Written questions

338 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Chemistry: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that chemistry education includes (a) green, (b) digital and (c) transferrable skills alongside technical knowledge of the subject.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Chemistry: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Royal Society of Chemistry entitled Future workforce and educational pathways, published in January 2025.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Burglary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with the police to help reduce the number of burglaries.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle illegal sewage dumping.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase railway capacity.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department taking to promote the sustainable development of AI capacity.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help SMEs adopt digital technology.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that workforce skills adapt to the role of AI in the economy.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that smaller platforms are adequately regulated to protect children from online harms.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacies.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve access to mental health services.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers impacted by flooding.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support flood preparedness projects.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve water quality in rivers.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help farmers prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease.

30 Jan 2025 · Attorney General

Hate Crime: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people who commit hate crime.

30 Jan 2025 · Attorney General

Courts

To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on backlogs of court cases.

30 Jan 2025 · Attorney General

Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of rural crime.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support community energy projects.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to tackle fuel poverty in winter 2024-25.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of removing the two-child benefit cap.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Personal Independence Payment application process.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support disabled people with the cost of living.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the bus fare cap on vulnerable people.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: Standard of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility for Winter Fuel Payment on living standards for pensioners.

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Retail Trade: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill on small high-street businesses.

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Businesses: Skills and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support businesses to invest in skills and training.

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Businesses: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support businesses in rural areas.

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Farmers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of free trade agreements on farmers.

23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill on NHS GP practices.

Source: official written-questions record.