Written questions
974 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing: First Time Buyers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that new affordable housing built under the plan for 1.5 million homes will be accessible to first-time buyers whose deposit is less than 10 pe
11 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Exports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) the UK and (b) Buckingham and Bletchley constituency have exported to China in the last three years.
11 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Barriers: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what trade barriers his Department has identified in the Chinese market in (a) healthcare, (b) automotive and (c) professional services sectors.
11 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of pesticides used under emergency authorisations will be subject to risk assessments under the new guidance.
11 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bees: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what methodology her Department plans to use to assess the effectiveness of the revised emergency authorisation guidance in reducing harm to bee populations.
11 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has set any quantitative targets for the reduction in emergency-authorised pesticide applications that risk harming pollinators, following the publication of the
8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources his Department has provided to facilitate the participation by GP practices in the Advice and Guidance scheme in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency since 1 April 2025.
8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP practices had signed up to the Advice and Guidance scheme by 30 April 2025 in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average reduction in waiting time achieved through the Advice and Guidance scheme was for patients registered with GP practices in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency in April 2025.
8 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Money Laundering: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what role UK diplomatic posts in the Gulf region will play in monitoring and supporting implementation of the enhanced partnership with the United Arab Emirates on illicit fi
8 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Money Laundering: United Arab Emirates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes are in place to review the effectiveness of the new co-operation with the United Arab Emirates in disrupting cross-border money laundering and terrorist financing activities.
8 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Money Laundering: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of how the UK-UAE partnership on illicit finance will interact with multilateral initiatives such as the Financial Action Task Force.
8 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Money Laundering: United Arab Emirates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the partnership with the United Arab Emirates on tackling illicit finance is aligned with the objectives set out in the UK’s Economic Crime Plan, 202
8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the total number of households in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency that remain without access to central government-supported flood re
8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Future Combat Air System: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much he plans to spend annually on research and development associated with the (a) Future Combat Air System and (b) Global Combat Air Programme in the next five years.
8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Industry and Technical Excellence Colleges
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has established a (a) monitoring and (b) evaluation framework to assess the effectiveness of (i) Defence Growth Deals and (ii) Defence Technical Excellence Colleges.
8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Technical Excellence Colleges
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that training curricula for the new Defence Technical Excellence Colleges align with capability requirements identified in the Strategic Defence Review.
8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of the Defence Industrial Strategy on (a) regional and (b) sectoral employment figures in (i) cyber-security, (ii) submarine engineering, (iii) aerosp
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gaza: Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients will be evacuated under the Gaza Medical Evacuation Scheme; and what his planned timetable is for those evacuations.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Youth Guarantee
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department plans to use to identify young people at risk of falling out of (a) education, (b) employment and (c) training for enrolment in the Youth Guarantee scheme.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Summer Internship Programme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, over what timeframe his Department plans to evaluate the outcomes of the Summer Internship Programme for students from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Summer Internship Programme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria his Department plans to use to assess eligibility for the Summer Internship Programme for students from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Crime: Buckinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was allocated to local partnerships in Buckinghamshire in the last rural and wildlife crime funding settlement.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Buckinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with (a) Buckinghamshire Council and (b) Thames Valley Police to help reduce incidents of fly-tipping.
29 Aug 2025 · Women and Equalities
Pay: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with stakeholders on the potential impact of pay transparency requirements on workplace equality.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Pay: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will take steps to review international evidence of the impact of pay transparency laws on recruitment and retention.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Pay: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory pay transparency requirements for employers.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many small businesses received Government-backed (a) start-up and (b) improvement grants in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency in the last three years.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education
Small Businesses: Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many small businesses in the hospitality and retail sectors have accessed apprenticeship support schemes in the last three years in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency with increased energy costs.
Source: official written-questions record.