Written questions

338 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

A10: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether funding for the A10 improvements in Ely & East Cambridgeshire remains secure following the Government's Defence Investment Plan; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of planned

1 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neighbourhood Health Centres: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what population size Neighbourhood Health Centres should serve in rural areas.

1 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2026 to question 1353, if he will provide a timeline for the publication of Golden Hello scheme data.

1 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Police: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support rural police forces.

1 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Education: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to question 900062, when the Women in Tech taskforce will make its first recommendations on education and career pathways.

1 Jun 2026 · Women and Equalities

Civil Partnerships

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to question 1351, if she will set a timeline for updating the House on considerations of conversion rights between civil partnerships and marriages for opposite-sex couple

1 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Oil: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration he has given to the introduction of a price cap for heating oil.

1 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Batteries: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2026 to question 1352, if she will set out a timeline for including Battery Energy Storage Systems as an activity within the Environmental Permitting R

18 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Trade: Israeli Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will consider suspending all trade between the UK and Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Medical Council and Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of making regulations under Section 28 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 to provide regulatory oversight of the Gene

14 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Education: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what advice she has received from the Women in Tech Taskforce on equity in education.

14 May 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her Department has given to the issuing of nationwide guidance on school uniform policy, to permit the removal of blazers, jumpers and ties when pupils are uncomfortably hot.

14 May 2026 · Home Office

Shoplifting: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce incidents of shoplifting in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.

14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.

14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the dental recruitment incentive scheme on reducing dental practice vacancies in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire Constituency.

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

Batteries: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration her Department has given to including Battery Energy Storage Sites within the Environmental Permitting Regulations.

14 May 2026 · Women and Equalities

Civil Partnerships

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what consideration her Department has given to permitting the conversion of opposite-sex civil partnerships to marriages.

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to account for the costs of transporting SEND students to school in rural areas when making future funding allocations.

14 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding is available to local authorities to improve oral hygiene education in primary schools.

14 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve children's access to dental care in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.

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

Biofuels: Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the closure of bioenergy power stations which burn agricultural waste, including straw and poultry litter, after the

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has assessed the suitability of incentives to build mobile network infrastructure to meet the needs of rural areas.

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2026 to question 121001, whether her Department has considered the use of independent, real-terms data when mapping mobile coverage.

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2026 to question 121006, whether her Department will consider underlying geology within its review of the funding formula for the distribution of capital funding to local high

14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Cemeteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to respond to the Law Commission's recommendations on the reclamation and reuse of graves.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026 to question 117027, whether her Department plans to review highways maintenance funding formulas alongside the review of highways maintenance best practice.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost of repairing and maintaining soil affected roads.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what process Ofcom follows after receiving feedback on mobile coverage maps.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Broadband: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what data her Department uses to track progress on 4G and 5G coverage targets.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Ofcom’s mobile coverage maps.

Source: official written-questions record.