Written questions
610 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Protection: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the entirety of the report on Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.
10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Anxiety: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of updating National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on anxiety.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of student debt on the financial stability of people in Yeovil constituency.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Urban Areas: Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support Somerset Council in rural town centre regeneration in Yeovil constituency.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to create cross-departmental (a) structures and (b) regulations that support small and medium-sized enterprises in Yeovil constituency.
10 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates: Yeovil
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of replacing the business rates system on businesses in Yeovil constituency.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Shops: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support rural convenience stores to manage their operating costs.
10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Foundation Trusts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve public representation in NHS Foundation Trusts.
10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Foundation Trusts: Governing Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the removal of Council of Governors from foundation trusts on the governance of those trusts.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Extracurricular Activities: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of safeguarding in settings that offer extracurricular activities for children outside of schools in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.
20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the need to (a) increase and (b) ringfence funding for lobular breast cancer research.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the lack of statutory authority for (a) schools or (b) local authorities to provide NHS clinical care outside the EHCP framework.
20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tourette's Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including Tourette's in the independent review into mental health.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Skills Bootcamps: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the funding allocation model of Skills Bootcamp in Wave 7 on providers' ability to maintain services.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Skills Bootcamps: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of basing Skills Bootcamp Wave 7 funding allocations on historic delivery data from 2024-25.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Skills Bootcamps: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) Yeovil College and (b) other Somerset providers do not face reductions in their Skills Bootcamp budgets for the 2026-2027 financial year.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Skills Bootcamps: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of projected funding allocations for Skills Bootcamps in Wave 7.
12 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Roads: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funding was allocated to local authorities in the South West for road maintenance for 2025-26.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Vehicle Excise Duty was raised nationally from people in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) England in the last 12 months.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the Strategic Road Network funding is spent in the South West.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the average cost to drivers in rural communities in England of damage to vehicles caused by potholes.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to councils in South West England to complete road maintenance words to help reduce potholes.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Somerset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of potholes to be fixed in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) England.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Somerset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Storm Chandra on the prevalence of pot holes in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help promote equality and inclusion as part of the National Year of Reading.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Reading: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the department is taking to ensure that the National Year of Reading is accessible for neurodiverse people in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (C) the United Kingdom.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Reading: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to promote the National Year of Reading in (a) early years settings, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools, (d) further education and (e) higher education in Southwest England
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Young Futures Hubs: Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role Young Futures Hubs will play in the delivery of the National Year of Reading in Somerset.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase access to libraries in rural areas with limited transport links.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role rural public libraries will play in the delivery of the National Year of Reading in Yeovil constituency.
Source: official written-questions record.