Written questions

299 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Identity Cards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will use a digital veteran card.

5 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Flexible Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants across Government are compressed hours workers on a four day week.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his Department's research and development budget was in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial year.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

West Midlands Rail Franchise: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with West Midlands Railway on restoring the number of services between North Worcestershire and Birmingham to six per hour.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the provision of radiographers in the NHS.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic: Hagley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to reduce levels of congestion in Hagley resulting from recurring roadworks.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Bromsgrove

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to fund new schools in Bromsgrove constituency.

4 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Official Cars: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to procure British manufactured vehicles for use by the Government Car Service.

4 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to increase the Income Tax Personal Allowance.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to increase the grading of students that move to state schools from independent schools.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of deporting foreign nationals resident in the UK that engage in activities contrary to British values.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

M42

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of building Westerly slip road access to the M42 from J1 of the M42.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Cars: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the time period between MOTs for privately registered passenger vehicles under ten years of age from one to two years.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military pensions are unclaimed; and what steps his Department is taking to increase the claimant rate of those pensions.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reducing academic barriers to entry to the nursing profession.

4 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of business rate reform to incentivise retail business investment in (a) Bromsgrove constituency and (b) across the United Kingdom.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Construction: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote apprenticeships in the vocational skills required to deliver the Government's target of 1.5m homes during this Parliament.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a 0% interest rate for student loans for the study of specific courses.

4 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Married People: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the Married Couple's Allowance.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of mandatory design codes for local planning authorities.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of capping annual net-migration into the United Kingdom.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Bromsgrove

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to not build new asylum accommodation in Bromsgrove constituency.

4 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to change the historic vehicle tax exemption threshold to 30 years.

3 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging asylum seekers for costs associated with their settlement in the UK.

3 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Money Laundering: Retail Trade

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of retail businesses operating as a front for money laundering.

3 Feb 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Trade Barriers: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to reduce trade barriers between Northern Ireland and (a) Bromsgrove and (b) other parts of Great Britain.

3 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Bromsgrove

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants funded by central government work in Bromsgrove constituency.

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of numbers of magistrates.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of social media access on youth mental health.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Semaglutide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of demand for Ozempic on the NHS.

Source: official written-questions record.