Written questions

231 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Late Entry Officers were commissioned in the last year, and of those how many were employed in in Welfare, QM, MTO, RCMO and training officer roles.

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Late Entry Officers are employed in (a) each of the Army’s 32 infantry battalions and (b) in Welfare, QM, MTO, RCMO and training officer roles.

19 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with social media platforms, such as TikTok, on compliance with UK GDPR regarding the use of default opt-in settings for training generative AI models on us

19 May 2026 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Rt Hon Member for Dorking and Horley will receive a response to his correspondence dated 27 April 2026 on an International Letter of Request for the late Police Constable, Hannah Byrne.

18 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with police forces, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other enforcement bodies on the impact of the legality of the manufacture, sale and fitting of flip plates and similar

18 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prohibit the manufacture, sale and fitting of flip plates and similar devices allowing vehicle registratio

15 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will require the publication of disaggregated MOT failure statistics identifying major defects relating specifically to exhaust noise separately from other categories.

15 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of requiring decibel readings of exhaust noises to be recorded during the MOT test for motorcycles and other road vehicles.

13 May 2026 · Treasury

Take-away Food: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the current 20% VAT rate on independent hot food retailers; and if she will consider aligning the VAT treatment of hot takeaway food with that of cold takeaway foo

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 108514 on Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions, what steps he is taking to support those pensioners not yet receiving their civil service pension and facing fina

22 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for support mechanisms for frontline NHS workers (a) that experience abuse and (b) whose patients disclose emotionally difficult topics to them.

22 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that owners of dogs on the Index of Exempted Dogs can maintain the continuous third-party public liability insurance following the withdra

15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 15 October 2025 report Investing in the NHS: empowering the sector to drive productivity, renewal and growth, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the report

14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that privacy protections do not prevent public scrutiny of political donors.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Warm Homes Plan’s funding allocation on the retention of the skilled retrofit workforce; and what steps he is taking to

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what urgent steps she will take to protect national security further to her Department's publication entitled National security assessment on global ecosystems, updated on 2 February 2

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Secretary of State for Transport's correspondence entitled The growing risks to maritime safety, published 26 January 2026, what assessment his Department has made of the security implicatio

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to review the legal requirements for e-bike identification and rider accountability, in light of the challenges in prosecuting riders involved in serious collisions with pedestrian

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of encouraging low-density development wit

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neighbourhood Health Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered the potential impact of the proposed timeline for the NHS Neighbourhood Rebuild programme on the involvement of the new unitary authorities.

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Dorking

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to (a) her confirmation of 24 March 2026 that her Department accepts Surrey County Council’s decision to continue with FS0756 Betchwood Vale Academy, (b) the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Tunnels: Bradford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the value for money of the decision by National Highways to block up the Queensbury Tunnel in the Bradford Metropolitan District.

23 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that online platforms tackle fraud on their services.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of funding for energy security research and development on the economy.

13 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review section 1.37 of the School Admissions Code 2021 to assess the potential benefits of requiring all schools designated with a religious character to prioritise all looked-after and previously l

6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to help ensure that developers do not remove affordable housing when sites are deemed unviable.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure the new digital service will handle applications with greater efficiency and consistency to tackle to backlog in medical license issues and renewal wait times.

24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the National Screening Committee Report on prostate cancer screening in November, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) establishing an NHS information campaign to

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Dorking and Horley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (1) help tacklethe number of NHS dental practices in and around Dorking and Horley that are not accepting new NHS patients; and (2) increase access to NHS den

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Highway Code: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she plans to undertake a public awareness campaign to promote the new Highway Code rules as part of the Road Safety strategy.

Source: official written-questions record.