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Semaglutide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with diabetes are not impacted by the shortage of Ozempic.

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Court of Protection: Child Trust Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to simplify the Court of Protection’s Deputyship application process for families of disabled children who lack capacity to access Child Trust Funds.

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Court of Protection: Child Trust Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the financial impact of the Court of Protection’s Deputyship application process on families of disabled children who lack capacity to access Child Trust Funds.

9 May 2025 · Department for Education

Protection: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of safeguarding legislation in ensuring that organisations outside of formal education settings comply with statutory guidance.

9 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that national sports governing bodies enforce compliance with statutory safeguarding guidance; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of en

2 May 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Tourism: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to reduce the rate of VAT for the hospitality and tourism sector.

24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) regulate care home fees.

27 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase taxation on (a) higher-polluting vehicles and (b) tax pickup trucks used for personal purposes as private vehicles.

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to prevent children from receiving (a) harmful content and (b) misinformation from chatbots.

Source: official written-questions record.