Written questions

Fred Thomas

65 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to mandate the use of CCTV in nurseries.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered amending the school admissions code to allow schools to withdraw an offer if new information suggests that their admittance poses a risk to another student.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to review the School Admissions Code.

18 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP assessments were conducted (a) face-to-face and (b) by phone in each of the last two years.

18 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Dartmoor

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to re-open HMP Dartmoor.

18 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Harassment: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) victims of harassment who have been unable to secure a conviction against the perpetrator and (b) other victims of harassment.

18 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on the steps they are taking to ensure that incidents of harassment do not escalate into (a) more serious incidents and (b) violent crimes.

18 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that reports of harassment are taken seriously by the police.

18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department have taken to improve support in the community for mental health.

18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health.

18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people suffering a mental health crisis are able to access suitable treatment quickly.

18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the availability of beds at psychiatric inpatient units.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Attendance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility criteria for the Motability Scheme to include Attendance Allowance claimants.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support pensioners who have (a) become disabled after reaching State Pension age and (b) require (i) adapted vehicles and (ii) mobility assistance.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Plymouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the resilience of the water supply in the long term in Plymouth.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Plymouth

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the variances in the eligibility criteria for disabled bus passes.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to support disabled people using public transport.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of Maternity Allowance.

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support individuals with unspent convictions seeking employment.

21 May 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a levels of Educational Psychologists on EHCP (a) assessment and (b) review waiting times.

14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Octopuses: Plymouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) increase in biomass of Octopus vulgaris and (b) their predation of shellfish in pots at sea on the livelihoods of (i) c

10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Body Armour

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on replacing enhanced combat body armour for all deployed armed forces personnel.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to (a) tackle the fraudulent reporting of earnings to the Child Maintenance Service and (b) ensure that parents are paid the correct amount of maintenance.

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of probation officers had a caseload of (a) above 30, (b) above 40, (c) above 50 and (d) above 60 in (i) 2010, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2019 and (iv) 2023.

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Retirement

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of probation officers had (a) less than one years’ experience (b) less than three years' experience and (c) three or more years’ service at (i) 30 June 2010, (ii) 30 June 2014 and (ii

5 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the net change in prison places since 5 July 2024.

3 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the recall rate was for offenders released under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme between October 2023 and June 2024.

3 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places have been added to the estate since 5 July 2024.

Source: official written-questions record.