Written questions

338 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November to Question 88050 on Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity, whether her Department plans to explore the possibility of commissioning this resear

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to Question 77307 on Cancer: Health Services, tabled on 15 September 2025.

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

Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2025 to Question 88050 on Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity, if her Department will make an estimate of the cost of producing such research.

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

Water: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to support (a) households, (b) businesses and (c) developers to increase the re-use of greywater.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium sized enterprises in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Assessments: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the suitability of the examination system for dyslexic pupils.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to make public transport affordable for young people.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Scheme on the (a) economy and (b) environment.

13 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Absent Voting

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the postal voting system.

13 Nov 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 she is taking to increase the number of prosecutions for sewage dumping.

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

Fly-tipping: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the number of cases of illegal dumping of waste in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency in each of the last five years.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with stakeholders on the potential merits of extending the Listed Places of Worship Scheme beyond March 2026.

12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of pharmaceutical pollution in waterways on public health.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Inland Waterways: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to monitor levels of pharmaceutical pollution in waterways.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wetlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help maintain the Fens.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Shoplifting: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking with (a) retailers and (b) police forces to tackle organised shoplifting.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to support the hospitality sector.

11 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reform business rates for the hospitality sector.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on flooding of Aviva's report entitled Building Future Communities, published on 14 October 2025.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission data on the number of school-age pupils with dyslexia.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants in his Department are working on the Access to Work Scheme.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she last met with freight companies to discuss the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Scheme.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in her Department are working on the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Scheme.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2025 to Question 86918 on Legal Aid Scheme: Ely and East Cambridgeshire, by what amount each procurement area exceeds the required minimum number of legal aid providers; and w

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2025 to Question 86919 on Railways: East of England, if he will take steps to estimate the funding required for Network Rail to undertake detailed planning for the Ely Area

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children that have required access to free school meals in each of the last five years in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her Department's policy to create a single childcare register to replace the current registration processes.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered allowing railcards to be used for (a) weekly, (b) monthly and (c) annual rail tickets.

10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of access to dentistry in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to progress the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Scheme.

Source: official written-questions record.